Motions vocab

The distance and direction in an objects change in position.

• displacement

• speed

• motion

The distance an object travels per unit of time.

• Speed

• displacement

• motion

A change in an objects position relative to a reference point.

• motion

• speed

• velocity

The speed of an object and the direction of its motion.

• Velocity

• momentum

• speed

The product of an objects mass and velocity.

• Momentum

• displacement

• velocity

The rate of change of velocity.

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed

Acceleration towards the center of a curved or circular path.

• Centripetal acceleration

• Speed

• Velocity