Motion and Position

Describes the location of an object.

• Reference point

• Motion

• Vector

• Position

A location to which you compare other locations.

• Reference point

• Vector

• Position

• Centripetal acceleration

Motion is a change in position over ______________.

• space

• speed

• distance

• time

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

• Velocity

• Speed

• Movement

• Position

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

• Reference point

• Position

• Vector

• Centripetal force

__________________ 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

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

• position

• relative

• specify

• reference point

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

For the field trip, the buses will park three blocks east of the museum; this describes the position of the parking spot ____________________ to the museum.

• specify

• relative

• reference point

• displacement