5.P.1.2 Motion

What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

Can be measured in meters per second (m/s)

• Distance
• Time
• Speed
• Acceleration

If a cheetah runs 180 miles in 3 hours, what is its average speed?

• 60 hours
• 60 miles
• 60 miles/hour
• 60 miles/second/second

Motion is the movement of an object or its change in

• Direction
• Speed
• Position
• Shape

The amount of matter in an object

• weight
• force
• gravity
• mass

An object in motion stays in motion.  An object at rest stays at rest.  This is the definition of

• Acceleration
• Inertia
• Reaction