Crash Course: Motion in a Straight Line

The science of how the whole world works

• biology

• chemistry

• physics

• physiology

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Kinematic equations links all of these things together

• time, space, and speed

• motion, acceleration, and force

• time, position, velocity, and acceleration

• force, acceleration, rate, and Roxann

Which of the following is an example of moving in all three dimensions?

• a toy car rolling across the floor

• a woman walking down the street

• a man rollerblading at the park

• a bird flying

A change in position

• displacement

• movement

• physics

• acceleration

Velocity

• how quickly your position changes

• the way your position changes over time

• the speed at which something is moving

• a big word I don't know

vertical

• side to side

• up and down

• east and west

• a hard way to sleep

_____________ acceleration equals the change in velocity divided by the change in time

• Change

• Constant

• Fast

• Different

Physicists abbreviate gravity with _______________.

• lowercase g

• uppercase G

• ^#

• @

________________ are useful to show a change in position.

• Pie charts

• Tables

• Paragraphs

• Graphs

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

It is important to know algebra for understanding science.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1