motion
speed
velocity
acceleration
graphing
100
This occurs when an objects distance from another object is changing
What is motion
100
an example of a rate (the amount of something that occurs or changes in one unit of time)
What is speed
100
when you know the moving object's speed and direction
What is velocity
100
a change in velocity
What is acceleration
100
the name for the vertical axis
What is y-axis
200
a measurement that uses meters, yards, miles
What is distance
200
you can calculate speed by
What is dividing the distance the object travelled by the amount of time it takes to travel that distance
200
give an example of velocity
various answers
200
give an example of positive acceleration
any object speeding up
200
name for horizontal axis
What is x-axis
300
meter
What is SI unit for distance or length
300
A horse travels 75 kilometers in 3 hours
What is 25 km/h
300
what variables must be known to know an object's velocity?
What is distance, time, direction
300
give an example of negative acceleration
any object slowing down
300
on a speed graph, what are the variables?
what is time and distance
400
stopwatch, meterstick, timer, clock, tape measure, ruler
equipment that can measure distance and time
400
on a graph showing speed, a straight, slanted, upward line represents
an object moving at constant speed
400
A race car is travelling 300 miles in 2 hours. Is this enough information to tell the car's velocity? Why or why not?
no, the car's direction of motion is not given
400
is the Earth experiencing acceleration?
Yes, it is constantly turning on its axis (rotation) and moving around the sun (revolution)
400
what do we call the x and y axis values?
What are coordinates
500
used all over the world
International system of units
500
on a graph showing speed, a horizontal line represents
an object that is at rest
500
Why could it be important to use velocity instead of speed when you describe how a storm is moving?
In order to keep everyone safe, we need to know how fast the storm is moving (speed) as well as what direction it is moving in (velocity). That way people in the path of the storm can make necessary preparations.
500
name the 3 forms of acceleration
What is speed up, slow down, change direction
500
on a graph showing an object's speed, what variable goes on the x-axis, and what variable goes on the y-axis?
x-axis variable is time y-axis variable is distance
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