Speed and Velocity

Front

What are you calculating when you divide the distance an object travelled by the amount of time it took for that object to travel that distance?

Back

speed

Front

Distance ÷ Time =

Back

speed

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Front

Total distance travelled divided by total time is...

Back

average speed

Front

The speedometer in a car gives the car's _________ speed.

Back

instantaneous

Front

The relationship between speed, distance, and time can be written as a(n) ________.

Back

equation

Front

The SI unit for speed is _______.

Back

meters per second

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Front

The speed at which an object is moving at a given instant in time.

Back

Instantaneous speed

Front

speed in a given direction

Back

velocity

Front

slope =

Back

rise/run

Front

The _______ of a distance-versus-time graph shows you the speed of a moving object.

Back

slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1