(Q3) PS: Test 1 Review - Position and Motion (vocabulary)

The starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object.

• reference point

• reference direction

• placement point

• displacement

The point you choose for your reference point is arbitrary, which means you can pick any point.

• True

• False

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

• position

• meters

• compass

• placement

In order to describe your position, you need...

(select ALL that apply)

• distance

• direction

• size

• dimensions

The reference direction defines...

• the positive direction

• which way is north

• how far you need to reach the finish line

• the correct way to go

The process of changing position.

• motion

• velocity

• displacement

• distance

The difference between the initial, or starting, position and the final position.

• displacement

• total distance

• speed

• direction

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

• speed

• velocity

• direction

• distance

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speed =

• distance / time

• time / distance

• distance x time

• distance + time

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The speed and direction of a moving object.

• velocity

• vector

• average speed

• displacement

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