Motion and Speed

_______ tells you how the position

of an object changes during a certain.

• Velocity

• Speed

• Motion

_________ is the speed of an object in a

particular direction.

• Speed

• Motion

• Velocity

Something moving

if its position changes against a

background. The background is called the

frame of reference.

• True

• False

_________ is the location of an object in relation to a

nearby object or place.

• Speed

• Position

• Motion

The change in position is called ________.

• Velocity

• Motion

• Speed

One way to describe motion is to find

speed, or how fast or slow something

is moving.

• True

• False

• Maybe

To find an object’s speed, you divide how

far it goes by the time it takes to get there.

So if you walk 30 meters (m) in 15 seconds

(sec), your speed is 2 m/sec.

• True

• False

• Maybe