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motion
science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| motion | action or process of being moved |
| reference point | a place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion |
| distance | length of a path between two points |
| displacement | length and direction that an object has moved from its starting point |
| vector | a quantity that consist of both a magnitude or size and a direction |
| speed | distance a object travels per unit of time |
| average speed | constant speed of a moving object |
| instantaneous speed | the rate at which an object is moving at any given instant in time |
| velocity | speed in a given direction |
| slope | steepness of a line on the graph |