Chapter 1: Describing Motion

What is the starting point you choose to describe the location or position of an object?

• Position

• Starting Point

• Reference Point

• Location

What is an object's distance and direction from a reference point?

• Position

• Location

• Displacement

True or False: A description of a position only needs distance and direction

• True

• False

True or False: If you change the reference point, only the description of the objects position changes

• True

• False

What is the process of changing position?

• Location

• Distance

• Motion

• Displacement

What is displacement?

• The difference between the first position and the final position of an object

• The length of the path taken

What is Distance?

• The difference between the first position and the final position of an object

• The length of the path taken

What is the measure of the distance an object travels per unit time?

• Distance

• Speed

• Velocity

What is the unit for speed?

• g/L

• m/K

• Km/mol

• m/s

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Which type of speed is the speed of an object at a specific instant in time?

• Constant Speed

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed