Exploring Velocity and Acceleration
A Grade 3 science worksheet to help students understand the basic concepts of velocity and acceleration through engaging questions and activities.
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Exploring Velocity and Acceleration
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
1. Which word tells us how fast something is moving AND in what direction?
Speed
Velocity
Time
Distance
2. When a car speeds up, it is .
Slowing down
Accelerating
Stopping
Standing still
3. Speed tells us how fast something is moving, but not its direction.
True
False
4. A car driving around a curve at a steady speed is still accelerating.
True
False
5. When you change how fast you are moving or change your direction, you are .
6. If a ball rolls slowly down a hill, its is low.
7. A rocket launching into space has a very high .
8. Describe the difference between speed and velocity in your own words.
9. Give an example of something that is accelerating. Explain why it is accelerating.
Match each word with its correct definition.
10. Speed
a. How fast something is moving and its direction
11. Velocity
b. How fast something is moving
12. Acceleration
c. Changing speed or changing direction