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
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What are three conditions that can describe acceleration?
Speeding up, Slowing down, or turning.
100
What is speed + distance?
Velocity
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Does NOT cause an object to move
Balanced Force
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What is the slope of a distance vs. time graph?
Velocity/Speed
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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
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What is one example of unit for acceleration?
Meters per second squared, miles per hour squared
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The total number of units traveled by an object.
Distance
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Change of position of an object.
Motion
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What is the first step of the Scientific Method
Ask a Testable Question.
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Bobby drives his car at a speed of 60 miles per hour for 4 hours. How far has he driven?
240 miles.
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What is the equation used to find acceleration?
acceleration= change in velocity/time
acceleration = (final velocity-initial velocity)/time
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Change in speed or direction.
Acceleration
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What can you calculate with Distance and time.
Speed or velocity
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Change in speed or direction.
Acceleration
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What is the formula used to solve for Speed?
Speed = Distance/Time
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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.
400
What is the difference between speed and average speed?
average speed is speed over the entire distance, instantaneous speed is the current speed of a given object
400
What can you calculate with speed and distance?
time
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
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How are speed and velocity different?
Velocity is speed in a specific direction. In speed, direction doesn't matter.
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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?
10 meters per second squared
500
What type of force results in an object moving?
unbalanced
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On question 25, what is the average speed of Car A?
10km/h
500
What does a negative slope represent on a velocity vs. time graph?