Distance vs Displacement
Total ground covered
What is distance?
How fast something is moving
What is speed?
A formula for acceleration
What is a=(vf-vi)/t?
Unit of measure for distance
What is meters?
Scientist who developed three laws of motion and the law of gravitation
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
Total change from the starting position
What is displacement?
How fast something is moving in a specific direction
What is velocity?
If a man starts from rest and is moving 5 m/s after 5 seconds, what is his acceleration?
What is 1 m/s2
Unit of measure for speed
What is m/s
Scientist who moved to the United States from Germany and helped the United States build the world's first atomic bomb
Who is Albert Einstein?
If I walked 10 m West and 15 m East, my distance is...
What is 25 m?
If a car is driving 20 m/s east, we know its
What is velocity?
If a man slows down from 5 m/s to 1 m/s in 4 seconds, what is his acceleration?
What is -1 m/s2
Unit of measure for acceleration
What is m/s^2
Who is Stephen Hawking?
If I walk 10 m West and 15 m East, my displacement is...
5 m East
If a ball rolled 10 m in 5 seconds
What is a speed of 2 m/s?
A car moves at a constant speed for 10 seconds
What is acceleration is 0 m/s2
Unit of measure for mass
What is grams? (or lbs, kgs, oz)
Scientist who organized elements into the periodic table that we use today
Who is Mendeleev?
If I walk 10 m North and another 5 m North, my displacement is...
What is 15 m North?
If a ball was kicked 10 m west and back 10 m east in 5 seconds, what is its average velocity?
What is 0 m/s?
A ball rolls down a hill and reaches a speed of 10 m/s, 0.5 seconds later it hits a bush and its speed drops to 0 m/s. What was the rate of deceleration?
What is -20 m/s2
Unit of measure of force
What is a Newton?
Scientist who studied biology at Texas A&M University and now teaches IPC at Arlington Heights
Who is Coach Byrd?