Motion Vocab.
Calculate Speed/Velocity
Acceleration Vocab.
Calculate Acceleration
Scientific Method
100
The steepness of a line on a graph.
What is slope?
100
What is the speed of a sprinter running 200 meters in 20 seconds?
What is 10 m/s?
100
The rate at which velocity changes.
What is acceleration?
100
Initial speed = 4 m/s, Final speed = 6 m/s, Time = 40 seconds. What is the acceleration?
What is 0.05 m/s/s?
100
When you use one or more of your five senses to gather information about the world.
What is observing?
200
A place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion.
What is a reference point?
200
How far can a car go when traveling 60 km/hour over three hours?
What is 180 km?
200
This change in speed is when things slow down.
What is deceleration?
200
Initial speed = 5 m/s, Final speed = 7 m/s, Time = 10 seconds. What is the acceleration?
What is 0.2 m/s/s?
200
in an experiment, this is any factor that you change on purpose.
What is a manipulated variable?
300
The state in which one object's distance from another is changing.
What is motion?
300
Crystal threw a ball to the left 50 meters in 5 seconds. What was the velocity of the ball?
What is 10 m/s to the left?
300
This is another name for deceleration.
What is negative acceleration?
300
Initial speed is "at rest", Final speed = 40 m/s, Time = 3 seconds. What is the acceleration?
What is 13.3 m/s/s?
300
This is when you group together items that are alike in some way.
What is classifying?
400
Speed in a given direction.
What is velocity?
400
A leaf grew at a rate of 4cm/week. How much did it grow over three weeks?
What is 12 cm?
400
This is the formula used to calculate acceleration.
What is final speed - initial speed / time?
400
Initial speed = "at rest", Final speed = 27 m/s, Time = 9 seconds. What is the acceleration?
What is 3 m/s/s?
400
This is a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.
What is a hypothesis?
500
The long, official name for the measurement system used by scientists all over the world to communicate clearly.
What is the International System of Units?
500
Mitzy went go-karting and raced around the 500 meter track three times in two minutes. What was her speed?
What is 750 m/min?
500
Acceleration refers to increasing speed, decreasing speed or ___________. (Fill in the blank.)
What is changing direction?
500
Initial speed = "at rest", Final speed = 1 km/s, Time = 6 seconds, What is the acceleration?
What is 166.6 m/s/s?
500
In an experiment, this is what you measure or observe to obtain your results.
What is a responding variable?
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