Describing position
The location of an object.
position
What do you call the process of changing position?
motion
Is a measure of the distance an object travels in a give amount of time.
speed
It is the speed and direction of a moving object.
velocity
reference point
True or false. An object is not in motion relative to a reference point that moves in the same direction at the same rate as the object.
True
What is the average speed equation?
v = d/t
It is a quantity that has only magnitude.
Scalar
An object's ______________ is constantly changing if it is in motion.
position
It is the difference between the initial position and the final position measured in a straight line.
displacement
It is equal to the total distance traveled divided by the total time.
average speed
It is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
vector
reference position
You run 100m to the west. You turn around and run 100m to the east. What is your displacement?
0m
What is the average speed of a soccer ball that travels 34 m in 2 s?
17 m/s (34/2)
Morgan rode her bicycle from her house to the mailbox. The mailbox is 3 miles east of her house. It took her 15 minutes to get to the mailbox. What was her velocity?
5 mi/min east
If an object is traveling in the opposite direction of another object, is its direction positive (+) or negative(-)?
negative
You leave you house and walk 200 m west to the grocery store. From there, you walk 100 m east to the park, and another 600 m to the south to the doughnut shop. How far did you walk?
900m
Buddy runs 400 m in 56 s. What is his average speed? Round to the nearest 100th.
7.14 m/s
This type of graph shows an object's change in position during specific time intervals.
distance-time graph