speed, velocity, acceleration by: brianna shields

Speed, Velocity, Acceleration

BY: BRIANNA SHIELDS

DO NOW- Get hmwk out!

Complete the physics handout on front counter

GOAL

To interpret graphs and solve word problems involving speed, velocity, acceleration and momentum

Motion

Change in position during a time period

3 types of motion– Speed– Velocity – Acceleration

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Speed

1. Definition: Rate at which an object moves

2. Formula: Distance divided by time (d/t)

3. Units: m/s or km/s



Speed

4. Constant speed - speed that doesn’t change

5. Average speed- add speeds, divide by total number



Speed

6. Graphs: – Time: x-axis– Distance: y-axis– Constant speed– Changing speed

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Cheetah Speed Graph

In one second how far had the cheetah run?

In three seconds how far had the cheetah run?

What was the cheetah’s average speed?

Bicycle Graph

After one hour how far had she traveled?Two hours?Three hours?Four hours? Is she traveling at a constant speed?

Why/why notDuring which hours was her speed the

greatest?What does the flat line on the graph

indicate?



Calculating Speed: Example

If 2 runners ran the same distance (10km) but one completed it in 3600 seconds and the other in 2800 seconds, what were each of their average speeds?

1: d/t 10km/3600 sec .00278 km/sec2: d/t 10 km/ 2800 sec .00357 km/sec

Runner 2 has greatest average speed!

Calculating Speed: Example

Spirit of Australia, a hydroplane boat, made speed records by traveling 239 miles in 0.75 hours (45 minutes). What is it’s record breaking speed?

d/t 239 miles/ 0.75 hr



Velocity 1. Definition: Describes speed plus direction (n, s, e, w)

2. Formula: D/T plus direction

3. Units: m/s or km/s, north, south, east or west



Velocity 4. Velocities can be combined– Add velocities when in

same direction– Velocities in opposite

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Velocity 5. Graphs:– Time: x-axis– Distance: y-axis– (same as speed graphs but

also has direction)



Calculating Velocity: Example

If a runner is running east at 10 m/s sec, what is her velocity?

10 m/s east


If you’re rowing a boat downstream at 16 km/hr, and the curren is moving at 10 km/hr. How fast does the boat “look” like it’s going to someone on shore? (Draw a picture too!)

16 + 10 26 km/hr downstream


If you’re rowing a boat upstream at 15 km/hr, against a current moving at 8 km/hr. What is you’re actual velocity to an observer on the shore?

15-8 7 km/hr upstream




If you are running up an escalator at 2 steps per second and its moving downward at 3 steps per second, what is the total velocity? In what way are you moving?

3-2 -1 (you are actually moving

backwards, down the escalator, although you’re running up it)



Acceleration

1. Definition: Rate of change in velocity– Speeding up, slowing down,

changing direction2. Formula: Final velocity

minus original velocity, divided by time

3. Units: m/s/s or km/s/s



Acceleration

4. Increasing velocity - positive acceleration

5. Decreasing velocity - negative acceleration- deceleration



Acceleration

6. Graphs– X- axis- time– Y-axis- distance– Object must be

changing velocity– Line, is smooth

and curved (not straight)- “changing line”



Acceleration Graph- Race Car

1. From 0-1 sec how far did the race car go?

2. From 1-2 sec?3. From 2-3 sec?4. Is the car

accelerating or decelerating? Explain.



Calculating Acceleration: Example

A roller coaster’s velocity at the top of a hill is 10m/s. Two sec later it reaches the bottom of the hill with a velocity of 26 m/s. What is the acceleration of the roller coaster?

Vf-Vo T 26-10 28 m/s/s


A roller coaster’s velocity at the bottom of a hill is 25 m/s. Three seconds later it reaches the top of the next hill, moving at 10 m/s. What is the deceleration of the roller coaster?

A = Vf-Vo T

A = 10-25 = -7.5 m/s/s 2


A car is traveling at 60 km/hr. It accelerates to 85 km/hr in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car?

A = Vf-Vo T

A = 85-60 = 5.0 m/s/s 5

Momentum

1. Definition: Depends on object’s mass and velocity – Related to force upon

impact2. Formula: Mass x

velocity3. Units: Kg.m/s

Calculating Momentum: Examples

If 2 football players are running at the same velocity towards an opponent. Player 1 weighed 170 lbs, player 2 weighed 250 lbs. Who is going to move the opponent farther? Why?

Since both players were traveling at the same velocity, the larger player will have more momentum, thus, moving the opponent farther


Why would it be harder to stop a car traveling at 65 miles/ hr than it is to stop one traveling at 35 miles/hr? Explain

If they have approximately the same mass, the faster car will gather more momentum, according to the equation: momentum = mass x velocity


What is the momentum of a 0.3 kg bluejay running into a window while flying at 17 m/s?

momentum = mass x velocity= 0.3 x 17 = 5.1 kg m/s

Websites

Fear of Physics



Assignment

Write the homework assignment into your agenda:– Practicing Motion

speed, velocity, acceleration by: brianna shields

Documents

constant speed speed

speed graphs

speed records

total velocity

greatest average speed

original velocity

directioncalculating

cheetahs average speed