Measuring Motion Quiz

An objects change in position relative to a reference point.

• Motion

• Displacement

• Distance

The ______________ of any distance-time graph gives the speed of the object.

• Velocity

• Slope

• Displacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What does the dotted line represent?

• The dotted line represents distance.

• The dotted line represents displacement

• The dotted line has no meaning.

The velocity of an object consists of both its speed and its direction of motion.

• True

• False

The slope of the line in a distance-time graph is the object's velocity.

• True

• False

The distance-time graph of an object moving at a constant speed is a straight line.

• True

• False

The average speed of an object is defined as the _________________ the object travels divided by the ___________________ of travel.

• time, distance

• distance, time

• neither time nor distance

Distance and displacement are two words that mean the same thing.

• True

• False

When an object changes position in comparison to a stationary reference point, the object is in _____________________.

• Motion

• Momentum

• Acceleration

Identifying the reference frame is important in describing motion.

• True

• False