Vocabulary
Speed
Speed or Velocity?
Velocity
Phantom Physics
100

The origin is...

What is a starting point used to describe the location or the position of an object. 

100
Average speed = distance / time
What is the formula for average speed.
100
An shark is swimming 25 meters to attack a group of fish. Speed or velocity. why
What is speed, no direction
100

Does velocity use distance or displacement?

What is displacement.

100

A ghost floats 6 meters north, then 6 meters south. What is its displacement?

The ghost ends up back where it started, so displacement is 0 meters.

200

An object's distance and direction from a origin. 

What is position?

200
A penguin swimming underwater goes 20 meters in 4 seconds. The average speed is
What is 5 m/s.
200
A truck travels 35mph south toward Florida. Speed or velocity... why
What is velocity, includes direction.
200

A car travels a total displacement of 50 km North in 2 hours. What is the velocity of the car?

25km/h N

200

A zombie shuffles 10 meters east in 5 minutes. What is its average speed in m/min?

2 m/min

300
The measure of how far something moves in a given amount of time.
What is speed?
300
A student runs 36 meters during lunch in 18 seconds. The average speed is
What is 2m/s.
300
A turtle travels .2 mph to get to the watering hole. Speed or velocity... why
What is speed, no directions
300

A person walks 515m East then turns around and walks 175m West. What is the displacement?

340m E.

300

A skeleton runs 8 meters west, then 3 meters east in 2 minutes. What is its average velocity in m/min?

2.5 m/min west

400

A vector quantity that is equal to the displacement divided by elapsed time.

What is velocity?

400
A space ship travels 320 meters in 2 seconds. The average speed is
What is 160 m/s.
400
A polar bear swims 3mph in the freezing cold water. Speed or velocity...why
What is speed, no direction
400

A car travels West for 100km, then turns around and travels 250km East. The total time it took this car to travel is 4.5 hours. What is the average velocity of the car? 

33.33km/h E.

400

A witch flies 12 meters north, then 5 meters south in 3 minutes. What is (a) her distance traveled and (b) her displacement?

(a) Distance = 17m 

(b) Displacement = 7m north

500

The straight-line distance, or shortest possible distance, between the initial and current positions of an object. Hint: it includes a number and a unit!

What is magnitude of displacement?

500
A lion runs after a gazelle and travels 28 meters in 4 seconds. The average speed is...
What is 7m/s.
500
A deer runs 10mph north into the woods away from the hunters. speed or velocity... why
What is velocity... includes direction
500

A plane is travelling 1275 km North, then travels 785 km South. The total time this plane took was 5.5 hours. What is the average velocity of the plane?

89.1 km/h N.

500

A vampire moves 4 meters east, 6 meters west, and then 2 meters east in 4 minutes. What is their speed in m/s? What is their velocity in m/s?

Speed = 0.05 m/s

Velocity = 0 m/s 

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