Speed, Velocity, & Acceleration

Speed = _______________

• Distance + time

• Distance – time

• Distance x time

• Distance / time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

This occurs when an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Another way to explain the speed and direction of a object would be to describe it’s ________

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

(Final speed - Initial Speed) / time = __________________

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

If it takes me 10 minutes to walk 1 mile, what is my speed?

• 10min/mi

• 10mi/min

• 1mi/10min

• 1min/10mi

Velocity = _______________

• Speed – direction

• Speed + direction

• Speed x direction

• Speed / direction

You drive 25 miles in 30 minutes. What is your average speed in terms of mi/hr?

• 25mi/30min

• 5mi/6min

• 25mi/hr

• 50mi/hr

If my starting speed is 100mi/hr and my final speed is 0mi/hr I experienced acceleration.

• True

• False

If I walked from North Carolina to California at a rate of 20 miles per day, what would my velocity be?

• 20min/day west

• 20mi/day west

• 20 miles west

• 20mi/hr west

Another word for distance divided by time would be what?

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1