Position and Motion

Describes the location of an object.

• Reference point

• Motion

• Vector

• Position

Motion is a change in position over ______________.

• space

• speed

• distance

• time

A ________________ is a quantity that has both size and direction.

• Reference point

• Position

• Vector

• Centripetal force

A location to which you compare other locations.

• Reference point

• Vector

• Position

• Centripetal acceleration

The ________________ of an object measures how far something moves in a given time.

• Velocity

• Speed

• Movement

• Position

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

__________________ is the difference between the initial position and the final position of an object.

• Distance

• Displacement

• Dimension

• Position

Your distance and direction from a reference point will define your ______________.

• motion

• displacement

• position

• dimension

The people on a bus are not moving in relation the seats inside the bus, but they are in _______________ compared to the streets outside.

• position

• displacement

• reference point

• motion

Directing someone to walk north and west is describing a position in two dimensions.

• True

• False

Displacement does not require movement.

• True

• False