Unit 2 Vocab

A variable that decreases as the other increases describes a(n):

• Linear relationship

• Scalar

• Inverse relationship

• Constant acceleration

The study of how things move:

• Acceleration

• Kinematics

• Displacement

• Velocity

The velocity at any single point in time:

• Displacement

• Average velocity

• Instantaneous velocity

• Constant acceleration

A relationship that produces a straight line when graphed:

• Linear relationship

• Scalar

• Gravity

• Inverse relationship

A quantity that has magnitude but no direction:

• Scalar

• Vector

• Velocity

• Displacement

A physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction:

• Speed

• Scalar

• Vector

• Magnitude

An absolute value describing quantity, not direction:

• Velocity

• Magnitude

• Distance

The location of an object at any particular time:

• Velocity

• Position

• Displacement

• Average velocity

The distance traveled per unit of time (scalar):

• Velocity

• Displacement

• Speed

• Vector

A vector quantity that measures the rate of change in position:

• Displacement

• Speed

• Time

• Velocity