1.1 Describing Motion

You can measure _____ by dividing distance over time.

• motion
• position
• speed
• velocity

When runners are running around a track, they are constantly changing their _____.

• motion
• speed
• velocity
• force

An object's location is its _____.

• force
• motion
• velocity
• position

The measure of an object's speed in a certain direction is its ________.

• force
• position
• speed
• velocity

When describing an object's position, other objects you use as comparisons become your _____ of _____.

• motion of position
• frame of reference
• speed of direction
• direction of velocity

Which runner is the slowest?

• Runner 1
• Runner 2
• Runner 3
• None of the runners

North, south, east, west, right, left, up and down are all words used to describe _____.

• direction
• motion
• position
• speed

What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object
• the location of an object
• acceleration
• speed in a specific direction

Can be measured in meters per second (m/s)

• Distance
• Time
• Speed
• Acceleration