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Do Now- in your journal Right now, you are moving either moving 1,040 mph, 66,600 mph, or 0 mph. What does this mean and how is that possible?

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2 Do Now- in your journal Right now, you are moving either moving 1,040 mph, 66,600 mph, or 0 mph. What does this mean and how is that possible?

3 Reference Point The Earth’s surface is used as a common reference point A moving object can be used as a reference point as well

4 Speed Speed is the distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred Average Speed total distance total time Normally, objects do not travel at a constant speed

5 Velocity Velocity is the speed of an object in a particular direction
Imagine two birds leave the same tree at the same time. The both fly at 10km/hr for 5 minutes. Why don’t they end up at the same place?


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