Motion Study Guide

Which is an example of VELOCITY?

• A dog running at 3 m/s
• A deer sprinting at 4 m/s
• A migrating bird headed south for the winter at 3 m/s
• A person not moving at all

Which is an example of SPEED?

• 5 SECONDS
• 2 METERS PER SECOND
• 4 METERS
• 1 HOUR

Speed=

• T/D
• D/T
• S x T
• D x T

• Object not moving
• Object accelerating
• Object slowing down
• Object at a constant speed

• Object not moving
• Object accelerating
• Object slowing down
• Object at a constant speed

• Green object is faster than Red
• Red object is faster than Green
• Green object is slower than Red
• Red object is 2 times faster than Green

turn left

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

slow down

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

72 m/s

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

• 20 miles/hr
• 20 m/min
• 800 m/min
• 200 miles/hr