Unit 2 Vocabulary

Speed and direction of a moving object

• Distance

• Average Speed

• Velocity

• Accleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

SI unit for speed

• Acceleration

• Meters per second

• Reference point

• Distance

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The process of changing position

• Instantaneous speed

• Reference point

• Average speed

• Motion

The rate of change in which the same distance is traveled each second

• Constant speed

• Velocity

• Meters per second

• Average speed

The total distance traveled divided by the total time to travel the distance

• Constant speed

• Acceleration

• Meters per second

• Average speed

A speed at a specific instant in time

• Meters per second

• Reference point

• Velocity

• Instantaneous speed

A change in velocity

• Acceleration

• Distance

• Instantaneous speed

• Motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Shortest distance between two points

• Reference point

• Displacement

• Motion

• Average speed

how far an object travels from its starting point

• Displacement

• Average speed

• Distance

• Motion

a place or object used to compare to see if something is in motion

• Reference point

• Constant speed

• Average speed

• Distance