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That is the magnitude (size) of acceleration.

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The rate at which an object changes position is called what?

A change in position in a certain amount of time is called motion.


What do you call it when an objects velocity changes?

A change in an objects velocity is called acceleration. Velocity is defined as an objects speed of travel AND its direction of travel. Acceleration can change only an objects speed, only its direction or both. If there is no acceleration acting on the object, then the velocity remains constant.


An objects speed is a measure of what?

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What is the rate at which speed and direction change?

The rate at which speed changes is acceleration, which is the change in velocity over time. The rate at which direction changes is angular acceleration, which is the change in angular velocity over time.


How fast an object's position is changed over time is the object's is what?

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Is acceleration the fastest kind of speed?

Acceleration is a measure of how quickly the speed of an object changes over time, not the speed itself. Speed refers to the rate at which an object covers distance, while acceleration refers to how the speed of the object changes. So, acceleration is not a kind of speed, but rather a measure of how speed changes.


What is an objects speed at at particular moment in time is called?

The speed of an object at a particular moment in time is called instantaneous speed. It is the rate at which an object is moving at an individual point in time.


What is the rate at which the speed of an object changes?

The change in an objects velocity is called acceleration. The formula is:a = F/m where a is acceleration, m is the mass, and F is the force acting on the object.


What is over time?

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What measures an objects change is position per unit time?

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What happens to the speed of an object that is accelerating?

The speed may, or may not, change. Acceleration means that the velocity changes; this means that either the speed changes, or the direction.


How does speed change?

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