Kinematics Vocabulary

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Distance

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A scalar quantity that refers to how much total ground an object has covered

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Kinematics

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A study of motion without considering the forces that cause the motion

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Vector

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A quantity that has both magnitude and direction

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Constant Velocity

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Motion without acceleration

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Magnitude

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The size of a quantity

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Velocity

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A vector quantity representing the rate of change in an objects displacement

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Acceleration

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The rate of change in an object's velocity

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Uniform

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Constant; the same

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Instantaneous Speed

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Rate of change in position at one moment in time

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m/s^2

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The unit for acceleration