DISTANCE, SPEED, AND VELOCITY

LAURA LEMAY

DISTANCE

NUMERICAL DESCRIPTION OF HOW FAR APART

OBJECTS ARE FROM EACH OTHER

SPEED*RATE AT WHICH OBJECT MOVES

*MOST COMMONLY MEASURED BY

METERS PER SECOND.

CONSTANT SPEEDMOVING OBJECT CONTINUES TO

MOVE IN THE SAME DIRECTION, WITH THE SAME SPEED

VARIABLE SPEED

MOTION NOT RUNNING AT PARTICULAR

SPEED(VARI=CHANGE)

VELOCITY

THE SPEED AND DIRECTION OF

MOVING OBJECT*2 WAYS: CHANGE IN

MAGNITUDE AND/OR A CHANGE IN DIRECTION

DIRECTION

PATH THAT SOMETHING TAKES

POSITION

LOCATION RELATIVE TO

A REFERENCE

POINT

ACCELERATION

RATE THE DIRECTION OR SPEED CHANGES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Gl2LLLAGo

MOTION GRAPHS•USED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MOTION OF OBJECTS

MOTION GRAPH WORKSHEET

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE