Chapter 1: Describing Motion
Lesson 1: Position and Motion
Essential Questions:
1. How does the description of an object's position depend on
a reference point?
2. How can you describe the position of an object in two
dimensions?
3. What is the difference between distance and displacement?
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How does the description of
an object's position depend
on a reference point?
reference point:
position:
What are 2 ways you could describe your position right now?
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How does the description of
an object's position depend
on a reference point?
reference points
and postion:
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How can you describe
the position of an object
in 2-dimension?
dimension:
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What is the differnce
between distacne and
displacement?
motion:
Motion Relative to
a Reference Point:
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What is the differnce
between distacne and
displacement?
distance:
displacement:
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