Vocabulary
Speed Calculations
Velocity Calculations
Acceleration Calculations
Wild Card
100
The speed of an object in a particular direction
What is velocity?
100
You ride your bike a distance of 10m in 5s, your average speed is..
What is 10m / 5s= 2m/s?
100
You travel to your house 5m South in 1min, your velocity was
What is 5m South / 1min = 5 m/min South?
100
To calculate formula you need to know.... (looking for the correct formula)
What is a= final velocity - initial velocity / time?
100
Provide an example of a reference point. (For example the hands of a clock relative to the numbers on a clock.)
What is .....?
200
The rate at which velocity changes over a period of time
What is acceleration?
200
It takes 2h to drive 120mi to visit your cousin, your average speed was...
What is 120mi / 2h= 60 mi/hr?
200
A plane travels west 2365mi from NJ to Arizona in 4 hours, the plane's velocity is...
What is 2365 miles west / 4 hours = 591.2 mi/h west?
200
You start from rest and increase your velocity to 25km/hr in 5s, your acceleration is...
What is 25-0km/hr / 5s= 25km/hr / 5s = 5km/hr/s?
200
On a graph, acceleration is represented by ___ and ____ on the x and y axis
What is velocity change vs time?
300
When an object changes its position over time relative to a reference point
What is motion?
300
It takes a racer 30s to travel 225m, the racers average speed is
What is 225m / 30s= 7.5 m/s?
300
You travel to your friends house 250m North in 10min, your velocity was
What is 250m North / 10min = 25 m/min North?
300
You are driving North on the Parkway at a velocity of 45km/hr. You want to pass a slow car, so you increase your velocity to 55km/hr and pass the car in 10s. Your acceleration is....
What is 55-45km/hr / 10s= 10km/hr / 10s= 1 km/hr/s?
300
Refer to Graph A
What is average speed?
400
The distance traveled by an object in a certain period of time
What is speed?
400
As you walk 800m to school you stop 200s later at the corner store 100m away from your house, your average speed was
What is 100m / 200s = .5m/s?
400
A train travels northeast for 6 hours from San Diego to Las Vegas for a total distance of 331miles, what is the trains velocity?
What is 331 miles northeast / 6 hours = 55 mi/hr northeast?
400
The train travels at a constant velocity of 70 mi/hr for 7 minutes, the trains acceleration is...
What is zero!? (70-70mi/hr / 7mins= 0mi/hr / 7mins= 0 mi/hr/min)
400
Refer to Graph B
What is positive acceleration?
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