Chapter 2 Motion Vocabulary Quiz

an object’s change in position from the starting point to the ending point

• Motion

• Speed

• distance

• displacement

a change in an object's position relative to a reference point

• Motion

• Speed

• momentum

• acceleration

distance an object travels per unit of time

• velocity

• Speed

• centripetal acceleration

• acceleration

the speed and direction of a moving object 

• velocity

• Speed

• motion

• acceleration

property of a moving object that equals its mass times velocity (p=mv)

• momentum

• displacement

• centripetal acceleration

• acceleration

rate of change of velocity; can be calculated by dividing the change in the velocity by the time it takes the change to occur. a=(vf-vi)/t

• distance

• average speed

• centripetal acceleration

• acceleration

acceleration of an object toward the center of a curved or circular path

• momentum

• average speed

• centripetal acceleration

• displacement