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2. Describing Motion
Essential Question: Are distance and time important when describing motion?

3. Objective
Students will learn Vocabulary to help them develop overall meaning for motion.

4. Motion
Definition: Occurs when an object changes position relative to a reference point.
Reference point: A fixed place that you use to help to find your way or to see where other things are.

5. Distance
Definition: How far an object has traveled.

6. Displacement
Definition: distance and direction of an object’s change in position from starting point.

7. Example 1 Calculate the total distance from point A to point B
Example 1 Calculate the total distance from point A to point B. What is the displacement? A
100 meters B

8. Example 2 Calculate the total distance of the car ride from point A to point B. What is the displacement? B
40 meters
20 meters
30 meters A
50 meters

9. Example 3 What is to distance it takes Daniel to go to the store and go back home? What is his displacement?
50 meters one way

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