Ch. 1 Motion and Momentum Section 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Speed | the distance traveled divided by the time taken to travel the distance; distance/time |
| Average Speed | dividing the total distance traveled by the time taken |
| Instantaneous Speed | the speed of an object at the one instant of time |
| Velocity | the speed of the object and the direction of its motion |
| Acceleration | the change in velocity divided by the time it takes for the change to occur |
| mass | the amount of matter in the object |
| inertia | tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion |
| momentum | a measure of how hard it is to stop the object; symbolized by p |
| law of conservation of momentum | the total momentum of objects that the collide is the same before and after the collision. |
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