Exploring Motion And Force

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Exploring Motion and Forces

Calculating Speed: Section 1

q The SI unit for distance is meters. q The SI unit for speed is meters per second. q What is the SI unit for time is seconds.

Calculating Speed: Section 2

q When solving for speed, you are looking for meters per second (velocity). q Your speed is 5 meters per second. 100/20 = 5 q You skate faster.

Calculating Speed: Section 3 q When solving for speed, you are looking for meters per second (velocity). q Her average speed was 9.37 meters per second. 200/21.34 = 9.37

Calculating Speed: Section 4 q When solving for time, you are looking to end up with distance over velocity. q If a lightning bolt strikes the ground 1 km away from you, it will take .30 seconds for the sound to reach you. 100/330 = .30

Calculating Speed: Section 5 q If the 60th floor is 219 m above the first floor, it would take the elevator 21.9 seconds to go from the 1st floor to the 60th floor. 219/10 = 21.9

Calculating Speed: Section 6 q It would take 5 hours to finish the race if the river was 130 km and you were traveling downstream. 10 km/hr is added to your speed of 16 km/hr because you are moving downstream. 130/26 = 5 q If you were traveling upstream, it would take 21.6 hours. 10 km/hr is subtracted from your speed of 16 km/hr because you are moving upstream. 130/6 = 21.6

Velocity and Speed: Section 1 q They have the same velocities. q They have the same speeds. q There is no difference between speed and velocity.

Calculating Acceleration: Section 1 q The car’s average acceleration is 3 m/s2. q The average acceleration is positive because the car is gaining speed.
Calculating Acceleration: Section 2 q The roller coaster’s acceleration is 7.3 m/s2.

Calculating Acceleration: Section 3 q The swimmer’s acceleration is .01 m/s2 during this interval.

Calculating Acceleration: Section 4 q The acceleration of the roller coaster is –5 m/s2. q The average acceleration is negative because the roller coaster loses speed.

Putting the Knowledge to Work: Hypothesis Question q You can measure a runner’s speed by calculating distance traveled over time. q Running twice as far would take twice as much time if the runner is moving at a constant speed.

Putting the Knowledge to Work: Data and Observations

Putting the Knowledge to Work: Analysis

Distance (meters) 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50
Robbie’s Time (short) .95 1.11 .60 .67 .32
Velocity 5.26 m/s 4.50 m/s 8.33 m/s 7.26 m/s 15.63 m/s
Acceleration 5.54 m/s2 -.68 m/s2 6.38 m/s2 -1.60 m/s2 26.16 m/s2
Duran’s Time (short) .42 1.58 .9 .63 .53
Velocity 11.9 m/s 3.16 m/s 5.56 m/s 7.94 m/s 9.43 m/s
Acceleration 28.33 m/s2 -5.53 m/s2 2.67 m/s2 3.45 m/s2 2.8 m/s2
Robbie’s Time (long) .69 1.7 .24 .27 1.23 .78 .53 .81 .50 .39
Velocity 7.25 m/s 2.94 m/s 20.83 m/s 16.52 m/s 4.07 m/s .64 m/s 9.43 m/s 6.17 m/s 10 m/s 12.82 m/s
Acceleration 10.5 m/s2 -2.54 m/s2 74.54 m/s2 -15.9 m/s2 -10.1 m/s2 -4.40 m/s2 16.58m/s2 -4.02 m/s2 7.66 m/s2 7.23 m/s2
Duran’s Time (long) 1.29 .8 .32 .4 1.22 .72 .41 .96 .46 .8
Velocity 3.86 m/s 6.

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