Motion
Define: Position
The location of a place or an object
A location to which you compare other locations
Define: Speed
Speed is a measure of how fast something moves, or the distance it moves in a given amount of time.
If you travel 60 miles in 2 hours, what is your average speed?
30 miles /hour
or
30 mph
Define: Motion
A change in an object's position over time.
Using Los Banos as a reference point, which direction is San Francisco?
San Francisco is NORTHWEST of Los Banos
What are the two things we need to know to calculate speed?
Distance and time
A student runs 100 meters in 20 seconds. What is the student's average speed?
S= 5 meters/sec
or
S= 5 m/s
Describe how your position changes as you jump over an object.
Your position changes vertically and horizontally. You jump up and also to the side.
Draw the position of Monterey, using Los Banos as a reference point. Remember to include a compass in your drawing.
N Los Banos
W E .
S .
.
Monterey
Write the speed equation.
S= d/t
You travel 500 meters in 25 minutes. What is your average speed?
S= 20 meters/min
or
S= 20 m/min
If you are riding in a car going 50mph, are you in motion? If so, how fast are you moving?
yes, 50 mph
Using Los Banos as a reference point, what direction is New York City?
New York City is Northeast relative to Los Banos.
Two students run the 50 yard dash in PE. Student A runs the 50 yard dash in 6.1 seconds, and Student B runs it in 7.2 seconds, which student is faster?
Bonus (100 points): What color shorts do the students have if they are boys? :)
Student A ran faster.
Bonus: Student A has blue shorts, Student B has red shorts.
A cat walks 300 meters in 15 minutes. What is the cat's average speed?
20 meters/minute
or
20 m/min
If you sit on a a moving bus and toss a quarter in the air, where will it land?
It will land in your hand.
Using Orlando, Florida as a reference point, what direction is Portland, Oregon?
Portland, Oregon is Northwest of Orlando, Florida.
Seconds is a measure of _______.
Answers must be in correct order.
Distance
Time
If a bus travels 80 miles in 120 minutes, what is the bus's average speed in miles per hour?
Hint: make sure your units are correct.
S= 40 miles/hour
or
S= 40 mph