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What is a reference point?
A place or object that is staying still, that is used to determine if something else is moving.
A place or spot where something is located
The action of moving or being moved
Shortest distance between starting position and ending position
Motion can be described through a change in _____.
temperature
distance
position
speed
20 km/hr is an example of
direction
velocity
speed
distance
300 km/hr North is an example of
Velocity
Speed
Direction
Reference point
If you leave home and travel a million miles around the world and stop back home, what is your displacement?
One million miles
0
two million miles
none of the above
You are in a car going 20 km/h and another car passes you going in the opposite direction at 20 km/h. Do both cars have the same velocity?
Yes, because they are both going 20 km/h
No, because they are going in different directions
The graph shows Ashley riding her bike to Maria's house.
What was occurring from point B to point C?
She was increasing her speed.
She stopped for 4 minutes
She was decreasing in speed
She was moving forward at a steady 800 m/s
Match the description to the graph:
"The car is coming back."
What is the speed of segment B?
0.5 m/s
2 m/s
3 m/s
0 m/s
Displacement is the difference between your
reference point and reference direction
total distance traveled
starting position and your final position
average speed
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