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Motion and Momentum Vocab
Mrs. Desjardines
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Physics
8th Grade
03/01/2009

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Term
Speed
Definition

how fast you change position

  • m/s
  • requires a relative position
  • speed = rate times time
Term
velocity
Definition

total distance (m)/ total time = m/s + direction

  • different from speed due to direction
  • north, south, east, west
  • m/s
Term
average speed
Definition

total distance (m) / total time (s) = m/s

  • the average rate at which an object covers a distance
  • most objects don't move in a constant speed.
  • m/s

 

Term
acceleration
Definition

velocity (m/s + direction)/ total time + m/s(squared) =meters per second/per second

  • change in velocity over time
  • negative = decrease
  • positive = increase
Term
negative acceleration
Definition

when you slow down

  • 5 m/s/s
  • speed
  • helped by friction
Term
mass
Definition

amount of matter in an object

  • kg
  • never changes
  • confused with weight
Term
inertia
Definition

a measure of how much an object resists a change in its motion

  • Newton's Third Law
  • change in velocity
  • objects at rest will stay in rest unless acted on by another force
Term
momentum
Definition

mass x velocity

  • kgm/s
  • velocity
  • change

 

 

Term
displacement
Definition

how far and in what direction an object an object has moved from its starting point

  • speed
  • acceleration
  • change
Term
law of conservation of momentum
Definition

when two objects collide, the total momentum before the collision is the same as the total momentum after the collison is the smae as the total momentum after the collision.

  • transfer
  • nothing lost
  • total amount
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