science: Speed & Velocity
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Lorraine2627 on January 5, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 speed | the distance an object traveles per unit of time |
| velocity | speed in a given direction |
| instantanious speed | the speed of a object at one instant of time |
| slope | the steepness of a graph line; the ratio of the vertical change (the rise) to the horizontal change (the run) |
| referance point | a place or object used for comparison to setermin if a object is in motion |
| international system of units | a system of mesurement based on multiples of 10 and on established mesures of mass, length and time |
| distance | the length of a path between two points |
| motion | the state in which one objects distance from another is changing |
| average speed | the overall rate of speed at which an object traveles by total time. |
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