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The document provides an overview of speed and velocity, including definitions, calculations, and differences between the two concepts. It outlines how to calculate speed using distance and time, presents examples, and discusses relative velocity in different contexts. Additionally, it includes exercises and outcomes for understanding speed values and their applications.

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speed

The document provides an overview of speed and velocity, including definitions, calculations, and differences between the two concepts. It outlines how to calculate speed using distance and time, presents examples, and discusses relative velocity in different contexts. Additionally, it includes exercises and outcomes for understanding speed values and their applications.

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Speed

What is it?
OUTCOMES
• State what speed means
• Estimate some speed values
• Calculate speeds using formula
• Rearrange the formula to calculate time and
distance.
• Describe the difference between speed and
velocity.
• Calculate velocity when objects are moving
relative to each other
Match the speed to the picture

Continental drift

21 km/h
0.00000004 km/h

0.004 km/h
917 km/h
36 km/h

119 km/h
Match the speed to the picture
Continental drift

6 m/s
0.00000001m/s

0.001 m/s
1m/s is255about
m/s
3.6 km/h
10 m/s

33 m/s
Speed limits
......20mph
(9m/s) in a
residential
area

......70 mph (31 m/s) on


a motorway
The speed of a tennis serve......

......over
55m/s or
200km/h
The speed of sound.........

......over
300 m/s
Breaking the sound barrier...
Escape velocity......

......about
11200
m/s
The speed of light.........

......300,000,000 m/s
How do we calculate speed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nbjhpcZ9_g

Usain Bolt ran


100m in 9.58s.

What was this


record breaking
speed?
How is speed calculated?
The speed of an object can be calculated using this equation:

distance travelled
speed =
time taken

 Distance travelled is measured in metres (m).

 Time taken is measured in seconds (s).

 Speed is measured in metres per second (m/s).

The standard unit for speed in physics is m/s, but other units
such as kilometres per hour (km/h) are more convenient
when measuring the speed of vehicles. Why is this?
How do we calculate speed?
Usain Bolt ran 100m in
9.58s.

What was this record


breaking speed?

100 = 10.44 m/s


9.58
Calculating speed question
A train takes 100 seconds to travel 1,500 m.
What is the speed of the train?

distance
speed =
time

= 1,500
100

= 15 m/s
Using a formula triangle
A formula triangle helps you to rearrange a formula. The
formula triangle for speed (s), distance (d) and time (t) is
shown below.
Cover the quantity that you are trying to work out, which
gives the rearranged formula needed for the calculation.

So to find speed (s), …which gives


cover up s… the formula…

  s =
d
t
x
Calculating speed question
A car travels at 25 m/s for
3 minutes. How far does
it travel?

distance
speed =
time

distance = speed x time

= 25 x 180

= 4,500 m = 4.5 km
What about velocity??
?
How is velocity different to speed?
The speed of an object does not depend on the direction in
which it is travelling. The velocity of an object is the speed
and direction in which it is moving.

The car is travelling


north with a velocity of
10 m/s.

As the car goes round


the corner, the speed
of the car remains
constant but the
velocity changes.
Speed or Velocity?

A.35m/s B.35m/s North

D. 2m/s SW
C. 10km/h 

E.
Why does direction matter?
Relative velocity

Still water

Against the current

With the current


Relative Velocity Questions

1.You can swim at 5m/s. How long does it take to swim


across a swimming pool with a length of 25m?

2.You now swim in a river with a current against you of


2m/s. What is your relative velocity in the river?

3.How long does it take to swim 25m now?

4.You turn round and swim back with the current. What
is your relative velocity?

5.How long does it take to swim back to your start


point?
Where are you now?
WWW…………
EBF……………..
• State what speed means
• Estimate some speed values
• Calculate speeds using formula
• Rearrange the formula to calculate time and
distance.
• Describe the difference between speed and
velocity.
• Calculate velocity when objects are moving
relative to each other

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