Describing Motion
Speed & Velocity
Acceleration
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Changing position relative to another object
What is motion?
100
On Saturday, Ashley rode her bicycle to visit Aileen. Aileen's house is directly east of Ashley's. The graph shows how far Ashley was from her house after each minute of her trip.
Ashley rode at a constant speed for the first 4 minutes of her trip. What was her constant speed?
What is 200m/min?
100
The rate at which velocity changes is called this
What is acceleration?
100
The steepness of a line on a graph
What is slope?
100
Speed equals distance divided by _____
What is time?
200
Daily Double
A place or object used for comparison to determine if an object is in motion
Daily Double
What is reference point?
200
On Saturday, Ashley rode her bicycle to visit Aileen. Aileen's house is directly east of Ashley's. The graph shows how far Ashley was from her house after each minute of her trip.
What was her average speed for the entire trip?
What is 160m/min?
200
In science, what three changes can each cause an object to accelerate?
What are increase in speed, decrease in speed, change in direction?
200
Speed in a given direction
What is velocity?
200
Suppose you are sitting in a car at a red light when a car moving toward the north begins to pass you. If you use the passing car as a reference point, the direction in which you appear to be moving is toward the _______
What is south?
300
The measurement system used by scientists
What is International System of Units?
300
On Saturday, Ashley rode her bicycle to visit Aileen. Aileen's house is directly east of Ashley's. The graph shows how far Ashley was from her house after each minute of her trip.
What was her average velocity for the entire trip?
What is 160m/min east?
300
What is the equation for finding the acceleration of an object moving in a straight line?
What is (final speed - initial speed)/time?
300
Speed at which an object is moving at a given instant in time
What is instantaneous speed?
300
Is the statement true or false? If false, change the italicized word or words to make the statement true.
If a toy car traveling at 10cm/s passes a toy car moving at 10cm/s in the opposite direction, both cars have the same velocity.
What is false, speed?
400
The length of the path between two points
What is distance?
400
On Saturday, Ashley rode her bicycle to visit Aileen. Aileen's house is directly east of Ashley's. The graph shows how far Ashley was from her house after each minute of her trip.
Ashley stopped to talk with another friend during her trip. How far was she from her house when she stopped?
What is 800m?
400
Graph A plots a race car's speed for 5 seconds. What is the car's rate of acceleration?
What is 6m/s2?
400
Total distance divided by total time
What is average speed?
400
When you know both the speed and direction of an object's motion, you know the
What is velocity of the object?
500
The International system of Units is used by scientists where?
What is all over the world?
500
On Saturday, Ashley rode her bicycle to visit Aileen. Aileen's house is directly east of Ashley's. The graph shows how far Ashley was from her house after each minute of her trip.
What was Ashley's instantaneous speed 5 minutes into her trip?
Daily Double
What is 0m/min?
500
Graph B plots a race car's speed for a 5-second interval. What is the car's rate of acceleration during this interval?
What is 0m/s2?
500
Daily Double
The distance the object moves per unit of time
Daily Double
What is speed?
500
The basic SI unit of length is the _____
What is meter?