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WorksheetsJames May - Things you need to know about... Speed
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
How fast is Australia moving towards China?
Two centimeters a year
Two inches a year
The same speed as your fingernails growing
Don't be silly, it's not moving!
Actually, it's moving away!
Finish the equation:
Speed = ____________ ÷ ____________
(a)
Whats my speed?
Speed is relative
67,000 mph around the sun
500,000 mph around the Milkyway
1000 mph because of Earth spinning
All of the above
What was the name of the first person to get a speeding fine?ld
Arnold Walter
Walter Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Walter White
What speed was Walter Arnold travelling when he got the first ever speeding fine?
7 mph
8 mph
9 mph
8 km/h
What makes a sonic boom?
select all correct answers
Travelling faster than the speed of light.
Any object travelling faster that 768 mph.
It wasn't invented until 1887
A whip
Robert Hooke calculated how long it would take to fall through the centre of the Earth to the other side. How long should it take?
42 minutes and 12 seconds
42 minutes and 10 seconds
Don't be silly, you can't fall through the Earth, you'll get burned my magma
43 minutes and 8 seconds
According to Sir Isaac Newton, what speed do you need to be travelling to go into orbit around the planet?
select all correct answers
5 miles per second
18,000 miles per hour
5 miles per hour
18,000 miles per second
Why do cats have 9 lives?
*don't try this at home*
It was discovered in New York that cats were able to survive falls from heights of over (a) floors - due to having a low and non-fatal terminal velocity.
Am I faster than a T-Rex???
How did scientists estimate the speed of a T-Rex to be about 15 miles per hour?
What is the main limiting factor that affects a T-Rex's speed?
*you can answer in bullet points*
To reduce the effect of a virus such as the Flu virus or Covid19, the "R" value needs to be less than one. in other words, an infected person is likely to infect less than one other person - so the virus dies out.
What does the "R" in "R value" represent?
The basic reproductive ratio of the virus
How rare the virus is
How many people are re-infected
How resistant you are to the virus
The word Vaccination comes from the Latin for:
Cow
Fear of needles
Sheep
Nurse
Syringe
How do I dodge a natural disaster?
where is the safest place to be if you are near the coast when Tsunami strikes?
The beach
Up a tree
Out at sea in the deep water
Out at sea in shallow water
