1. How do scientists describe motion?

2. What are three different kinds of motion? Give examples of each.
3. How do scientists describe position?
4. How do you use a one-dimensional coordinate system to describe motion?
5. What is the difference between distance and displacement?
6. How do you calculate displacement?
7. How do you calculate changes in time?
8. In graphs that show displacement vs. time, what does a steeper line represent?
9. What do Cartesian coordinate systems describe, and how do you interpret them?

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  1. Scientists describe motion in terms of position, velocity, and acceleration.
  2. Three kinds of motion are linear (car driving), circular (planet orbiting), and oscillatory (pendulum swinging).
  3. Scientists describe position using coordinates relative to a reference point.
  4. A one-dimensional coordinate system uses a single axis to indicate position and direction.
  5. Distance is the total path traveled; displacement is the straight-line distance from the start to the end point.
  6. Displacement is calculated as the final position minus the initial position.
  7. Changes in time are calculated by subtracting the initial time from the final time.
  8. A steeper line in a displacement vs. time graph represents a higher speed.
  9. Cartesian coordinate systems describe points in space using x and y coordinates; they can be interpreted by locating points on a grid.