Velocity Speed 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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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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Changes in our speed, direction or both are called _________.

• gravity

• changes

• acceleration

• displacement

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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Match the following

• 30 m/s

• Velocity

• 30 m/s east

• Acceleration

• 30 m/s²

• Speed

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112.20.b.6.B

Speed/Velocity/Distance/Acceleration

• Velocity

• D/T

• Acceleration

• The rate of change of velocity

• Speed

• The distance an object travels per unit of time

• Speed

• the distance covered by an object in unit time

• Distance

• How far an object travels

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Which of the following best describes the velocity of an object?

30 ​ (a)  

• m/s east

• m/s

• m east

• m/s2

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112.20.b.6.B

Spiderman goes from 0 to 180 m/s in 2.5 seconds. Match the following

• 72 m/s²

• Acceleration

• 72 m/s

• Velocity

• 72 m/s towards downtown

• Speed

• (180 - 0) /2.5

• Where am I getting these numbers?

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Quicksilver just saw a blur go past him (that doesn't happen often). From what he saw, the being went 9, 000, 000 meters in 3 seconds. Then he started the chase. Who else is possibly this fast?

• 9,000,000 meters divided by 3 seconds

• Where are these numbers coming from?

• 3, 000, 000 m/s

• Speed

• 3, 000, 000 m/s away from Quicksliver

• Velocity

• 3, 000, 000 m/s²

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The Flash just realized somebody is following him, which doesn't happen often. He stops to watch, trying to gauge how fast his pursuer is going. In 4 seconds, the guy goes 1,120 meters... not traveling at the speed of light like Flash, but the new guy seems to be going the speed of sound.

• 280 m/s towards Flash

• Velocity

• 280 m/s²

• Speed

• 280 m/s

• Acceleration

• 1120 meters divided by 4 seconds

• Where are these numbers coming from?

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