1D Motion - Definitions Flashcards
1
Q
What is displacement?
A
Displacement indicates how far an object ends up from its initial position, regardless of its total distance traveled.
2
Q
What is average velocity?
A
Average velocity is displacement divided by the time interval over which that displacement occurred.
3
Q
What is instantaneous velocity?
A
Instantaneous velocity is how fast an object is moving at a specific moment in time.
4
Q
What is acceleration?
A
Acceleration tells how much an object’s speed changes in one second.
5
Q
What is distance?
A
Distance is how much ground an object has covered.
6
Q
What is speed?
A
Speed is distance divided by time.
7
Q
What is frame of reference?
A
What you are comparing motion to
