Distance & Measuring
Speed
Vocabulary
Graphs
100
The amount of centimeters in a meter.
How can 100 centimeters = 1 meter?
100
This is the equation for speed.
What is
S=d/t ?
100
This word describes how far something traveled.
What is distance?
100
This graph describes a person.....
What is moving away from the origin at a constant speed?
200
A real life situation where you'd need to measure something using a ruler or tape measure.
What is (lots of answers count)!
200
The speed of a person walking 2 meters every 1 second.
What is
2m/s?
200
This word describes how far something got from it's original starting position.
What is displacement?
200
This graph describes a person....
What is standing stationary (standing still)?
300
Millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers are all part of this type of measurement system AND is used in this part of the world.
What is the metric system? It is used all around the world, except in the U.S.A. However, scientists in the U.S. do use the metric system as well as in sports!
300
The speed of a tortoise walking 4.6m every 5 minutes.
What is 0.92 m/min.?
300
This word describes how far something travels in a certain amount of time.
What is speed?
300
An easy way to graph speed or any fraction (Think r's).
What is rise/run?
400
The measurement for A (you must include units).
What is 1.5 centimeters?
400
The _______ the slope of the line on a graph, the __________ the speed.
What is steeper and greater (or faster)?
400
What is the starting position?
What is the origin?
400
This is a description of what is happening in the graph.
What is moving away from the origin, stopping, moving toward the origin, and stopping again.
Plus 50 points if you get this:
What is moving away from the origin 6m, stopping for 10 seconds, moving toward the origin 4m, and stopping again.
500
The measurement for E (you must include units).
What is 6.6 centimeters?
500
This is an example of the vocabulary word______.
209m/s N
What is velocity?
500
This word describes how far something travels in a certain amount of time and which direction it is traveling.
What is velocity?
500
This is a graph that shows this scenario: (you have to draw the graph)...
A girl starts walking to school, passes Chongus on the side of the road, stops and admires him for a few seconds, then continues on her way to school.
What is (Ms. W will confirm if you got it or not:)