Speed
What's the formula for speed?
Speed = distance/time
If you know the time and the speed of an object, how can you calculate the distance?
distance = speed X time
What is displacement?
The difference between where an object starts and stops in a straight line including a direction.
What is velocity?
Speed with direction.
What State did Swanson growup in?
Nebraska
What is your speed if you go 1000 miles in 4 hours?
250 miles per hour
How far will a plane fly in 5 hours while going 450 miles per hour?
2250 miles
Your cat runs away to Amarillo but gives up after 10 miles and heads home. You find it five miles south of town. What was the displacement?
5 miles south
You run left 25 meters in 3 seconds. What is your velocity?
8.3 m/s
How many music albums has Swanson recorded?
One
What two things do you need to know to be able to calculate speed?
distance and time
Your baby crawls away from you for 30 seconds at a rate of 1 foot/second. How far did it go?
30 feet
An escaped prisoner runs 45 miles in a zig zag pattern to throw off the search parties. They found him 6 miles NW of the prison. What was his displacement?
6 miles NW
An oil rig is drilling a hole. After 3 days of drilling, it reaches 3000 feet. What is its velocity PER HOUR?
41.7 feet per hour down.
How many books has Swanson written or edited?
Four
What's your speed going to Albuquerque if you travel the 310 miles in 5 hours?
62 miles per hour
If a worm is going 10 inches per hour, how far is it going every minute?
acceptable answers
0.2 inches
0.16 inches
0.17 inches
One train travels west for 2 hours and has a displacement of 100 miles. Another train travels west for 3 hours and has a displacement of 100 miles. Which two things do they have in common?
Speed, distance, time, velocity, or direction
Distance
Direction
A race car is going around a track at a speed of 160 mph. What is the velocity?
It changes as the car goes around the track.
What country did Swanson's last immigrating ancestors come from?
Paternal great grandparents from Sweden about 130 years ago.
They tested how fast a runner could go a 1000 m on different surfaces.
Grass 6.6 min, Gravel 5 min, Concrete 4.9 min, Turf 4 min. Which surface was the fastest?
Grass 151.5 m/min
Gravel 200 m/min
Concrete 204.1 m/min
Turf 250 m/min
A wagon train went 10 miles per day for 10 days. How far did it travel?
100 miles
Andrea and Abok get on a ferris wheel that is 30' in diameter. They ride it four times and get off. What was their displacement?
Zero
A rocket is launched from Starbase. After 3 minutes it's reached a height of 60 miles. What is its velocity?
20 miles per minute up
How many max level toons does Swanson currently have in Warcraft?
8