Vocab Check - Chapter 2 Motion

Front

Speed

Back

the distance an object travels per unit of time

Front

Displacement

Back

Distance and direction from a starting point.

Front

Acceleration towards the inside of a curve

Back

centripetal

Front

Acceleration

Back

Rate of change of velocity

Front

Product of mass and velocity

Back

momentum

Front

Speed = total distance / total time

Back

average

Front

Distance

Back

A measure of how far an object has moved from a starting point.

Front

Velocity: includes speed & direction

Back

includes both the speed of an object and the direction it is moving

Front

Change in velocity = final speed - _____ speed.

Back

initial

Front

Rate of change in position at a point in time is _____ speed.

Back

instantaneous