Speed/Velocity
Speed/Velocity Calculations
Acceleration
Acceleration Calculations
Equations and Units
100
The rate at which an object moves a certain distance.
What is speed?
100
The velocity of a jogger that ran 321 meters in 70 seconds.
What is 4.6 m/s?
100

What is a change in velocity or direction?

acceleration

100

What is the acceleration of an object that has a final velocity of 53 m/s, an initial velocity of 5m/s, and a time of 25 seconds.

2.12 m/s2

100

What are meters used to measure?

What is the unit for distance?

200
How fast an object moves over a certain distance in a direction.
What is velocity?
200
The distance an object travels if the velocity is 26 m/s and the time is 23 seconds.
What is 598 meters?
200

What is negative acceleration?

When an object slows down.

200

The acceleration of an object starting from rest with a velocity of 98 m/s in 5 seconds.

19.6 m/s2

200

The equation used to solve for distance in the speed/velocity equation.

What is distance = velocity x time?

300

What other two variables besides velocity are needed to calculate velocity?

distance and time

300
The time it takes an object to travel 198 meters at a velocity of 34 m/s.
What is 5.8 seconds?
300

An object that is not accelerating is moving in a ____________.

What is moving at a constant speed and direction.

300

What is the acceleration of an object with an initial velocity of 100 m/s and a final velocity of 20 m/s in 60 seconds.

1.3 m/s2

300

Solving for time in the velocity/speed Equation.

What is time = distance/velocity?

400

An object that is motionless on a distance-time graph is represented by a ____________.

What is a flat horizontal line.

400
The velocity of an object that travels 23 meters in 18 seconds.
What is 1.28 m/s?
400
Speeding up, slowing down, or changing directions.
What are examples of acceleration?
400

The acceleration of an object with a time of 0.25 seconds and a change in velocity of 32 m/s.

What is 128 m/s2?

400

m/s/s or m/s2

What is the unit of measure for acceleration?

500

The slope on a distance time graph represents _________.

velocity

500
The distance an object travels if going a velocity of 8 m/s in 28 seconds.
What is 224 meters?
500

A given point that helps to determine if an object has moved.

What is a reference point?

500

The acceleration of an object with an initial velocity of 15 mph and a final velocity of 45 mph in 30 minutes. Hint...convert time to hours.

What is 60 mi/h2?

500
The equation used to solve for acceleration.
What is a = velocity final - velocity initial / time
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