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Acceleration: equals the change in velocity divided by the time for the change to take place; occurs when an object speeds up, slows down, or turns.

Average Speed: equals the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken to travel the distance.

Inertia: the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion.

Instantaneous Speed: the speed of an object at one instant of time.

Law of Conservation of Momentum: states that the total momentum of objects that collide with each other is the same before and after the collision.

Mass: amount of matter in an object.

Momentum: a measure of how difficult it is to stop a mvoing bject; equals the product of mass and velocity.

Speed: equals the distance traveled divided by the time it takes to travel that distance.

Velocity: the speed and direction of a moving object.