Did I match these physics terms correctly?

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-.- We have 7 pages of textbook questions to do for our unit review and obviously i can't make my teacher check all of my work (I'm probably the only person in my class that's going to work on these because I actually want a good mark on my test...). I really hate physics so here it goes:

3a) distance: length along a path.
  b) velocity: displacement in a given time.
  c) position: location relative to a reference point.
  d) acceleration: change in velocity in a given time.
  e) displacement: change in position.
  f) speed: distance in a given time.

correct?

Midatlantian · Accepted Answer

Edit, after you added additional information: 

I know that you would prefer a simple yes or no answer but the answer needs to be rather more complicated.

Alas, if the book has only given you these choices, then the book is not quite correct.  But given  these choices, you have probably chosen correctly in each case.

However, the definition for speed, velocity and acceleration that you have given is actually the definition for the AVERAGE  speed, velocity and acceleration, since it covers a longer period of time. 

 I would define velocity as displacement per unit time.
Acceleration as change in velocity per unit time and
Speed as distance per unit time.

 You may want to ask your teacher to explain this further.

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