Object/Phenomenon/Life Form
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Speed
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Living Things | |
Olympic swimmer | 13 Kilometers/Hour |
Dolphin | 56 Kilometers/Hour |
Greyhound | 55 Kilometers/Hour |
Horse | 60 Kilometers/Hour |
Impala (pronghorn) | 90 Kilometers/Hour |
Cheetah | Can maintain an average speed of 66 Kilometers/Hour for a distance of 5.1 Kilometers. Top speed: 120 Kilometers/Hour |
Asian Swift (level flight) | 170 Kilometers/Hour |
Peregrine Falcon (top speed of dives) | 300 Kilometers/Hour |
Land, Sea, and Air | |
Continental plate motion | A few Centimeters/Year |
Tsunami (deep water) | 890 Kilometers/Hour |
Sound (water) | 1,482 Meters/Second |
Hurricane, fastest wind speeds | more than 200 Kilometers/Hour |
Tornado (F-5), fastest wind speeds | 450 Kilometers/Hour |
Sound (air) | 330 Meters/Second = Mach 1 |
Machines | |
Commercial Airliner | 900 Kilometers/Hour |
X-15 | Mach 6.7 |
Space Shuttle | Mach 25 |
Voyager 1 | 60,000 Kilometers/Hour |
Astronomy | |
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