U2 Vocabulary Motion and Speed Quiz

The rate at which an object is moving at a given moment in time

• Instantaneous speed

• Average speed

• Constant speed

• Acceleration

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The length of a path between two points

• Velocity

• Distance

• Acceleration

• Speed

Definition: velocity changing at a constant rate

• Constant Speed

• Constant Acceleration

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

Definition: Speed that does not change

• Constant Acceleration

• Average Speed

• Constant Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

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Definition: a graph that the slope represents the distance per time, or speed

• Average speed

• Distance vs. Time Graph

• Constant speed

• Acceleration

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Definition: the speed of an object in a particular direction

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Displacement

• Velocity

The overall rate of speed at which an object moves; is calculated by dividing the total distance an object travels by the total time.

• Increasing Acceleration

• Velocity

• Instantaneous Speed

• Average Speed

Distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point.

• Displacement

• Acceleration

• Motion

• Velocity

The distance an object travels per unit of time

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Velocity

• Distance

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The curved line indicates the acceleration is not constant.

• Constant Velocity

• Constant Speed

• Increasing Speed

• Increasing Acceleration