What two pieces of information do you need to calculate an object's speed?
Distance and time
100
If you are accelerating heading southwest, your _____ is changing
Velocity
100
Define position
Location of an object or place
100
Define physical science
Study of natural inanimate objects and laws
200
What information do you need to describe an object's location?
A reference point, distance, and direction
200
Decreasing the time it takes to go a certain distance means your speed _____ ?
Increases
200
If you are accelerating, your speed is _____ ?
Increasing
200
Define motion
Change in position over time
200
Your physical science textbook is an _____ text
Expository
300
Why does traffic seem slower when going in the same direction as you and faster when going in the opposite direction?
Relative motion
300
Name the formula used to calculate speed
Speed = distance/time
300
What three pieces of information do you need to calculate acceleration?
Initial velocity, final velocity, and time
300
Define velocity
Speed in a direction
300
Expository texts use _____ to help you locate important information
Text features
400
If you are sitting on a moving truck and toss a ball straight up, where will the ball land?
It will come right back down in your hand
400
If it takes you 50 seconds to walk 200 feet, what is your speed (feet per second)?
Four feet per second (speed = distance/time)
400
If two cars start a race at the same time and after 10 seconds have the same velocity, what can you tell about their average acceleration?
The cars' acceleration are the same
400
Define vector
Size and direction
400
Name at least four text features in expository texts
Heading, illustrations, context clues, bullet points, bold vocabulary, glossary, index
500
Give an example of relative motion...
Example... A person in a moving car sees the world move around them, while a person standing on the street sees the car moving
500
If you are walking forward 2 miles per hour on a bus going 55 miles per hour, how fast are you moving (to a person who is going the opposite direction walking 1 mile per hour)?
2+55-1 = 56 miles per hour
500
Calculate the velocity: initial velocity = 30 m, final velocity = 90 m, time = 1 second
90-30/1 = 60 m/s
500
Define acceleration
Change in velocity over time
500
What four steps do you follow when entering information in your green notebook?
Title in table of contents, objectives, academic vocabulary, and comprehension questions