Unit 1 Vocabulary "Quiz"

vector quantity that measures the rate of change in velocity

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Displacement

 total displacement divided by time

• Average Velocity

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Velocity

• Acceleration

• vector quantity which refers to an object’s change in position (final position – initial position)

• Distance

• Displacement

• Speed

• Acceleration

scalar quantity that refers to the total length traveled

• Distance

• Displacement

• Velocity

• Acceleration

 the perspective from which motion is observed

• Picture Frame

• Frame of Reference

• Finish line

• starting line

vector quantity that refers to the velocity at any single point in time

• instantaneous velocity

• instantaneous speed

• instantaneous acceleration

• average displacement

 the study of how things move

• taxonomy

• Kinematics

• Biology

• Chemistry

 absolute value describing quantity, not direction

• Magnitude

• Vector

• Weight

• Force

physical quantity that has a magnitude only

• Velocity

• Displacement

• Scalar

• Force

 scalar quantity that refers to the distance traveled per unit time

• Displacement

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Speed