Motion Vocab

3. a system of objects that are not moving with respect to one another
5. a description of both the speed and direction of motion
7. the graph of displayed data that form a straight line
9. total distance traveled divided by the amount of tie it takes to travel that distance; total distance divided by total time
11. the length of a straight line from the starting point to the ending point & the direction of movement; used to describe an object's position to a given point; tells the magnitude & direction
12. a quantity that has a magnitude and direction
13. the rate at which velocity changes
14. the velocity of the object changes by the same amount amount each second; a steady change in velocity
15. the length of a path between two points

1. the movement of an object toward Earth solely because of gravity
2. the sum of 2 or more vectors
4. movement in relation to a frame of reference
6. the rate at which an object is moving at a given moment in time
8. a curve that connects the data points that are plotted
10. the ratio of the distance an object moves to the amount of time the object moves