Frame of Reference Basics and Example

Identify what type of reference frame.

"A train moving with a uniform velocity of 60 kilometres per hour towards the north".

• Inertial Frame of Reference

• Non - Inertial Frame of Reference

Identify what type of reference frame.

"A bus that suddenly stops when the driver sees an old woman crossing the street".

• Inertial Frame of Reference

• Non - Inertial Frame of Reference

Identify what type of reference frame.

"When you are speeding up and passing a car".

• Inertial Frame of Reference

• Non - Inertial Frame of Reference

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Identify what type of reference frame.

• Inertial Frame of Reference

• Non - Inertial Frame of Reference

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-2

An indicator that orients you; the place from where you measure, record, or witness an event.

• Displacement

• Reference Point

• Motion

• Distance

An object is in motion relative to the _________________________.

• Mass

• Reference Point

• Gravity

• Forces and Motion

Relative motion

• the motion of an object in comparison to other objects in a specific frame of reference

• the point of view used to measure the position and movement of objects

• how fast something moves

• the distance

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

Relative motion can best be defined as

• the change in position of an object divided by change in time.

• the amount of motion that an object experiences over a given period of time.

• the motion of an object with a constant velocity.

• the motion of one object as it appears to another object.

In physics, frames of reference are classified by two main types: _____.

• non - inertial and inertial

• scalar and vector

• inertial and non - accelerating

• real and imaginary