Physical Science PS Module 6 VOCAB

A change with time of position or orientation of a body or object.

• Frame of reference

• Speed

• Motion

• Vector Quantity

A point against which direction is measured

• Frame of Reference

• Distance

• Displacement

• Reference Point

Refers to using a reference point to detect motion

• Speed

• Frame of Reference

• Acceleration

• Scalar Quantity

The length of the path between two points

• Velocity

• Speed

• Distance

• Motion

The distance an object travels plus the direction from the starting point

• Vector quantity

• Displacement

• Speed

• Motion

A physical measurement that contains both a number and directional information

• Vector quantity

• Scalar Quantity

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

A physical measurement that contains only numbers

• Scalar Quantity

• Vector Quantity

• Displacement

• Motion

Tells us how quickly an object moves in relation to a reference point

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Motion

• Speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Tells us how quickly and in what direction an object is moving in relation to a reference point

• Velocity

• Speed

• Average Speed

• Acceleration

The ratio of total distance traveled to the total time of the trip

• Acceleration

• Distance

• Motion

• Average Speed