1D Motion

Match the variables with their correct units!

• m/s²

• Mass

• m/s

• Velocity

• meters

• Displacement

• Seconds

• Time

• Kilograms

• Acceleration

A penguin slides at 2 m/s at the top of a hill. As the penguin slides down the 15 m hill and accelerates at 3.2 m/s, what is the penguin's final velocity at the bottom of the hill?

• 11.4 m/s

• 5.8 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 12.7 m/s

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Match each variable as a scalar or a vector!

Groups:

(a) Scalar

,

(b) Vector

• Temperature

• Force

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Mass

• Velocity

• Distance

• Displacement

What is the final velocity of a duck that swims at 2 m/s, then accelerates at 1.2 m/s^2 for 3 seconds?

Mathematical Equivalence

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A crocodile crawls at 4 m/s before speeding up to 6 m/s over the course of 3 seconds. What was the crocodile's displacement?

Mathematical Equivalence

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A fox is playing in the woods, running at 6 m/s, when it starts to accelerate at 3 m/s^2 for 7 seconds. What is the fox's displacement?

Mathematical Equivalence

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You're on the golf course cruising along in your cart to hole 7. If your cart started from rest and sped up to 4.2 m/s and covered 5.3 m, what was your acceleration? Round to the hundredths decimal place.

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

A stray bowling ball is barreling down a hill at 12 m/s when it approaches a runaway skate board going up the hill at 2 m/s. Their relative ​ (a)   is ​ (b)   .

• velocity

• 14 m/s

• 10 m/s

• -12 m/s

• -14 m/s

• -10 m/s

• acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Speed in a given direction. The rate of change of displacement.

Distance travelled per unit time.