2024 Motion Vocabulary QUIZ

A system of objects that are not moving with respect to one another.

• frame of reference

• distance

• displacement

• vector

• scalar

A physical quantity that has magnitude only.

• frame of reference

• distance

• displacement

• vector

• scalar

The total length traveled.

• frame of reference

• distance

• displacement

• vector

• scalar

A quantity that has magnitude and direction.

• frame of reference

• distance

• displacement

• vector

• scalar

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

The total length traveled from the starting position.

• frame of reference

• distance

• displacement

• vector

• scalar

rate of change of velocity.

• speed

• average speed

• velocity

  
  

• instantaneous speed

• acceleration

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

The rate at which an object is moving at a given moment in time.

• speed

• average speed

• velocity

  
  

• instantaneous speed

• acceleration

The speed of an object in a given direction.

• speed

• average speed

• velocity

  
  

• instantaneous speed

• acceleration

The overall rate of speed at which an object moves; calculated by dividing the total distance an object travels by the total time.

• speed

• average speed

• velocity

  
  

• instantaneous speed

• acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The distance an object travels per unit of time.

• speed

• average speed

• velocity

  
  

• instantaneous speed

• acceleration