Speed, velocity, and acceleration

Speed = _______________

• Distance + time

• Distance – time

• Distance x time

• Distance / time

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

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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

Velocity = _______________

• Speed – direction

• Speed + direction

• Speed x direction

• Speed / direction

Another word for distance divided by time would be what?

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Match the following

• 30 m/s east

• Velocity

• 30 m/s²

• Acceleration

• 30 m/s

• Speed

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112.20.b.6.B

What is the difference between the velocity and the speed of an object?

• Velocity is the change in distance over time, while speed is the change in velocity over time.

• Velocity has a direction associated with it, while speed has no specific direction

• Velocity has no direction associated with it, while speed has a specific direction

• Velocity is the change in speed over time, while speed is the change in distance over time

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112.20.b.6.B

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

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?

• 3 feet/sec
• 6 feet/sec
• 10 feet/sec
• 2 feet/sec

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

If you slow down on your bicycle, you accelerate.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2