Kinematics Vocab Review

is how close each measurement is to each other.

• Precision

• Accuracy

• Unit

• Correctness

is a branch of physics

that studies an object’s motion

without reference to the object’s

mass or forces that set it in motion.

• Motionology

• Newtonian Motion

• Kinematics

• Graphing

occurs when an object changes its position (or location) over some interval of time.

• Measurement

• Position

• Kinematics

• Motion

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is the precise location of an object in space at a given time.

• Velocity

• Position

• Speed

• Displacement

• Placement

is the change in an object’s position

measuring only from its starting position and its final position.

• Position

• Distance

• Displacement

• Speed

• Velocity

is total ground covered by an object during its motion.

• Distance

• Displacement

• Speed

• Velocity

• Position

is the measurement of an object's change in displacement over an interval of time

• Position

• Distance

• Speed

• Location

• Velocity

is the measurement of an object's change in distance over an interval of time

• Speed

• Velocity

• Distance

• Displacement

• Acceleration

is the measurement of an object's change in velocity over an interval of time.

• Speed

• Distance

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Displacement

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The steepness of a graph is called

• Changing Line

• Variance

• Line Function

• Slope