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6G Science - Motion Vocabulary - Matching

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positionwhere something is located, is always described using a reference point (The boy is in front of the door)
distancea measure of how far something travels along a path that might change
average speedhow far something goes in a certian amount of time (distance divided by time)
instantaneous speedthe speed that something is going at an exact moment
displacementhow far something is from where it started
accelerationan increase or decrease in speed (rate of change of velocity)
relative velocitymotion that depends on your frame of reference or what you are comparing your motion to
motionthe change in position over time
referenceused to tell the positon of something
speedhow fast something is going
average velocitythe measure of motion that tells how fast an object moved over a specific displacement (total displacement divided by time)
average accelerationthe change in velocity divided by the time interval during which the change occurred


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