Vocab

Question 0

Displacement

Answer 0

The change in position in an object(straight line from start point to end point)

Question 1

Reference frame

Answer 1

The object or the point from which movement is determined

Question 2

Vector

Answer 2

Quantities which are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.

Question 3

Velocity

Answer 3

A vector quantity - speed of an object in a particular direction.

Question 4

Acceleration

Answer 4

A vector quantity - the rate at which an object changes it’s velocity.

Question 5

Motion

Answer 5

An objects change in position relative to a reference point.

Question 6

Distance

Answer 6

Measuring the actual path that is traveled.

Question 7

Scalar

Answer 7

Quantities which are fully described by a magnitude alone.

Question 8

Speed

Answer 8

A scalar quantity - the distance covered divided by the time it took to travel.

Question 9

Average speed

Answer 9

Average of all instantaneous speeds; found simply by a distance time ratio.