Speed
The formula for calculating speed.
What is Speed = Distance ÷ Time?
The difference between speed and velocity is _________________.
Velocity includes direction, speed does not.
The slope/steepness of a distance-time graph represents __________.
What is speed/how fast an object is moving over a period of time?
A dog runs down the sidewalk at a steady speed of 5 meters per second. If the dog travels a total distance of 60 meters, how many seconds did it travel?
12 seconds
If a car travels 150 miles in 3 hours, what is its speed?
What is 50 miles per hour
If a car moves 30 meters east in 10 seconds, what is its velocity?
What is 3 m/s east
A steeper slope on a distance-time graph represents _______________.
What is a greater speed/the object is moving faster?
A cheetah sprints across the savanna at a staggering speed of 25 meters per second. If the cheetah maintains this speed for 6 seconds, what total distance did it cover?
150 meters
A runner completes a 10 km race in 30 minutes. What is their average speed in km/h?
What is 20 km/h
A person walks 100 meters north in 20 seconds. What is their velocity?
What is 5 m/s north
If a distance-time graph shows a straight horizontal line, what does that indicate?
What is the object is at rest/not moving?
A family drives their car down the highway at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. How many hours will it take them to travel a distance of 180 miles?
3 hours
A cyclist rides 60 miles in 2 hours. What is their speed in miles per hour?
What is 30 miles per hour
If a boat moves 50 meters south in 5 seconds, what is its velocity?
What is 10 m/s south
If a distance-time graph shows a curve that gets steeper over time, it means this is happening to the object’s speed.
What is increasing or accelerating?
A school bus drives through a neighborhood at an average speed of 20 miles per hour. If it takes the bus 2 hours to complete its route, how many miles did it travel?
40 miles
A train travels 240 miles in 4 hours. Calculate the speed of the train.
What is 60 miles per hour
A jogger runs 200 meters east in 25 seconds. Calculate their velocity.
What is 8 m/s east
In a distance-time graph, if the line moves downward back towards the origin, it indicates this about the object’s motion.
What is returning to the starting point or moving in the opposite direction?
A remote-controlled drone flies through the park at a speed of 8 meters per second. How many meters will the drone travel if it flies for 15 seconds?
120 meters