Introduction to Physics
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DEFINITIONS
DISTANCE
How much ground an object has covered/traveled.
DISPLACEMENT
The change in position of an object.
SCALAR QUANTITY
Quantity that only has magnitude and no direction.
VECTOR
Physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
CONSTANT SPEED
Speed that does not change.
VELOCITY
Speed in a given direction.
FRAME OF REFERENCE
A background used to judge motion/speed (precise location of an object).
INSTANTANEOUS SPEED
Speed at a given moment.
ENERGY
The capacity/power to do work/move an object by applying force.
MATTER
Anything that has mass and takes up space (how much matter).
WEIGHT
Measure of how gravity pulls matter.
SPEED
Amount of distance traveled in a certain amount of time.
AVERAGE SPEED
Total distance divided by total time.