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Topic: Physical Motion
Describing Motion
Distance/Speed/Time
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Distance
How
far
has been/has to be
travelled
(in
m
or
km
)
Displacement
Straight line
distance
between
the
beginning
and
finishing
point
(in m or km). Includes
direction
(north, south, east, west, etc)
Average speed
A
measure
of how
fast
something
moves
over its entire
journey.
This
ignores
stops
and
changes
in
speed.
Instantaneous speed
The
speed
in a
particular
instance. An example of something that measures
instantaneous
speed
is the
speedometer
in
cars.