Motion Vocabulary (ESL)

__________ is the change in position of an object in time

• Time

• Motion

• Deceleration

__________ = a measurement of length between two points

• velocity

• gravity

• distance

__________ is a change in position of an object

• displacement

• frame of reference

• acceleration of gravity

This is what is measured by a clock.

• motion

• time

• acceleration

__________ is how fast or slow an object is moving

• speed

• gravity

• motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

_________ is speed with direction

• deceleration

• displacement

• velocity

__________ is a positive change in velocity

• Acceleration

• time

• distance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_________ is a negative change in velocity

• speed

• deceleration

• displacement

The pull of objects toward the center of the Earth is called __________.

• speed

• frame of reference

• gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

_________ is 9.8 meters/second^2

• acceleration of gravity

• time

• motion