COURSE AND YEAR LEVEL: BSED-SCIENCE 3-A

WORKSHEET (n): MOTION IS RELATIVE

Part I. IDENTIFICATION
Direction: In the space provided before each number, write the word
from the word pool on the right side of the paper that each item
pertains.

MOTION 1. When a body is

Continuously changing its position VELOCITY VECTOR
with respect to the frame of
Reference.
RELATIVE MOTION FRAME OF
FRAME OF REFERENCE 2. A set of
coordinates that can be used to REFERENCE
determine positions MOTION
and velocities of objects in that
frame; different frames of reference
move relative to one another.

VECTOR 3. A quantity that has both magnitude and direction. Some

examples of these quantities are velocity, acceleration, force and
momentum.

RELATIVE MOTION 4. Defined as the observation and calculation

of the motion of an object with regard to some other moving or
static object.

VELOCITY 5. The rate of change of its position with respect to a

frame of reference. It is equivalent to a specification of an object's
speed and direction of motion.
Direction: From a given
Reference point or frame of
reference, state whether
The object or a person is
in motion or at rest.

a. For Observer O, Passenger A on the train is MOTION .

b. For Passenger B, Passenger A sitting next to him is AT REST .
c. For Passenger A, passenger B is AT REST .
Part II. Problem-Solving on Relative Motion in Two Dimensions
Motion of a Car Relative to a Truck
A truck is traveling south at a speed of 70 km/h toward an
Intersection. A car is traveling east toward the intersection at a
speed of 80 km/h. What is the velocity of the car relative to the
truck? Find the angle of the motion.

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