PHYSICS Revision Lesson 5 Velocity and Acceleration Distance-Time and Speed-Time Graphs.
Distance, Speed, and Velocity
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Transcript of Distance, Speed, and Velocity
DISTANCE, SPEED, AND VELOCITY
LAURA LEMAY
DISTANCE
NUMERICAL DESCRIPTION OF HOW FAR APART
OBJECTS ARE FROM EACH OTHER
SPEED*RATE AT WHICH OBJECT MOVES
*MOST COMMONLY MEASURED BY
METERS PER SECOND.
CONSTANT SPEEDMOVING OBJECT CONTINUES TO
MOVE IN THE SAME DIRECTION, WITH THE SAME SPEED
VARIABLE SPEED
MOTION NOT RUNNING AT PARTICULAR
SPEED(VARI=CHANGE)
VELOCITY
THE SPEED AND DIRECTION OF
MOVING OBJECT*2 WAYS: CHANGE IN
MAGNITUDE AND/OR A CHANGE IN DIRECTION
DIRECTION
PATH THAT SOMETHING TAKES
POSITION
LOCATION RELATIVE TO
A REFERENCE
POINT
ACCELERATION
RATE THE DIRECTION OR SPEED CHANGES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Gl2LLLAGo
MOTION GRAPHS•USED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MOTION OF OBJECTS
MOTION GRAPH WORKSHEET
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