Position and Motion

In order to determine an object’s location, you need a _____.

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• displacement

• speed

• reference point

____________________ is speed in a specific direction.

• Average speed

• Velocity

• Vector

• Acceleration

Describes the location of an object.

• Reference point

• Motion

• Vector

• Position

A push or a pull that has both a size and a direction.

• Inertia

• Force

• Net force

• Acceleration

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A location to which you compare other locations.

• Reference point

• Vector

• Position

• Centripetal acceleration

Motion is a change in position over ______________.

• space

• speed

• distance

• time

The ________________ of an object measures how far something moves in a given time.

• Velocity

• Speed

• Movement

• Position

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A ________________ is a quantity that has both size and direction.

• Reference point

• Position

• Vector

• Centripetal force

_____________________ measures a change in velocity.

• Acceleration

• Average acceleration

• Speed

• Average speed

Motion can be described through a change in _____.

• temperature

• distance

• position

• speed