Speed Velocity Acceleration

___ refers to how fast an object is moving.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Motion

Which two factors does speed depend on?

• distance and direction

• direction and time

• distance and time

• distance, time and direction

What two factors does velocity depend on?

• speed and direction

• distance and time

• speed and time

• distance and direction

Which is an example of velocity?

• A car driving 55 miles per hour south.

• A bicyclist traveling 10 meters per hour.

• A roller coaster is traveling 10 meters per second.

• A rocket blasting off at 2,500 meters per second.

Speed or Velocity?:

A turtle is crawling 34 cm/min.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Neither

• Both

Speed or Velocity?:

A train is travelling North 220 km/hr

• Speed

• Velocity

• Neither

• Both

Acceleration is a speeding up, slowing down or a change in direction. Is the following acceleration and if so, which one?

A swimmer has 10 meters left in the race and he is neck-in-neck with his competitor. He has a surge of adrenaline and pulls ahead to win.

• Yes, this is acceleration since the swimmer starts to speed up to pull ahead.

• Yes, this is acceleration since the swimmer uses the wall to change directions.

• No, this is not acceleration since there is no speeding up, slowing down, or change in direction.

Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?

• 400 minutes

• 100 minutes

• 100 seconds

• .25 seconds

A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s
• 1000 m/s
• 100 seconds
• 10 seconds

A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s over 4 seconds.  What's the acceleration?

• 24 m/s²
• 18 m/s²
• 16 m/s²
• 16 m/s