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motionlesson
unit 4.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the length between two places | distance |
| the location of an object compared with things around it | position |
| a change in an object's position compared to fixed objects around it | motion |
| how fast an object's position changes with time at any time at any given moment | speed |
| a description of a moving object's speed and direction | velocity |
| a change in the velocity of an object over time | acceleration |
| when things appear to an observer to be moving but are not actually changing position | apparent motion |
| a moving object is the total distance traveled divided by the total amount of time | average speed |
| the speed of an object at one instant of time | instantaneous speed |
| the steepness of a line on a graph, rise over run | slope |
| when the speed of an object does not change throughout its time in motion | constant speed |
| a push or pull | force |
| a force that acts in the opposite direction of motion | friction |
| the product of the mass and velocity of an object | momentum |
| shows a car's speed | speedometer |