Speed and Velocity

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

What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object
• the location of an object
• acceleration
• speed in a specific direction

Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude 

65mi/hr South is an example of...

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration
• Direction

A runner runs 40 meters in 8 seconds. What is the speed?

• 6m/s

• 5m/s

• 3m/s

• 10m/s

A trip south to Cape Canaveral, FL takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km. Calculate the velocity for this trip.

• 81.6 km/hr South

• 8160 km/hr South

• 0.012 km/hr South

• 81.6 km/hr

Which are examples of velocity?

a) 250 kilometers/hour West

b) 250 kilometers/hour East

c) 250 kilometers/hour North

d) 250 kilometers/hour Northwest

• Only (d)

• All options are velocity

• All are NOT velocity

• Only (a)

Which option shows velocity?

• The car was traveling at 75 mph.

• The car was traveling at 150 mph.

• The car is speeding up.

• The car is traveling at 100 mph North.