Position and Movement

__________________ 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

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

The position of an object is its location relative to a second or background object, which becomes the reference point. We describe positions using terms like on top of, next to, to the right of or just north of.

An object's motion is measured by its speed and direction from the reference point. Since no objects are truly "still" or completely motionless, motion is always relative to some other, usually larger, object or reference point.

Which of the following is an example of an object’s position?

• over there

• on the table

• right here

• somewhere

The starting point describing the location of an object.

• displacement

• reference point

• positive direction

• negative direction

The direction opposite the reference direction is negative direction.

• True

• False

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

Distance and displacement are equal only if the motion is in

one direction.

• True

• False

Distance and direction are two ways to describe a position.

• True

• False