Vocabulary
Calculate Speed
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100

the process of changing position

 What is motion?

100

Tony traveled 75 meters in 25 seconds what is his speed? 

what is 3 m/s

100

Ben was on a boat fishing, he noticed he was getting a bit far out. He called his friend to let him know a good reference point. Between a buoy, and Ben's fishing pole which one would be a good reference point to tell his friend? 

What is the bouy? 

200

the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object

what is reference point?

200

Marcie traveled 90 meters in 45 seconds what is her speed? 

What is 2

200

Matilda was trying to calculate speed. She asked her friend Beau and he told her the formula for speed is...

what is Speed = distance / time

300

an object’s distance and direction from a reference point

What is position

300

Matthew traveled 75 meters in 5 seconds what is his speed?

what is 15?

300

You are looking at two cars from behind, one is close and one looks further away. Which car is is going faster? 

what is the car that looks far away

400

the measure of total distance divided by the total time

What is average speed 

400

Brynlie was on a walk and took one break in between. Brynlie walked 45 meters the first time and 75 meters after the break. This took Brynlie half an hour what is Brynlie's speed? 

What is 240? 

400

You have four runners running 100 meters. the first runner finishes in 120 minutes. how many meters did the runners run? 

what is 100 meters. 

500

a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time

What is Speed?

500

Zara was walking and walked 840 meters, she then took a water break and continued walking for another 60 meters. The walk took her .75 of an hour. what was Zara's Speed? 

What is 1,200 

500

what symbol represents average speed? 

what is V with a line on top