Motion

Distance

100

What is Motion

A change in position or orientation

OR

A change in distance

200

What are the units for distance

meters

400

Derrick crawls 4 feet south and then turns east and crawls 6 feet. What is his distance?

10 ft 

500

Amy runs 2 miles south, turns around runs around 3 miles north and then runs 4 miles east. What is her distance?

9 mi

Displacement

100

What is displacement

The shortest distance between the initial and final position, The shortest distance between the initial and final position of an object

200

What are the units for displacement

meters

300

DAILY DOUBLE (the team who picked this question may gamble points to double if they answer correctly) The only time distance and displacement are the same number are if you travel...

in a straight line

400

Ray runs a laps around a 400 meters track in a big loop back to where he started. What is his displacement?

0 meters

500

David walks 30 feet north, 30 feet west, and 30 feet south. what is his displacement? (Drawing a picture helps)

30ft

Speed

100

What is speed

How your distance changes over time.

200

what are the units for speed

meters per second

300

What is the formula for speed

S = d/t

400

Ricky Bobby travels 600 miles in 4 hours, what is his speed?

150 mi/h

500

A Blackhawk jet travels 2200 miles per hour. How far can it get within 3 hours?

6600 miles

Velocity

100

What is velocity

Speed with a specific direction

200

What are the units for velocity

meters per second

300

What is the formula for velocity

v = d/t

The same as speed but with a direction

400

John can travel 560 miles North in 10 hours, what is his velocity?

56 mi/h North

500

Todd drives 30 miles in 1.5 hours to get to work. What is his VELOCITY?

20 mph toward his job.

Acceleration

100

What is Acceleration

A change in velocity over time.

200

What are the units for acceleration

meters per second²

300

What is the formula for acceleration

(v_f - v_i) / t

400

A trains moving at a velocity of 15 m/s is accelerated to 24 m/s over a 12 second interval. What is its acceleration

3/4 m/s²

500

A ball rolling down a hill for 9 seconds accelerates from 3 m/s to 34.5 m/s. What is its acceleration

3.5 m/s²