TMS Speed, Velocity and Acceleration

You calculate acceleration by ..?

• subtracting starting speed from ending speed and dividing by time

• subtracting ending speed from starting speed and dividing by time

• subtracting distance by direction

• Dividing initial speed by final speed

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

What do you need to know about an object to calculate its velocity?

• Speed and time

• Speed and direction

• Speed and velocity

• Time and direction

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

An object moving at -5 m/s² is doing what?

• Speeding up

• Slowing down

• Moving at the same speed

• Stopped

Which of these objects is NOT accelerating?

• A plane slowing down to land

• A rocket taking off into space

• A hiker moving at the same speed for hours

• A rollerblader heading downhill

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

If you traveled 12 meters in 10 seconds going south, what would your velocity be?

• 100m per second south

• 10m per second south

• 1.2 meters per second south

• 12m per second

A stopped car begins moving and reaches a speed of 25m/s in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration?

• +25m/s²

• -0m/s²

• +5m/s²

• 5m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A helicopter flies west 200 miles in 2 hours. What is its velocity?

• 99 mph

• 100 mph west

• 400 mph south

• 297 mph south

A correct measure of velocity would be

• 300 m/hr

• 7,800 m/sec

• 40 km/hr north

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Acceleration only takes place when things speed up. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s.  What was the acceleration?

• 0 m/s
• 40 m/s²
• -40 m/s²
• 40 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2