Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration

What is speed?

• The distance an object moves over time

• Velocity in a given direction

• The change in velocity

• A change in acceleration

What is velocity?

• Speed in a given direction

• A change in distance over time

• How fast you are going

• A change in speed over time

What is acceleration?

• A change in the velocity over time

• A change in distance over time

• Speed in given direction

• Velocity in a given direction

What is the formula for speed?

• S=d/t

• f=ma

• S=SxT

• S=SxD

What is the formula for finding time?

• T= D/S

• T= DxS

• T= DxV

• T= S/D

What is the formula for distance?

• D=SxT

• D= S/T

• D= T/S

• D= V/T

A boat travels 130 kilometers in 13 hours. What was the average speed of the boat?

• 10 km/h

• 1,690 km/h

• .1 km/h

• 143 km/h

A jogger runs her first 1,000 meters of a race in 250 seconds. What was her speed?

• 4 m/s

• 250,000 m/s

• .25 m/s

• 1,250 m/s

A space shuttle travels in orbit at 21,000 km/hr. How far will it travel after 5 hours?

• 105,000 km/h

• 4,200 km/h

• .000238 km/h

• 100,800 km/h

If a car is traveling 40 km/hr, how long will it take the car to reach a destination that is 100 km away?

• 2.5 hr

• .4 hr

• 4,000 hr

• 140 hr