3P.1 - Speed Halfway Review

Candidate Name:

Can you define the following words?

  • Speed
  • Time
  • Distance
  • Average
  • Time
  • Distance
  • Speed
  • Instantaneous
  • SI unit
1) What is speed? What happens if we travel faster?


2) What is the equation we use to calculate speed?


3) What does the speed calculation tell you about your journey?


4) What do we call the speed at a given moment in time?


5) What makes roads safer?


6) What is the relationship between distance, speed and time?


7) What are the units for distance and time?


8) What unit do we measure speed in?


9) How do you calculate the average speed of an object?


10) How do the Big Ideas link to this topic?

a) Forces:





b) Particles:





c) Energy:





d) Cells: