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What is speed?
DESIGNED BY THE AREA OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

1. Label the animals. Then, number them (1-4) from the

faster to the slowest.
KEYWORDS
Speed
hare cheetah peregrine falcon gazelle Velocity
Direction
Acceleration
Average speed

3 1 2 4

gazelle peregrine falcon cheetah hare

2. Read and complete the graphic organizer. Use information from the frist paragraph.

Speed
The rate at which an object changes position is called speed. Speed measures how fast an
object moves. For example, a car moving at a high speed chamges position faster than a
car moving at a slow speed. The unit for speed is a unit of distance divided by a unit of
time, such as kilometers per hour.

Many animals run faster than humans. The faster land mammal is the cheetah. It can run at
speeds around 112 kilometers per hour. A peregrine falcon is also very fast. When it
swoops to capture prey, the falcon moves at almost 320 kilometers per hour! In the picture
above, wich animals are faster than you?

Rate at which an object changes

position is speed. measures how
fast an object moves

Ex: a car moving at a high Unit for speed is a unit of

speed changes position distance divided by a unit of
faster than a car moving at a time, such as kilometers per
slow speed hour
Calculate Average Speed
The speed of most objects changes. For example, when youride your bike, you do
not always travel at the same speed. At different points on your trip, you will have
different speeds. However, you can calculate the average speed of your trip. To
find an object's average speed, divide the distance the object moves by the total
time spent moving.

AVERAGE SPEED = TOTAL DISTANCE / TOTAL TIME

60

120 km
2 hr

AT-HOME LAB Observations and statement:

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1. En el primer lanzamiento la
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bomba tardó 5 segundos en
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rodar 10 cm.
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2. En el segundo lanzamiento
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como se lanzo con mas fuerza
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que el anterior lanzamiento la
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bomba tardó 3 segundos en
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rodar 10 cm,
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77

231 km
77 of speed
3hr

90 km
45
2 hr

90 km
45
2 hr

182

7 hr

441

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