Force and Motion Vocabulary Quiz

_________________ is an objects location.

• Reference point

• Motion

• Position

• Displacement

The position of an object is defined in relation to a ______________.

• reference point

• motion

• position

• displacement

________________________ is the change in position of an object compared to a reference point.

• Reference point

• Motion

• Position

• Direction

____________________ is the path that an object in motion follows.

• Reference point

• Position

• Displacement

• Direction

_____________________ is a measure of the distance an object moves and the direction in which it moves relative to its starting point.

• Reference point

• Position

• Displacement

• Motion

_______________ is a measurement that describes the distance a moving object travels per unit of time.

• Speed

• Slope

• Position

• Displacement

________________________ is the speed of an object at one instant of time.

• Average speed

• Instantaneous speed

• Velocity

• Force

__________________ is the overall rate of speed at which an object moves.

• Average speed

• Instantaneous speed

• Velocity

• Force

___________________ is an object's speed and the direction of it's motion.

• Average speed

• Instantaneous speed

• Velocity

• Force

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________________________ is the rate at which velocity changes.

• Average speed

• Acceleration

• Force

• Graph