8th Unit 2 Vocab Check

This is calculated using time and distance.

• acceleration

• speed

• velocity

• force

The total distance traveled divided by the average time taken

• average acceleration

• displacement

• velocity

• average speed

The change in position of an object relative to a starting reference point

• displacement

• direction

• motion

• speed

A measure of how fast something moves; rate of motion

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed

• motion

Which two factors does speed depend on?

• distance and direction

• direction and time

• distance and time

• distance, time and direction

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The speed of an object in a particular direction

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed

• direction

The tendency of an object to resist being moved or, if the object is moving, to resist a change in speed or direction

• motion

• inverted

• acceleration

• inertia

A series of laws developed by a scientist that describes the relationship between force and motion

• Newton's Laws of Motion

• Einstein's Theory of Relativity

• Newton's Law of Conservation of Mass

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Things in motion want to keep moving, things not moving want to stay at rest. This is the definition of:

• Inertia
• Mass
• Gravity
• Simple machine

A set of interconnected parts that work together for a specific function

• simple machine

• system

• motion

• rate

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