The best reference point to describe the movement of the planets in our solar system.
What is the sun?
100
The distance an object travels in a certain period of time.
What is speed?
100
The difference between velocity and speed.
What is direction?
100
How fast an object speeds up or slows down.
What is acceleration?
100
The units that are used to measure mass.
What are grams?
200
The best reference point to describe the rotation of Earth's moon.
What is the Earth?
200
A firefly flies 10 feet in 2 minutes. This is the speed of the firefly.
What is 5 ft/s?
200
A train travels 1,000 miles from New Jersey to Florida in 12 hours. This is the velocity of the train.
What is 83.3 mi/hr south?
200
The equation to solve acceleration problems.
What is (final speed - initial speed)/ time?
200
The units that are used to measure the volume of a solid.
What are cubic centimeters.
300
You are standing still on the sidewalk. A car drives passed you at a speed of 35 miles per hour. This is how fast you see the car pass by.
What is 35 miles per hour?
300
A horse runs 270 miles in 15 hours. This is the speed of the horse.
What is 18 mi/hr?
300
Two cars leave the parking lot at the same time; car A travels east for 30 minutes. Car B travels 52 miles west for 45 minutes. This is the velocity of car B.
What is 1.16 mi/min west?
300
A bus starts at rest at speeds up to 1.1 mi/min in 0.3 minutes. This is the acceleration of the bus.
What is 0.37 mi/min^2?
300
How you measure the mass of an object.
What is: place object on triple beam balance, use sliders to line up with "0", add all three beams
400
You are driving down the highway at a speed of 65 mi/hr. Another car, that is driving the same speed, is driving in the lane next to you in the opposite direction. You feel the car pass you with this speed.
What is 130 mi/hr?
400
A car drives at a speed of 25 ft/s for 75 seconds. This is the distance the car traveled.
What is 1,875 ft.
400
Two lions leave their pride to hunt for food. One lion travels north for 10 minutes at a speed of 15 ft/min. The other lion travels south for 15 minutes at a speed of 19 ft/min. This is how far apart the lions are from each other.
What is 435 feet.
400
A racecar is driving at a speed of 30 ft/s while a repair truck is clearing an accident. After it is cleared, the car speeds up to 180 ft/s in 5 seconds. This is the acceleration of the car.
What is 30 ft/s^2
400
How one would measure the volume of a solid regular shaped object.
What is: measure length, width, and height, then multiple (l x w x h)
500
You are driving down the highway at a speed of 65 mi/hr. The car next to you, driving in the same direction, speeds up to 73 mi/hr. This is how fast you perceive the car pass you.
What is 8 miles per hour?
500
A jet plane leaves the airport at 12 pm and travels 1800 miles westward at a speed of 600 miles/hr. This is the time the plane arrives at its destination.
What is 3 pm?
500
A train leaves the station and heads west to its first stop at a speed 75 mi/hr. It takes the train 1.5 hours to reach the first stop. The train leaves the first stop and travels east for 4 hours at a speed of 70 mi/hr. This is the distance and position of the train to the station.
What is 167.5 miles east?
500
You are on a rollercoaster nearing the end of the ride. It takes 10 seconds for your cart to come to a complete stop with an deceleration of 6.5 ft/s^2. This is the speed of the rollercoaster prior to stopping.
What is 65 ft/s?
500
How to determine if an object will sink or float in water.
What is: measure the mass and the volume, mass divided by volume, units = g/cm^3, if over 1 g/cm^3 it will sink in water.