Speed, Velocity, or Acceleration

Speed, Velocity, or Acceleration

By Zack Drake

Speed is how fast an object is moving from one location to another.

Typically listed with a distance and time.

Miles per Hour
Inches per Minute
Kilometers per Year

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Example: 24 miles per hour (MPH)

Speed

Velocity combines speed with the direction an object is traveling.

Will always have a speed and a direction.

25 MPH North
60 KM South
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Example: The geese are flying 23 MPH South.

Velocity

Acceleration is when an object is speeding up or slowing down. The speed is changing.

Typically listed with a distance and time.

Increased by 2 mph
Slowed down to 5 KM per hour

The car slowed down to stop at the redlight.

The rollercoaster speeds up when going down the first hill.

Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude 

Multiple Choice

The geese fly 23 mph to the south when they migrate for the winter.

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

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The tornado is traveling northwest at 20 mph. 

• speed
• velocity
• acceleration

Multiple Choice

The Olympian swam 200 meters in 20 seconds. 

• speed
• velocity
• acceleration

Multiple Choice

65mi/hr South is an example of...

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration
• Direction

Multiple Choice

A train travels 90 km in an hour

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Jacob ran a 5k in 24 minutes.

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Macie walks in the door of the movie theater and then stops to look for an open seat.

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Mariah rides the escalator three floors up and then turns right to get to her favorite store in the mall.

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

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What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

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A car driving to school turned a corner

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

Multiple Choice

A boat travels south at 5 m/s

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

Multiple Choice

A bike traveled at 8 m/s

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

Multiple Choice

A car initially moving 4 m/s slows down and stops at a red light.

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

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This occurs when an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?

• 3 feet/sec
• 6 feet/sec
• 10 feet/sec
• 2 feet/sec

Multiple Choice

At what speed would a car have to move in order to travel 20 kilometers in 2 hours.

• 5 km/hr

• 10 km/hr

• 20 km/hr

• 40 km/hr

Multiple Choice

What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

• km/hr

• Minutes

• Centimeters

• meters

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Which of the following is a unit of distance?

• Km/hr

• Minutes

• meters

• seconds

Multiple Choice

What will cause an object to move?

• Applied forces
• Balanced forces
• Unbalanced forces

Multiple Choice

If the sum of the forces equates to zero, they are considered as _____________.

• net force

• combined

• unbalanced

• balanced

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TRUE or FALSE Acceleration can be positive (accelerating) or negative (deaccelerating).

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

If you slow down on your bicycle, you accelerate.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What makes velocity different from speed?

• time

• distance

• direction

• mass