Motion Vocabulary

the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object

• reference point

• motion

• displacement

• position

an object's distance and direction from a reference point

• reference point

• position

• motion

• displacement

the process of changing position

• displacement

• reference point

• displacement

• motion

the difference between the initial (first) position and the final position of an object

• reference point

• motion

• displacement

• speed

a measure of the distance an object travels per unit of time

• velocity

• instantaneous speed

• constant speed

• speed

the rate of change of position in which the same distance is traveled each second

• instantaneous speed

• constant speed

• average speed

• velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

speed at a specific instant in time

• average speed

• velocity

• constant speed

• instantaneous speed

the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken to travel that distance

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• velocity

• constant speed

the speed and the direction of a moving object

• speed

• velocity

• reference point

• average speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time

• velocity

• speed

• acceleration

• position