Describing and Measuring Motion

Ch. 16 Sect 1 pp.598-607

1. An object is in ___________ if its distance from another object is changing.

2. A ____________________ is a place or object used for comparison to determine if

something is in motion.

3. An ___________ is in motion if it changes position relative to a reference point.

4. Lists objects that you should choose for reference points?

5. Why is it important to choose a stationary object as a reference point?

6. How do you know if an object is moving?

7. Scientists all over the world use the same system of measurement so that
they can communicate clearly. This is called
__________________________________ or , in French, _________________________
(_____).

8. When you measure distance, you measure length. The SI unit of length is the
__________ (_____).

9. The length of an object smaller than a meter often is measured in a unit

called the _______________ (_____). The prefix means “one hundredth”. There
are a 100 _____ in a meter.

10.For lengths smaller than a centimeter, the _______________ (_____) is used. The
prefix milli- means “one thousandth” so there are 1,000 _____ in a meter.

11.Distances too long to be measured in meters often are measured in

______________ (_____). The prefix kilo- means “one thousand.” There are 1,000
meters in a ______.

12.If you know the distance an object travels in a certain amount of time, you
can calculate the __________ of the object.

13.The __________ of an object is the distance the object travels per unit of time.
14. Write the equation below to calculate the speed of an object.

15.To calculate __________________, divide the total distance traveled by the total
time.

16.Write the equation to find the average speed of an object.

17.________________________ is the rate at which an object is moving at a given

instant in time.

18.When you know both the speed and direction of an object’s motion, you know
the _____________ of the object.

19.Speed in a given direction is called _____________.

20.What is the difference between speed and velocity?

21.You can show the motion of an object on a _______________ in which you plot
distance verses time.

22.The steepness of a line on a graph is called __________.It will show you the
rate of change between variables.

23.Write down the equation to calculate the slope of a line on a line graph.

24.The rise of a line on a distance-versus-time graph is 600m and the run is 3

minutes. What is the slope of the line?

25.The _________ is the vertical difference between any two points on the line.

26.The ________ is the horizontal difference between the same two points.

27.What does the slope of a distance-versus-time graph show you about the
motion of an object?