Measuring Motion 1

If you are in a car and wave at your friend as you pass by, what is not moving in respect to you?

• Your friend
• Your car
• You
• Your friend's house

What is the best reference point for describing the motion of the planets in our solar system?

• The galaxy
• The moon
• The sun
• The asteroid belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

If you are in a stationary school bus, what would be the best reference point for you to use to determine when the bus starts to move?

• The front of the bus
• The front of the school
• The bus sitting next  to you
• A student walking on the sidewalk

What is the SI unit used for measuring distance?

• inch
• mile
• foot
• meter

How many millimeters are in a meter?

• 1
• 10
• 100
• 1,000

There are 1,000 meters in a ___________

• kilometer
• millimeter
• centimeter

An object is in _________  if its position changes relative to another object.

• motion
• reference point
• distance
• SI Unit

What is used as a place or object to compare or to determine if something is in motion?

• distance
• relative motion
• reference point
• SI Units

What is the length of the path between two points?

• distance
• length
• kilometer
• meter