Motion Vocabulary

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The formula for calculating speed is

The distance an object travels per unit time

The distance and direction of a change in position relative to a reference point

How far an object has traveled at a certain speed per unit of time

Acceleration towards the center of a curved path is called

The product of an object's mass times its rate of motion

A change in position of an object

The distance an object travels per unit of time in a certain direction