Vocabulary
Motion & Speed
Velocity
Speed
Types of Motion
100

What term is used to describe an object's change in position?

motion

100

What two things are needed in order to calculate speed?

Distance & Time

100

What happens when a car slows down and velocity changes? 

negative acceleration (deceleration) 

100

What is the term used to measure the distance an object moves per unit of time?

Speed
100

Does not follow a predictable path...

Random motion

200

What is the space between two objects or points called?

Distance

200

An object that is neither speeding up nor slowing down travels at a 

constant speed 

200

Includes the speed of an object and the direction of its motion. 

Velocity 

200

What is the formula for calculating speed?

S=D/T

200

The trajectory of an object forms a curve...

Curvilinear motion

300

What is the term used for the location of an object?

position 

300

 A rate of change of the velocity of an object. 

acceleration 

300

Velocity must always indicate 

direction 

300

A truck and a car started at the same point, but an hour later, the truck had traveled 60 km, while the car had traveled 80 km. Which one's speed was greater?

The car's.

300

 Repeats at regular intervals...

Constant speed

400

How far the object moves from its starting position

Displacement

400

The total distance an object travels divided by the time of travel 

speed 

400

On a speed-time graph, what slope direction shows deceleration

Downward slope.  Negative slope

400

Represent the following mathematically: 

A train travels across a 550-meter-long bridge, and it takes it 10 seconds to cross it completely.

Trains's Speed = 550m/10s = 55m/s

400

When an object rotates around a fixed point or axis...

Rotational

500

What is a place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion. Something that is stationary (not moving)

Reference point or Frame of Reference

500

What could be used as a good reference point?

building, road sign, tree

500

When velocity changes by the same amount over each time interval, the acceleration of that object is... 

constant 

500

Calculate the speed of a car that traveled 76 miles in 2 hours.

38 mph

500

When an object is thrown or projected into the air, it follows a parabolic trajectory due to the influence of gravity. This type of motion combines horizontal and vertical movements...

Projectile motion