It takes Sally 20 minutes to travel from her home to the mall, a trip of 30 miles. What is Sally's speed?
1.5 miles per minute
100
What are three conditions that can describe acceleration?
Speeding up, Slowing down, or turning.
100
What is the slope of a distance vs. time graph?
Velocity/Speed
100
An object appears to be moving compared to another object.
Reference Point
100
Speed + Direction
Velocity
200
At exactly 2:00 pm, Tom pulls out of his driveway. He reaches Walmart at 2:10 pm, 5 miles away from his house. What is his speed?
0.5 miles per minute
200
What is the typical unit for acceleration?
Meters per second squared.
200
What is the slope of a velocity vs. time graph?
Acceleration
200
Change of position of an object.
Motion
200
The total number of units traveled by an object.
Distance
300
Bobby drives his car at a speed of 60 miles per hour for 4 hours. How far has he driven?
240 miles.
300
Toon Train is traveling at the speed of 10 m/s at the top of a hill. Five seconds later is reaches the bottom of the hill and is moving at 30 m/s. What is the rate of acceleration of Toon Train?
4 meters per second squared.
300
Where is time located on a distance vs. time graph?
X Axis
300
Distance and time.
What are the two variables that can be used to calculate the speed of an object?
300
Change in speed or direction.
Acceleration
400
What is the formula used to solve for Speed?
Speed = Distance/Time
400
Pete the Penguin loves to sled down his favorite hill. If he hits a speed of 50 m/s after 5 seconds, what is his rate of acceleration? Hint: He starts at 0 m/s at the top of the hill.
10 meters per second squared
400
What does a negative slope represent on a velocity vs. time graph?
The object is slowing down.
400
Reference point is defined as
Object changing position relative to another object.
400
Mrs. Bedics travels from her house to Vermont in 5 hours. She travels North for 300 miles. What is her velocity?
60 m/h North
500
m/s is the standard units for
What is Speed?
500
Big Mike's truck accelerates from 0 m/s to 70 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration of Big Mike's truck?
14 meters per second squared
500
What does a flat line (no slope) represent on a distance vs. time graph?
The object is not moving.
500
A person sitting in a stopped car at the red light watches a car pass them in the opposite lane. What appears to be the relative motion of the car moving compared to the stopped car?