Velocity Speed Acceleration

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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A car initially traveling at 8.0 meters per second doubles its speed while traveling in a northeast direction.

Students used a table to record the initial and final conditions for speed and velocity.

Which table is correct?

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112.20.b.6.B

What is this?

This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

What is this?

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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What is your average speed if you take 0.5 h to jog 4,000 m?

• 8000 m/h

• 2000 m/h

• 0.000125 m/h

• 800 m/h

Kira jogs to a store 72 m away in a time of 36 s. What is Kira's average speed?

• 0.5 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 2 h

What is this?

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The difference between speed and velocity is...

• Speed has direction.

• Velocity has direction.

• They are the same thing.

A car speeds up from 25 m/s to 45 m/s in 4 seconds. What was its acceleration?

• 1.8 m.s^2

• 11.25 m/s^2

• 5 m/s^s

• 5 m/s

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