Motion Vocabulary Practice

The rate at which velocity changes

• speed

• positon

• distance

• acceleration

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

The length of a path between two points

• displacement

• distance

• inertia

• slope

Dealing with the description of the motion of objects without reference to the forces producing the motion

• scalar

• vector

• kinematics

• motion

The change in position of an object that results from some force applied

• displacement

• distance

• final velocity

• inertia

The tendency of things to resist changes in motion

• displacement

• vector

• speed

• inertia

This represents "the change in" a value

• average

• speed

• distance

• delta

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-1

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The steepness of a line, which is equal to the ratio of a vertical change to the horizontal change

• linear

• slope

• vector

• acceleration

The ratio of the distance an object moves to the amount of time the object moves

• speed

• velocity

• reference point

• position

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Using all the instantaneous speeds for an object

• average

• velocity

• acceleration

• kinematics

A measurement of magnitude (size) and direction

• scalar

• vector

• speed

• distance