Motion Terms Vocabulary

A change in the position of an object with respect to time.

• Motion

• Distance

• Time

• Speed

The length between two points

• Motion

• Distance

• Time

• Speed

Measured in seconds

• Velocity

• Distance

• Time

• Speed

How fast an object moves

• Velocity

• Distance

• Time

• Speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Speed with Direction!!

• Velocity

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Constant Speed

How fast an object moves at a given moment

• Velocity

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Constant Speed

Speed that stays the same

• Velocity

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Constant Speed

Your cruise control is an instrument to help you achieve a ___________________.

• Velocity

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Constant Speed

Your speedometer can tell you your _____________.

• Velocity

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Constant Speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The shortest distance from start to finish... with a direction.

• Motion

• Distance

• Displacement

• Speed