Relative Motion

A place or object used for comparison to determine if another object is in motion is called a

• comparison point

• reference point

• point of view

• motion detector

Moving at constant speed in a negative direction

• constant negative velocity

• constant positive velocity

• force

• applied force

Jordan and Caleb are riding their bikes past the grocery store. Which of the following is true?

• Jordan and Caleb are moving relative to their bike, but not the grocery store.

• Jordan and Caleb are not moving relative to the grocery store or their bikes.   

• Jordan and Caleb are moving relative to the grocery store, but not their bikes.

• Jordan and Caleb are moving relative to their bikes and the grocery store.

What is the motion of the car relative to the runner's frame of reference?

• 26 m/s right

• 34 m/s right

• 34 m/s left

• 26 m/s left

What is motion?

• the stopping of an object to a frame of reference

• a change in position relative to a frame of reference

• the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge

• a change in the time in which it takes to get an office referral

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What does this graph represent?

• Constant Speed

• Acceleration

• Deacceleration

• Not moving

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the motion of the plane relative to the hot air balloon's frame of reference?

• 493 m/s left

• 487 m/s left

• 493 m/s right

• 487 m/s right

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

What is the motion of the canoe relative to the hitch hiker's frame of reference?

• 2 m/s right

• 0 m/s

• 2 m/s left

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the relative motion of the hitch hiker relative to the plane's frame of reference?

• 490 m/s right

• 0 m/s

• 490 m/s left