Lesson 1: Position and Motion

An object's distance and direction from a reference point.

• reference point

• position

• motion

• speed

The starting point chosen to describe the location of an object.

• speed

• position

• reference point

• vector

The process of changing position from one place to another.

• velocity

• reference point

• speed

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

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A measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time.

• reference point

• speed

• vector

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A measure of speed in a given direction.

• velocity

• motion

• vector

• position

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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A quantity that shows both direction and magnitude.

• velocity

• speed

• reference point

• vector

Variable in an experiment that is changed on purpose.

• controlled variable

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Variable in an experiment that responds to the change that was measured or observed.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• controlled variable

Variable in an experiment that can be changed but is held constant.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• controlled variable

The arrows in the image best represents which of the following terms?

• position

• speed

• reference point

• vector

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