Chapter 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. a line that touches another at exactly one point
  2. 8. speed at a specific instant in time
  3. 10. the change in position of an object against a fixed axis
  4. 11. the study of motion without considering its causes
  5. 13. a quantity that has both magnitude and direction
  6. 14. the location of an object at any particular time
  7. 15. a quantity that has magnitude but no direction
  8. 16. the speed and direction of an object
  9. 17. a coordinate system from which the positions of objects are described
  10. 18. velocity at a specific instant in time
Down
  1. 1. size or amount
  2. 2. distance traveled divided by time during which motion occurs
  3. 3. displacement divided by time over which displacement occurs
  4. 4. the rate at which velocity changes
  5. 6. the variable, usually along the horizontal axis of a graph, that does not change based on human or experimental action; in physics this is usually time
  6. 7. rate at which an object changes its location
  7. 9. the variable that changes as the independent variable changes
  8. 12. the length of the path actually traveled between an initial and a final position