Motion: Distance, Speed, Velocity, and acceleration

Determine the speed of a golf ball that was hit 200meters in 5 seconds.  Use the equation SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME

• 1000 m/s
• 40 m/s
• .025 m/s
• 100 m/s

Determine the speed of a golf ball that was hit 200meters in 5 seconds.  Use the equation SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME

• 1000 m/s
• 40 m/s
• .025 m/s
• 100 m/s

A school bus drives 35 mph down the street and slows as it approaches the stop sign.  This is an example of..

• acceleration
• speed
• velocity
• force

Determine the speed at 20 seconds based on the information shown in the graph.  Speed = distance/time

• 2 m/s
• 10 m/s
• 20 m/s
• .5 m/s

Tim went skydiving and fell down to the earth at 35mph south.  This describes Tim's...

• speed
• velocity
• acceleration
• Force

Determine the velocity of the object if it was traveling East at 4 seconds.

• 10 m/s East
• 20 m/s
• 10 m/s
• 20 m/s East

Determine if the object was accelerating between 40 seconds and 60 seconds. 
SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME

• No, the speed stayed the same
• Yes, the speed increased
• Yes, the speed decreased
• Yes. the speed stayed same

What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr?

• 20 miles
• 10 m/min
• 10 miles/hr
• 20 hrs

A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?

• 25 miles/hr
• 5 miles/hr
• 125 km/hr
• 50 km/hr

What is the equation to calculate distance?

• distance = speed/time
• distance = time/speed
• distance = speed/distance
• distance = speed x time