Describing Motion

Distance or length measured in one direction

• dimension

• displacement

• motion

• position

Difference between initial position and final position of an object.

• displacement

• motion

• position

• reference point

Process of changing position

• motion

• position

• reference point

• dimension

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Object's distance and direction from a reference point

• relative

• position

• displacement

• dimension

Starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object

• reference point

• position

• motion

• displacement

Compared to

• relative

• specify

• motion

• dimension

To indicate or identify

• specify

• relative

• dimension

• displacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Distance divided by time

• average speed

• constant speed

• instantaneous speed

Rate of change of position in which the same distance is traveled each second

• constant speed

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

Speed at a specific instant in time

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• constant speed