Speed Velocity and Acceleration Vocabulary

What is Acceleration

• The rate of change of velocity

• The speeding up of an object

• The speed and direction of an object's motion

• The distance an object travels per unit of time

What is this an example of: An owl came swooping down to the ground at ten feet per second

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Velocity

• Force

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Which one of these problems represents Speed?

• A soccer ball rolling 3 meters East

• Speeding up at the start of a race

• Slowing down in a traffic jam

• A car traveled 10 meters per second

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Speed, Velocity, or Acceleration: Driving a truck 50 miles

per hour East from

California to Florida.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• None of the above

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True or False: Speed = Distance divided by Time

• True

• False

What is velocity?

• The distance an object travels per unit of time

• The rate of change of velocity

• Speed in any given direction

• The total distance an object travels

Which one of these is an example of acceleration

• A person walking six miles North

• An ant moved two feet per minute

• A car turning around a corner

• A plane flew 300 miles per hour

True or False: Speed is the total distance an object travels divided by the total time elasped.

• True

• False

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A turtle walking 20 feet per minute through the grass

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• None of the above

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Walking at a slower pace after realizing you will be early to school

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• None of the above