Motion Vocabulary
Units & Measurements
Maths
Acceleration
Distance/ Time Analysis
Challege
100
This is the total length an object travels.
What is distance?
100
This is the unit abbreviation for distance.
Answer: What is m?
100
This formula is used to calculate speed.
Answer: What is distance divided by time?
100
At these times was the runner slowing down quickly
What is 1-2 seconds?
100
The runner’s total distance traveled was this.
Answer: What is 70 m?
100
A car moving east at 10 m/s changes direction to west. This quantity changed even if speed stayed the same.
Answer: What is velocity or acceleration?
200
This describes how far an object is from its starting point.
Answer: What is displacement?
200
This is the unit abbreviation for speed.
Answer: What is m/s?
200
Godzilla ran 30 meters in 6 seconds away from the starting point. What is her velocity?
Answer: What is 5 m/s North?
200
Positive acceleration means an object is doing this.
Answer: What is speeding up?
200
The runner’s displacement was this.
Answer: What is 10 m South?
200
An object with zero displacement may still have traveled this.
Answer: What is distance?
300
This is the distance an object travels in an amount of time.
Answer: What is speed?
300
This quantity uses meters per second AND direction.
Answer: What is velocity?
300
Rawan rode 400 meters in 20 seconds. This was her speed.
Answer: What is 20 m/s?
300
At this time, the runner is moving the fastest
What is 6 seconds?
300
This sequence best describes the runner’s directions. Using F, B, R
Answer: What is F, R, B, F?
300
If an object covers more distance in less time, its speed does this.
Answer: What is increases?
400
This includes both speed and direction.
Answer: What is velocity?
400
75 meters North describes what about the runner.
What is displacement?
400
Abby ran 150 meters in 5 seconds. Calculate her speed
What is 30 m/s?
400
Acceleration can happen when speed changes OR when this changes.
Answer: What is direction?
400
The runner moved the fastest during this time interval.
Answer: What is 3-4 sec?
400
These measurements must also include direction.
What is displacement, velocity, and acceleration?
500
This is the change in velocity divided by time.
Answer: What is acceleration?
500
This is the unit abbreviation for acceleration.
Answer: What is m/s²?
500
It took Mike 50 seconds to run 200 m a FULL lap around the track. What is his displacement?
What is 0 m N.
500
Annie slowed from 20 m/s to 10 m/s in 2 seconds. What is her acceleration? #, unit, pos or neg
Answer: What is -5 m/s²?
negative
500
The runner was at rest during this period
What is 1-2 seconds?
500
A runner accelerates from 0 m/s to 24 m/s in 6 seconds. What is the acceleration?
Answer: What is 4 m/s²?