1D Motion - Definitions

Question 1

What is displacement?

Answer 1

Displacement indicates how far an object ends up from its initial position, regardless of its total distance traveled.

Question 2

What is average velocity?

Answer 2

Average velocity is displacement divided by the time interval over which that displacement occurred.

Question 3

What is instantaneous velocity?

Answer 3

Instantaneous velocity is how fast an object is moving at a specific moment in time.

Question 4

What is acceleration?

Answer 4

Acceleration tells how much an object’s speed changes in one second.

Question 5

What is distance?

Answer 5

Distance is how much ground an object has covered.

Question 6

What is speed?

Answer 6

Speed is distance divided by time.

Question 7

What is frame of reference?

Answer 7

What you are comparing motion to