Motion, Position, Direction, Speed

If you ask a friend to meet you somewhere, you will need to __________________ your location.

• specify

• relative

• reference point

• motion

__________________ is the difference between the initial position and the final position of an object.

• Distance

• Displacement

• Dimension

• Position

Your distance and direction from a reference point will define your ______________.

• motion

• displacement

• position

• dimension

Comparing your location to a starting point, or _______________, helps describe where you are.

• position

• relative

• specify

• reference point

To describe the position of your school on a map, you need to describe its location in two ______________.

• displacement

• motion

• dimension

• position

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

The people on a bus are not moving in relation the seats inside the bus, but they are in _______________ compared to the streets outside.

• position

• displacement

• reference point

• motion

For the field trip, the buses will park three blocks east of the museum; this describes the position of the parking spot ____________________ to the museum.

• specify

• relative

• reference point

• displacement

Directing someone to walk north and west is describing a position in two dimensions.

• True

• False

Displacement does not require movement.

• True

• False

The starting point describing the location of an object.

• displacement

• reference point

• positive direction

• negative direction