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1
Q

The starting point you choose to describe the location, or postion of an object

A

Reference point

2
Q

An objects distance and direction from a reference point.

A

Postion

3
Q

The car is 25 meters east of door 9. What is this call?

A

Postion

4
Q

Process of changing postion

A

Motion

5
Q

Total length of an object’s path

A

Distance

6
Q

Distance between the starting point and the ending point

A

displacement

7
Q

How do u calculate speed?

A

Distance divided by time

8
Q

Speed and direction of an object

A

Velocity

9
Q

change in velocity (speed ans direction.)

A

Acceleration

10
Q
|
  |
  |-------------
  |
   -----------------
        Time
Identify what is happening?
A

Object at rest, away from the orgin

There is no speed, velocity, and acceleration.

11
Q
|               /
  |         / 
  |    /   
  |/
   -----------------
        Time
Identify what is happening
A

Object moves away from orgin with constant speedand direction
No acceleration

12
Q
|. \
  |.    \
  |.       \
  |.           \
   -----------------
        Time
Idetify what is happening
A

Starts away from orgin and moves back to orgin in constant speed
No acceleration

13
Q
✔️.         Identify what is happening 
                    ✔️
                     ✔️
                   ✔️
               ✔️
   ✔️  ✔️   
-----------------
        Time
A

Object moves away from orgin
Speed is increasing
Object is accelerating
Velocity is changing

14
Q

The dog ran at a rate of 3m/sec

Identify what this is

A

Speed

15
Q

A bicylist learns over as she makes a turn down the hill

This is what?

A

Acceleration

16
Q

Geese fly about 64 kilometers per hour when they migrate south
This is what?

A

Velocity