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| that branch of physics that deals with forces and their effects in producing a changing motion |
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| the total length of the path that an object travels; scalar quantity |
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| the change in position of an object described by the vector that begins at the initial position of the object and ends at its final position |
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| the fundamental SI unit of length |
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| the distance that an object moves in a unit of time; a scalar quantity |
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| the fundamental SI unit of time |
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| the motion of an object moving at constant speed |
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| the time rate of change of an object's displacement; a vector quantity |
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| an object's change of position along a straight line |
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| a line on a graph which passes through a point and has a slope equal to the slope of the curve at that point |
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| the velocity of an object at any particular instant in time; a vector qty. |
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| the force between the mass of the earth and the mass of any object in the vicinity of Earth; vector qty. |
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| the ideal falling motion of an object acted upon only by the force of gravity |
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