Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Vocabulary

What is this an example of: An owl came swooping down to the ground at ten feet per second

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Velocity

• Force

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Which one of these problems represents Speed?

• A soccer ball rolling 3 meters East

• Speeding up at the start of a race

• Slowing down in a traffic jam

• A car traveled 10 meters per second

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Speed, Velocity, or Acceleration: Driving a truck 50 miles

per hour East from

California to Florida.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• None of the above

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Speed = Distance divided by Time

• True

• False

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Which one of these is an example of acceleration

• A person walking six miles North

• An ant moved two feet per minute

• A car turning around a corner

• A plane flew 300 miles per hour

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A turtle walking 20 feet per minute through the grass

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• None of the above

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Walking at a slower pace after realizing you will be early to school

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• None of the above

If a car is going around the roundabout in Bryan, and its speed remains constant, which statement describes the car’s motion?

• The car is not accelerating because it has a constant speed.

• The car is accelerating because it is change direction as it goes around the curve.

• The car has a constant velocity because nothing about the cars motion is changing.

• The car’s velocity is zero because the car is not moving.

Speed of an object with a given direction.

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Average Speed

The rate at which an object travels a distance divided by the total time taken.

• Velocity

• Average Speed

• Acceleration