flash cards basic physics

Term: Velocity

Definition: The speed of something in a given direction

Term: Weight

Definition: A measure of heaviness in an object

Term: Speed

Definition: How fast or slow an object is moving

Term: Force

Definition: Push or pull of an object

Term: Acceleration

Definition: How quickly the speed of an object changes over time

Example: The velocity of an object changing over time; e.g., when you're in a car and the driver hits the gas pedal, you feel yourself being pushed back into your seat

Term: Temperature

Definition: Hotness or coldness in something

Term: Mass

Definition: Amount of matter in an object

Term: Time

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Definition: The measurement of the progression of events

Term: Density

Definition: The measurement of how tightly packed together the matter in an object is

Term: Distance

Definition: The measurement of the total movement or length between two points

Term: Energy

Definition: The ability to do work

vector

• direction 

• Force

•  Displacement

•  Velocity

•  Acceleration

•  weight

scalar

• temperature, 

• distance, 

• speed ,

•  Mass

• volume, 

• Density,

• energy, 

• Time.