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Vocabulary
Speed
Speed or Velocity?
Velocity
100

A reference point is...

What is a starting point used to describe the location or the position of an object. 

100
Average speed = distance / time
What is the formula for average speed.
100
An shark is swimming 25 meters to attack a group of fish. Speed or velocity. why
What is speed, no direction
100

Does velocity use distance or displacement?

What is displacement.

200

An object's distance and direction from a reference point. 

What is position?

200
A penguin swimming underwater goes 20 meters in 4 seconds. The average speed is
What is 5 m/s.
200
A truck travels 35mph south toward Florida. Speed or velocity... why
What is velocity, includes direction.
200

A car travels a total displacement of 50 km North in 2 hours. What is the velocity of the car?

25km/h N

300
The measure of how far something moves in a given amount of time.
What is speed?
300
A student runs 36 meters during lunch in 18 seconds. The average speed is
What is 2m/s.
300
A turtle travels .2 mph to get to the watering hole. Speed or velocity... why
What is speed, no directions
300

A person walks 515m East then turns around and walks 175m West. What is the displacement?

340m E.

400
A vector quantity that describes an object's displacement during a specific time interval or an object's rate of change in position. 

What is velocity?

400
A space ship travels 320 meters in 2 seconds. The average speed is
What is 160 m/s.
400
A polar bear swims 3mph in the freezing cold water. Speed or velocity...why
What is speed, no direction
400

A car travels West for 100km, then turns around and travels 250km East. The total time it took this car to travel is 4.5 hours. What is the average velocity of the car? 

33.33km/h E.

500

the straight-line distance, or the difference, between the initial position and the final position of an object. 

What is displacement?
500
A lion runs after a gazelle and travels 28 meters in 4 seconds. The average speed is...
What is 7m/s.
500
A deer runs 10mph north into the woods away from the hunters. speed or velocity... why
What is velocity... includes direction
500

A plane is travelling 1275 km North, then travels 785 km South. The total time this plane took was 5.5 hours. What is the average velocity of the plane?

89.1 km/h N.