Ch. 1 Motion Vocabulary A

What is the definition of dimension?

• The difference between initial and final position of an object

• The process of changing position

• The distance or length measured in one direction

• The object's distance and direction from a reference point

What is displacement?

• The difference between initial and final position of an object

• The process of changing position

• The distance or length measured in one direction

• The object's distance and direction from a reference point

What is motion?

• The difference between initial and final position of an object

• The process of changing position

• The distance or length measured in one direction

• The object's distance and direction from a reference point

What is position?

• The difference between initial and final position of an object

• The process of changing position

• The distance or length measured in one direction

• The object's distance and direction from a reference point

What is a reference point?

• The difference between initial and final position of an object

• The process of changing position

• The distance or length measured in one direction

• The starting point you choose to describe the location of an object

What does it mean to specify something?

• To compare something

• To indicate or identify something

• To divide something

• To separate something

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is average speed?

• The distance an object travels per unit of time

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

• The speed at a specific instant in time

• The speed and direction of a moving object

What is constant speed?

• The distance an object travels per unit of time

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

• The speed at a specific instant in time

• The speed and direction of a moving object

What is instantaneous speed?

• The distance an object travels per unit of time

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

• The speed at a specific instant in time

• The speed and direction of a moving object

What is speed?

• The distance an object travels per unit of time

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

• The speed at a specific instant in time

• The speed and direction of a moving object