Speed and Motion Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of motion?

• The location of an object

• Movement; the act of moving

• Starting place

• Ending place

What does the term "frame of reference" refer to?

• The shortest distance between start and end points

• The object that does not move when measuring movement

• Quantities that have both magnitude and direction

• Total path traveled from point of origin to final destination

What is the definition of position?

• The location of an object

• Starting place

• Ending place

• Movement; the act of moving

What does distance measure?

• The shortest distance between start and end points

• Total path traveled from point of origin to final destination

• Quantities that only have magnitude

• Quantities that have both magnitude and direction

What is the point of origin?

• Ending place

• Starting place

• The location of an object

• Movement; the act of moving

What is the final destination?

• Starting place

• Ending place

• The location of an object

• Movement; the act of moving

What does the word "initial" mean?

• End, last

• Start, first

• The shortest distance between start and end points

• Quantities that have both magnitude and direction

What does the term "final" mean?

• Start, first

• End, last

• The location of an object

• Movement; the act of moving

What is displacement?

• The location of an object

• The shortest distance between the start and end points with direction

• Total path traveled from point of origin to final destination

• Quantities that only have magnitude

What is a scalar quantity?

• Quantities that have both magnitude and direction

• Quantities that only have magnitude (how much)

• The shortest distance between start and end points

• Total path traveled from point of origin to final destination