IPC Unit 1 Vocabulary

The unit of measurement for time

• hours
• minutes
• seconds
• years

A vector quantity of displacement divided by time

• speed
• velocity

A value that depends on another value

• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

How far something has traveled

• home
• distance
• displacement
• motion

A change in speed or direction in motion

• acceleration
• velocity
• instantaneous speed
• average speed

The rate of change shown in a graph

• line
• parabola
• slope
• acceleration

The total distance traveled divided by the total time

• velocity
• speed
• average speed
• instantaneous speed

Speed with zero acceleration

• Distance
• Average speed
• Speed
• Constant Speed

A vector quantity that measures the shortest distance from an object's initial to final positions

• Distance
• Displacement

The speed of an object at a particular time

• velocity
• Instantaneous speed
• constant speed
• average speed