Position and Motion

Displacement is the difference between your

• reference point and reference direction

• total distance traveled

• starting position and your final position

• average speed

Suppose you travel 10 miles East on your bike from your house and then 6 miles West. If the reference direction is East, then what is final position relative to your house?

• +4 miles

• -4 miles

• +16 miles

• -6 miles

An object's location or _______________ is the distance from a reference point.

• distance

• position

• acceleration

• displacement

How would a distance-time graph appear for an object that is not moving?

• A line that curves upward

• A straight vertical line

• A straight horizontal line

• A line that goes up and to the right

If the reference point is your home and you travel 5 miles to get to Quaker Steak and then come back home, what is the total distance traveled?

• 5 miles

• 10 miles

• 0 miles

• 25 miles

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

• PS 5

• displacement

• speed

• reference point

Describes the location of an object.

• Reference point

• Motion

• Vector

• Position

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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