Describing Motion Vocabulary Chapter 6

the entire length of an object’s path

• distance

• reference point

• motion

• work

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the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object.

• force

• weight

• reference point

• slope

an object’s distance and direction from a reference point.

• vector

• newton

• area

• position

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the measurable period during which an action, process, or change occurs.

• newton

• time

• weight

• meter

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the difference between the initial, or starting, position and the final position

• velocity

• displacement

• speed

• distance time graph

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a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time

• relative position

• newton

• force

• speed

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The angle of a line on a graph. (Rise over run)

• Speed

• Slope

• Newton

• Force

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the speed and the direction of a moving object

• velocity

• inertia

• slope

• newton

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the graphs that show the comparison of distance over time

• gravity graph

• velocity graph

• distance time graph

• speed graph

Push or pull on an object

• force

• motion

• work

• potential energy

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