SPEED

Presentation by Thet Htar Oo

What is speed?
Speed is a way of saying how far you can travel in a certain time.

To work out a speed, you must measure

How to calculate it?
a distance and a time. The mean (or average) speed of
But many objects do not travel at a a journey is the total distance
constant speed. For example, cars can travelled, divided by the total time
travel faster on motorways than in taken.
towns, and may have to stop at
junctions. So only the average can be
worked out. speed = distance
time
Units for speed
The units you use for speed
depends on the measurements Converting speed units
you take.
To convert a speed in m/s to km/h
you must divide it by 1000 because
For example, if a bus travels 200
[1000m=1km] and then multiply it by
kilometers in 4 hours, its speed
3600 because [3600s=1hour]
would be in kilometers per hour
(km/h). Other units for speed that
are often used are meters per 1000
second(m/s) and miles per 20 m/s = 20 × = 72 km/h
3600
hour(mph).
Distance-time graphs Gon's journey on foot from the forest entrance
to Heaven's Arena

Racing with a

Distance-time graphs are used cheetah he

just befriended
Sprinting
because he's

to show how fast someone

gonna be late
for his match
He
travelled during a journey. They was exploring

are sometimes also called

the forest
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displacement graph.
Helping an
injured baby
bird, then
resting

Displacement is the distance steep line = moving fast

between an object and its starting shallow line = moving slow
horizontal line = not moving
point, shown in a straight line,
A = slowest B = not moving
such as in graph A. C = fastest D = second fastest
Relative speeds
When you talk about how fast you usually walk, you are measuring your
speed over the ground.
However, you can also walk on a train while it is moving.
In this case, if you walk at 2 m/s towards the front of the train and the train is
travelling at 50m/s, your speed relative to the ground outside is 52m/s.
If two trains are moving towards each other, and both are moving at 100
km/h, they are moving at 200 km/h relative to each other.

Sailors and pilots have to think about relative motion all the time because
water and air are usually moving.
 FACT
This man is only moving
slowly relative to the train, but
he could be moving at up to
50 m/s relative to the ground.
If you are watching
this presentation
The boat is moving at 5 right now, you are
m/s relative to the water not moving relative
but is moving at 7 m/s
relative to the beach. to the ground. But
you are moving at a
River flowing at 2 m/s
Boat moving at 5 m/s The speed of a boat speed of about 108
through the water depends on its speed
through the water and 000 km/h relative to
how fast the water itself the Sun!
is moving
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