Speed/Velocity
Speed/Velocity Calculations
Acceleration
Acceleration Calculations
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100

The rate at which an object moves a certain distance.


What is speed?


100

The velocity of a jogger that ran 321 meters North in 70 seconds.



 4.6 m/s North


100

What is a change in velocity or direction?



acceleration


100

What is the acceleration of an object that has a final velocity of 53 m/s Northwest, an initial velocity of 5 m/s Northwest, and a time of 25 seconds.




2.12 m/sNorthwest

100

This force keeps you on the ground and gives objects weight.

Gravity

200

How fast an object moves over a certain distance in a direction.


What is velocity?



200

The velocity of an object that travels 23 meters East in 18 seconds.


1.3 m/s East



200

What is negative acceleration?


When an object slows down.


200

The acceleration of an object starting from rest with a velocity of 98 m/s East in 5 seconds.


19.6 m/sEast

200

What is the value of this expression?

8 x 3

24

300

What other two variables besides velocity are needed to calculate velocity?


distance and time


300

What was the speed of a runner traveling twenty meters in forty seconds?


.5 m/s


300

An object that is not accelerating is moving in a ____________.



What is moving at a constant speed and direction.




300

What is the acceleration of an object with an initial velocity of 100 m/s downwards and a final velocity of 20 m/s downwards in 60 seconds.



1.3 m/sdownwards

300

This part of speech describes a noun, like "blue", "tall", or "funny".

Adjective

400

Speed is velocity when what is added?



direction



400

The distance an object travels if going a velocity of 8 m/s in 28 seconds.



224 meters




400

What are examples of acceleration?





Speeding up, slowing down, or changing directions.



400

The acceleration of an object with a time of 0.25 seconds and a change in velocity of 32 m/s South.


 128 m/sSouth

400

Who was the first President of the United States?

George Washington
500

What are meters used to measure?


What is the unit for distance?


500

What is the unit of measurement for velocity?


meters per second (m/s) in whatever direction the problem states


500

What is the formula for acceleration?

a = (final velocity - initial velocity) / time


500

What is the unit of measure for acceleration?


m/s/s or m/s2 

500

What is the budgeting term that refers to the money you MUST pay each month? (examples: rent, phone bill, electric, etc)

Expenses