Understanding and Describing Motion

_____ is the process of changing position

• direction
• displacement
• speed
• motion

When an object's change of position is equal in every second, it is moving at a(n) _____ speed

• constant
• instantaneous
• motion
• average

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Comparing your location to a starting point, or _____ helps describe where you are

• distance
• motion
• reference point
• displacement

The _____ of a moving object includes its speed and _____

• position, time
• velocity, direction
• time, position
• direction, velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

An object's change in position involves changes in _____ and _____ from the starting point

• time, direction
• displacement, time
• motion, speed
• distance, displacement

If an object returns to its starting point, its _____ is zero, although it has traveled a big _____

• time, distance
• distance, displacement
• displacement, distance
• distance, time

_____ speed is the total distance traveled divided by the time taken to travel that distance

• instantaneous
• acceleration
• constant
• average

_____ is a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time

• speed
• acceleration
• displacement
• motion

The difference between the initial position and the final position of an object is its _____

• distance
• velocity
• acceleration
• displacement

An object's speed at any particular moment is its _____ speed

• instantaneous
• average
• acceleration
• constant