Compare the motion of two bats. Which bat was moving at a lower speed?
a bat that moved 95kilometers in 5hours a bat that moved 115kilometers in 5hours
An object's speed tells you how fast the object is moving. Speed depends on both distance and time.
Distance tells you how far the object has moved. One unit used to measure distance is the kilometer.
Time tells you how long the object has spent moving. One unit used to measure time is the hour.
Think about two objects moving for the same amount of time. The object that is moving slower will go a shorter distance in that time. It is moving at a lower speed.
Look at the distance each bat moved and the time it took to move that distance.
One bat moved 95 kilometers in 5 hours.
The other bat moved 115 kilometers in 5 hours.
Notice that each bat spent the same amount of time moving. The bat that moved 95 kilometers moved a shorter distance in that time. So, that bat must have moved at a lower speed.