Vocabulary #1
Examples
Acceleration
Miscellaneous #1
Miscellaneous #2
100
When the distance from an original object is changing
What is motion
100
A bug travels 100 meters in 2 hours. What is the average speed?
What is 50.
100
The rate at which velocity changes
What is acceleration
100
In science we measure _____ to know how much something has moved.
What is distance
100
What makes a good reference point in finding motion?
What is something stationary (not moving)
200
The way to know if you have moved it 
What is the reference point
200
A car travels 50 miles in the first 2 hours and 40 miles in the next hour.  What is the average speed?
What is 30.
200
The formula for finding acceleration is
What is Force / Mass
200
The total distance something travels in total time
What is average speed
200
A horizontal line on a motion graph means
What is no change in distance
300
The distance an object travels in a certain amount of time
What is speed
300
A man runs 140 meters in 2 hours and 60 meters in another hour.  What is his average speed?
What is 100.
300
What are the 3 things that acceleration can be
What is speeding up, slowing down, and changing direction
300
What is the formula for finding speed
What is Distance / Time
300
On a motion graph if the line slopes down, what is happening
What is the object is getting closer in distance
400
How fast an object is moving at that instant time
What is Instantaneous speed
400
A bus travels 200 miles in 4 hours on one day and on the second day it travels 360 in 6 hours.  What is the average speed?
What is 56.
400
An acceleration graph can be described as what
What is curved
400
The steepness of a line graph is called
What is slope
400
In an acceleration graph the object changes directions; therefore it also speeds up and slows down is called
What is a horseshoe appearance
500
Speed with a direction
What is velocity
500
A woman walks 10 miles in 6 hours on Day 1.  On Day 2 she walks 12 miles in 7 hours.  On Day 3 she walks  8 miles in 7 hours. What is the average speed.
What is 1.5.
500
In an acceleration graph if the curve goes down what does it mean?
What is slowing down.
500
A straight line on a motion graph means
What is constant speed
500
On a motion graph if the line slopes up, what is happening 
What is the object is getting farther away in distance.