Chapter 1 Describing Motion Study Guide

The starting point you choose to describe the position an object.

• reference point

• south

• spot

• position

To describe a position you need distance and this from the reference point.

• direction

• mass

• location

• time

Which is a reference direction?

• faster

• beside you

• to the North

• backwards

Which statement indicates that motion has occurred?

• The reference point has changed.

• The position the object has changed.

• The object being described has changed.

• The object is stationary.

" The house is one block east and one block south of school" is a set of directions in two ...

• references

• positions

• dimensions

• locations

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

Direction of motion opposite the reference direction.

• positive

• negative

• forward

• slower

The process of changing position.

• reference point

• direction

• yoga

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The difference between the initial position and the final position.

• displacement

• motion

• dimension

• total distance

When motion is a straight line in one direction, this equals displacement.

• dimension

• motion

• distance

• reference point

Displacement does not require movement.

• True

• False