Vocabulary: Position and Motion

What is a reference point?

• The speed and direction of an object's motion

• The process of changing position

• The starting point you choose to describe the location of an object

• A part of something

What does it mean to specify something?

• To indicate or identify

• To compare to something or someone else

• To measure something, such as height or width

• To form ideas in your mind

How is position defined?

• An object's distance in a certain direction from a reference point

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

• A direction that you choose from a starting point to describe an object's position

• The process of changing position

What is a reference direction?

• A direction that you choose from a starting point to describe an object's position

• The speed and direction of an object's motion

• The process of changing position

• A measurement of something, such as height or width

What does the term "dimension" refer to?

• A part of something

• To form ideas in your mind

• A measurement of something, such as height or width

• The process of changing position

What does it mean to "imagine"?

• To measure something, such as height or width

• To form ideas in your mind

• The measure of the distance an object travels per unit of time

• The speed and direction of an object's motion

What is the process of changing position called?

• Displacement

• Velocity

• Motion

• Speed

What does the term "relative" mean?

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

• To compare to something or someone else

• A part of something

• A quantity that has magnitude and direction

What is the definition of "displacement"?

• The process of changing position

• The measure of the distance an object travels per unit of time

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

• A direction that you choose from a starting point to describe an object’s position

How is "speed" defined?

• The measure of the distance an object travels per unit of time

• A quantity that has magnitude and direction

• The speed and direction of an object’s motion

• A part of something

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