PMA Science

It refers to a change in position with respect to a reference object.

• Distance

• Motion

• Displacement

• Acceleration

The original position serves as a ________ to the motion of the object and it is very important in describing its motion.

• Motion

• Displacement

• Reference

• Angle

This refers to the length of the entire path the object travelled.

• Distance

• Displacement

• Speed

• Acceleration

It refers to the shortest distance between the object’s two positions.

• Distance

• Displacement

• Motion

• Acceleration

It is the total distance travelled by an object over the total time it took to cover such distance.

• Average speed

• Average velocity

• Instantaneous speed

• Average acceleration

The speed at an instant is called __________.

• Average speed

• Instantaneous speed

• Instantaneous velocity

• Instantaneous motion

It is a device used to measure instantaneous speed of a vehicle.

• Thermometer

• Sphygmomanometer

• Speedometer

• Calculator

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Speed with direction is referred to as _________.

• Acceleration

• Distance

• Velocity

• Motion

When a graph is plotted in terms of distance travelled by the object and the time it took to cover such distance, the graph can be called __________.

• Distance-time graph

• Position-time graph

• Motion-time graph

• Acceleration-time graph

If the graph is plotted in terms of displacement and time, it is called ________.

• Distance-time graph

• Displacement-time graph

• Position-time graph

• Motion-time graph