Ch. 3 Describing Motion Vocabulary

A motion diagram is an example of a

The length of the displacement vector represent the _______ between two positions

A quantity defined in terms of the procedure used to identify it is a

The ratio of the displacement to the time interval in which the displacement takes place is the

A step-wise procedure for solving problems is

The zero point of a variable and the direction in which the values of the variable increases

An arrow that is proportional to the distance an object is from the origin is a

An object is replaced by a single point is called

A quantity that has only magnitude, like temperature of mass, is

The magnitude of the average-velocity vector is the

A quantity that has magnitude and direction is a

A change in the time is called the time interval.

This model uses symbols to represent variables is a

The point in a coordinate system at which the variables have the value of zero is the origin

The ____ is the ratio of the change in velocity to the time interval in which the change occurs

The change in the position of an object is the

A series of images of an object that records the objects position at equal time intervals is