FLASHCARDS: Motion Vocab

Front

An object moving and changing its position (location).

Back

motion

Front

How fast an object is moving

Back

speed

Front

The speed and direction an object is moving.

Back

velocity

Front

The size or amount of something. Represented as a number. Examples: how much force, how fast.

Back

magnitude

Front

An arrow showing both magnitude (#) and direction. Examples of vectors: Force, Velocity, Acceleration.

Back

Vector

Front

How fast an object travels on average during a certain period of time. Not the exact speed. Calculated by total distance traveled by the time of travel.

Back

average speed

Front

How far an object travels. Total length of the path from one point to another.

Back

distance

Front

How fast an object is traveling at a specific point in time

Back

instantaneous speed

Front

A fixed point to help tell if an object is moving or not.

Back

reference point

Front

Any change in an object's velocity (speed/direction)

Back

acceleration