Calculating Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration

A car speeding up to get on the highway is an example of...

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Direction

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Speed is

• the change in distance in a given time

• change in direction

• moving in a specific direction

• moving

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Jacob ran a 5k in 24 minutes.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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Macie walks in the door of the movie theater and then stops to look for an open seat.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

An airplane travels 1260 km from San Francisco northeast to Chicago in 3.5 hours.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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Aiden turned around when he saw a teacher needed help opening the door.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

Acceleration only takes place when things speed up.

• True

• False

The formula d/t is used for calculating ________ and ________.

• motion/position

• speed/acceleration

• velocity/motion

• speed/velocity

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Change in speed or velocity over a specific amount of time

• acceleration

• velocity

• average speed

• speed

Which of the following answer choices is the correct formula to calculate velocity?

• speed divided by time

• total distance divided by time

• time divided by distance

• distance divided by time