Motion: 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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Changes in our speed, direction or both are called _________.

• gravity

• changes

• acceleration

• displacement

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What is the definition of velocity?

• A force that opposes motion

• Uniform circular motion

• The speed of an object in a particular direction

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What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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Velocity = _______________

• Speed – direction

• Speed + direction

• Speed x direction

• Speed / direction

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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At what speed would a car have to move in order to travel 20 kilometers in 2 hours.

• 5 km/hr

• 10 km/hr

• 20 km/hr

• 40 km/hr

Changing the speed and changing the direction of your bicycle are both examples of acceleration.

• TRUE

• FALSE

You ride your bike around the block at a constant speed of 11 km/h.

• Acceleration occurred because speed increased.

• Acceleration occurred because speed decreased.

• Acceleration occurred because you changed directions.

A measurement of how fast an object is moving

• Velocity

• Speed

• Vector

• Acceleration

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