Speed, Velocity, Acceleration

How fast an object is moving is its...

• Velocity

• Speed

• Vector

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Speed = _______________

• Distance + time

• Distance – time

• Distance x time

• Distance / time

If an airplane travels 500km in 5 hours, what was its speed?

• 100 km/hr

• 2,500 km/hr

• 0.01 km/hr

• 495 hm/hr

A boat travels 90km in 10 seconds. What was its speed?

• 9 km/hr

• 90 km/hr

• 1.11 km/hr

• 80 km/hr

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What was the bicyclist's speed if they biked 60 miles in 5 hours?

• 12 miles/hour

• 300 miles/hour

• 55 miles/hour

• 0.083 miles/hour

Another way to explain the speed and direction of a object would be to describe it’s ________

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The difference between speed and velocity is...

• Speed has direction.

• Velocity has direction.

• They are the same thing.

This occurs when an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

If you slow down on your bicycle, you accelerate.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1