What is motion?
an object that changes its position over time
What is the velocity of an object that is moving 6 meters in 2 seconds east?
3 m/s east
An object that remains in place.
What is the average speed of a cow that walks east 120 meters in 60 seconds? (Remember units)
2 m/s
Distance = 20 meters Time = 1 minutes Direction = south What is the velocity of this object?
.333 m/s south (or 1/3)
When graphing velocity vs. time, which variable goes on the x axis? Y axis?
Time on x axis, velocity on y axis.
Which formula must have a direction in order to be complete?
velocity
A porcupine moved toward a pond at a speed of 5 m/s. It took him 8 seconds. What was the distance he traveled?
40 meters
An object travels 25 meters in 2 seconds east. What is it's velocity?
12.5 m/s east (must include direction!)
Deceleration
What are the two changes that could cause acceleration?
Change in direction and/or velocity (speed)
What is the speed of an object moving east for 6 seconds at 105.3 m/s?
105.3 m/s
A pink alien moved south in it's spacecraft 2 m at a rate of 20 m/s. How much time did it take him to do this in seconds?
1/10 s, or .10 s