Motion and Position

What is a reference point?

• A place or object that is staying still, that is used to determine if something else is moving.

• A place or spot where something is located

• The action of moving or being moved

• Shortest distance between starting position and ending position

Motion can be described through a change in _____.

• temperature

• distance

• position

• speed

In order to determine an object’s location, you need a _____.

• time

• displacement

• speed

• reference point

To determine if an object has changed position, you need to know its position relative to another object. _______________

• True

• False

What is motion?

• the stopping of an object to a frame of reference

• a change in position relative to a frame of reference

• the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge

• a change in the time in which it takes to get an office referral

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What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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How do you calculate distance?

• Distance divided by time.

• Displacement divided by time.

• Speed multiplied by time.

• Displacement divided by velocity.

What does this graph represent?

• Constant Speed

• Acceleration

• Deacceleration

• Not moving

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Total distance divided by total time, for an object shows:

• acceleration

• the size of one's toupee

• absolute speed

• average speed

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You need Distance, a reference point, and a reference direction to determine the position of an object

• True

• False