Distance and Displacement I
At football practice, Cam Newton threw the football at a speed of 10 m/s. If the ball was only in the air for 3 seconds, how far did it travel?
30m
A track is 100 meters around. If a runner runs half way around the track, his distance traveled would be____________?
50 m
A car travels between 2 towns 60 miles apart in 2 hours. What is its average speed?
What is 30 miles/hour?
an object's distance and direction from a reference point
What is position?
What is Pythagorean theorem used for?
Finding the missing side in a right triangle
A dog chases a squirrel for 15.0 seconds and runs at a speed of 5 m/s. How far does he run?
75 m
A track is 100 meters around. If a runner runs all the way around the track, his displacement would be____________?
0m
Abby walked 2 blocks north, 2 blocks east, 2 blocks west, and then 2 blocks south. What is her displacement?
what is 0m?
The shortest distance from your starting point...
What is displacement?
In a right triangle, which side is the longest and opposite the right angle?
What is Hypotenuse?
A bullet travels at 500.0 m/s. How long will it take a bullet to go 1000.0 m?
2 secs
Abby walked 2 blocks north, 2 blocks east, 2 blocks west. What was her displacement?
2 blocks north
It is how fast an object, like a car, is moving.
What is speed?
What is the formula to find time?
distance divided by speed
What is Pythagorean theorem equation?
What is a2+b2=c2?
It is 2,000 km from John's house to Los Angeles. If he averages 100 km/hr, how much time will he spend driving to LA?
20 hours
What is the formula for distance?
speed x time
A track is 100 meters around. If a runner runs all the way around the track, his displacement would be _________________.
What is 0 m?
In a football game, a ball is placed on the line of scrimmage. The QB drops back 5 yards. He then throws the ball 25 yards forward to a WR. The ball is received and carried an additional 6 yards by the WR. What is the distance the ball traveled?
What are 31 yards?
In a right triangle, if one of the shorter sides is 6 units long and the hypotenuse is 10 units long, what is the length of the other shorter side?
What is 8 units?
A track is 50 meters around. If a runner runs a quarter around the track, his distance traveled would be ____________________.
What is 12.5 m?
In a football game, a ball is placed on the line of scrimmage. The QB drops back 2 yards. He then throws the ball 15 yards forward to a WR. The ball is carried an additional 6 yards by the WR. What is the displacement the ball traveled?
91 yards
A person walks with an average speed of 2 meters/second, how far will they walk in 4 minutes?
What is 480m?
A stationary object such as a tree or a house...
What is a reference position?
In a right triangle, if the lengths of the two shorter sides are 15 units and 8 units, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
What is 17 units?