Speed

Will the speed increase or decrease if a sailboat gets pushed behind by a gust of wind?

• increase

• decrease

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Will the speed increase or decrease if a ball rolls into a wall?

• increase

• decrease

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Will speed increase or decrease if a soccer ball is kicked?

• increase

• decrease

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Will speed increase or decrease if a man pulls on the leash of a dog as the tries to run away?

• increase

• decrease

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Will the speed increase or decrease as a pitcher throws a baseball?

• increase

• decrease

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Read the statements and select the ones that give enough information to determine the speed of an object.

• A boy ran 2 miles on a cold and windy morning.

• A car was able to travel 200 miles in 4 hours.

• A plane was in the air for 6 hours and went higher than 25,000 feet.

• A horse ran around the 2 kilometer racetrack in 2 minutes.

• A boat traveled 4 miles across the lake when the temperature was 55 degrees.

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How is speed determined?

• distance traveled per unit of time

• time per unit of distance traveled

• mass per unit of distance traveled

• volume per unit of mass

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Which formula can be used to determine speed?

• distance/time

• time/distance

• mass/time

• time/mass

People use words like faster and slower to compare the _____ of moving objects.

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Speed is known as the ____ an object travels divided by the ____ that it moves.