7.1-7.3 Vocabulary Words

Total distance traveled over total time

• Average Speed

• Average Velocity

Total displacement divided by total time

• Average Speed

• Average Velocity

Only the distance from the start point; has direction

• Displacement

• Distance

How far the object traveled including twists and turns; no direction

• Displacement

• Distance

Perspective of how one views motion

• Frame of Reference

• Motion

Change in the position of an object over time

• Frame of Reference

• Motion

Rate of how quickly an object covers distance; does not have direction

• Velocity

• Speed

Rate at which position changes; has direction

• Velocity

• Speed

Measured in seconds

• Time

• Instantaneous Speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Speed in an exact moment in time

• Time

• Instantaneous Speed