What is Motion?
This is the process of changing position.
motion
Words like above and below describe an object's _____.
Position
This word means the amount of space between two objects or places.
Distance
This tells us how fast or slow something moves.
Speed
Which is moving: a parked bicycle or a bicycle being ridden down the sidewalk?
The bicycle being ridden.
A soccer ball is sitting still. You kick it and it rolls. What caused the ball to begin moving?
push/force
Forward and backward can be used to describe this about an object's movement.
Direction
Which tool would be best for measuring the distance across your desk: a thermometer, ruler, or scale?
ruler
A rabbit and turtle travel the same distance. The rabbit gets there first. Which animal had the greater speed?
The rabbit
A toy car moves from beside a chair to beside a table. What changed?
its position
A student walks from her desk to the classroom door. What changed: her position or her size?
her position
A cat is sitting under a table. What does the word under describe?
The cats position
True or false: Distance can be measured.
True
A car travels 40 kilometers in one hour. What is its speed?
40 kilometers per hour
Sara says, "The playground is far from our classroom." Is she describing speed, distance, or direction?
distance
A book stays on the same shelf all day. Is the book in motion? Explain.
No, because its position did not change.
A toy car starts beside a book and rolls toward a pencil. What happened to the car's position?
it changed
A toy car travels 5 meters. Another travels 8 meters. Which traveled the greater distance?
The car that traveled 8 meters
Two runners travel the same distance. Runner A takes 5 minutes and Runner B takes 8 minutes. Who moved faster?
Runner A
A bus travels 25 kilometers in one hour. What is its speed?
25 kilometers per hour
How can you tell whether an object has moved?
Its position has changed from where it started
Name two words you could use to describe the position of an object.
above, below, beside, near, far, in front of, behind.
A student wants to know how far a marble traveled across the floor. What should the student measure?
The distance from its starting point to where it stopped / the distance traveled.
Two toy cars move for the same amount of time. Car A travels 10 meters and Car B travels 6 meters. Which car has the greater speed? Explain.
Car A, because it traveled farther in the same amount of time.
A ball begins next to a cone. After it is kicked, it stops 4 meters away. Give two pieces of evidence that show the ball was in motion.
Its position changed AND it traveled a distance of 4 meters