(Phys) W4b Unit 1 Motion Test

The process of an object changing position from one location to another

• motion

• velocity

• kinematics

• mechanics

The study of motion

• motion

• kinematics

• mechanics

• coefficient

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

the study of how things move

• distance

• kinematics

• motion

• mechanics

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the location of an object within a physical frame of reference

• mechanics

• position

• motion

• mechanics

A set of points a person uses to determine if an object is in motion

• motion

• frame of reference

• position time graph

• velocity time graph

The total ground covered by an object during its motion

• direction

• difference

• distance

• displacement

The shortest length of a path taken by an object from one point to another, or how far an object has moved from its starting position

• direction

• difference

• distance

• displacement

Displacement includes both the distance and _____ involved in a change in position.

• direction

• slope

• Scalars

• motion

Quantities that are described by magnitude alone

• distance

• Vectors

• Acceleration

• Scalars

Quantities that are described by both magnitude and direction

• coefficient

• Scalars

• mechanics

• Vectors

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4