Speed & Velocity

Speed is the measure of how far an object moves divided by

• The direction it moves

• The displacement of the object

• How much time it takes to move

• How many times it moves

Which of these are NOT units for speed?

• Miles/hour

• Meters/ second

• Minutes/year

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Velocity is just speed with

• Direction

• Position

• Time

• Displacement

How can things move?

• Constant Speed

• Changing Speed

• Slow Speed

• All of the Above

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If runner A ran 1 mile in 7 minutes and runner B ran 1 mile in 5 minutes, who ran at a faster speed?

• Runner A

• Runner B

• They both ran the same speed

• neither

Speed is equal to the distance divided by

• position
• time
• height
• motion

Force is a ____ or a ____

(a)  

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What is motion?

• The process of an object going fast

• The process of an object going slow

• The process of something being moved

• A Force

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The amount of space between two object is called (a)  

What is the difference between Speed and Velocity?

• Speed is how fast and velocity is how bumpy

• velocity is speed

• They are the same

• Speed is how fast an object is going while velocity tells you how fast something is moving and the direction it's going