PS Chapter 4 Vocabulary

A variable that tells location relative to an origin

• origin

• position

• speed

• vector

A place where the positive has been given a value of zero

• origin

• position

• vector

• velocity

This describes how quickly an object moves, calculated by dividing the distance traveled by the time it takes

• distance

• origin

• speed

• instantaneous speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

This is the total distance divided by the total time for a trip

• instantaneous speed

• speed

• velocity

• average speed

This is the actual speed of a moving object at any moment

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• acceleration

• velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A variable that gives direction information included in its value

• origin

• speed

• velocity

• vector

A variable that tells you both speed and direction

• origin

• velocity

• variable

• speed

One of two (or more) number lines that form a graph

• slope

• plot

• axis

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Values that give a position relative to an origin

• vectors

• coordinates

• origin

• values

This is speed that stays the same and does not change

• speed

• instantaneous speed

• constant speed

• average speed