Chapter 1 | Motion and Forces | Parsia

//// set of 7 flashcards for Chapter 1

position

an object’s location

reference point (rp)

a location to which another location is compared

motion

change in position from the reference point

vector

a quantity that has both magnitude and direction

speed

a scalar quantity that measures how fast something moves through a particular distance over a definite time period

velocity

a vector quantity that refers to the rate at which an object changes its position

acceleration

a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at which an object changes its velocity. An object is accelerating if it is changing its velocity