Definitions
True or false?
Speed?
Acceleration?
Miscellaneous
100

The rate at which velocity changes.

What is acceleration?

100

Speed is the rate of change in position.

True.

100

To skate 200 m in 40 sec, a skater must average a speed of ...

5 m/s

100

A constant velocity means acceleration is?

0!

100

Speed limit on I-94 in MN?

70 mph

200

Speed & direction.

What is velocity?

200

Ebnet's house is the the most common frame of reference (reference point).

False.  Ebnet's house is where all the neighborhood dogs gather, though.

200

A car travels at a velocity of 40 m/s.  How long will it take the car to travel 240 m?

6 s

200

2 ways of saying slowing down...

Negative acceleration; deceleration.
200

Speed limit on I-94 in North Dakota?

75 mph

300

m/s/s or m/s2.

What are acceleration units?

300

Whenever there is a change in velocity, acceleration must be something other than zero.

True

300

Name the fast cartoon mouse.

"Speedy" Gonzalez

300

Velocity 2: 20 m/s at 20 sec.  Velocity 1: 30 m/s at 10 sec.  Acceleration?

-1 m/s/s

300

Speed limit on I-90 in South Dakota?

80 mph

400

What does the slant/slope of a speed graph tell you?

The speed itself!  How much distance is covered per unit time.  Rise over the run, etc.

400

To slow down & obey a stop sign a driver must engage in positive acceleration.

False

400

Name the movie in which a bus cannot slow down or it will explode.

Speed

400

Speed at 10 seconds into the race is 42 mph.  Speed at 25 seconds into the race is 42 mph.  Calculate acceleration.

0!

400

Speed of sound in mph?

767 mph

500

The amount of space an object takes up; and provide a viable unit for this term.

What is volume? & cm3, mL, cc.

500

When calculating acceleration, the final velocity is always greater than the initial velocity.

False

500

Name the movie:  "I feel the need, the need for speed!"

Top Gun

500

Velocity 2: 380 km/hr at hour 2.  Velocity 1: 220 km/hr at hour 1.  Acceleration?  

160 km/hr/hr.

500

Common commercial flight speed (on an airplane at 30,000 ft)?

550 mph

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