Motion Vocabulary

Any change in the location or position of an object.

• Distance

• Mass

• Motion

• Reference Point

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Total Distance an object travels divided by the total time traveled.

• Motion

• Constant Speed

• Acceleration

• Average Speed

Speed that remains the same or does not change

• Distance

• Constant Speed

• Mass

• Acceleration

The rate of change of velocity includes: speeding up, slowing down or changing direction.

• acceleration

• distance

• mass

• speed

How far an object travels

• speed

• mass

• distance

• acceleration

A point used to determine the position of an object

• reference point

• mass

• speed

• acceleration

The amount of matter in something

• distance

• acceleration

• speed

• mass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The distance an object moves over time

• mass

• distance

• speed

• acceleration

If a super worm traveled for 1hour at a rate of 5cm/hr, what distance did the super worm travel?

• 6 cm/hr

• 5 cm/hr

• 5 cm

• 5 hours

If a puppy runs for 50 meters in 10 seconds , what was the puppies speed in meters per second (m/s)

• 60 m

• 5 m/s

• 5 ft/s

• 5 m