Motion: Speed & Velocity

Motion:

Speed & Velocity

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What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

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What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object
• the location of an object
• acceleration
• speed in a specific direction

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Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude 

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Which of the following represents a velocity?

• 40 m
• 40 m north
• 40 m/s
• 40 m/s north

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When you look at the speedometer of your car, it tells you your....

• Average speed

• Instantaneous speed

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A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s
• 1000 m/s
• 100 seconds
• 10 seconds

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What is the speed of a cheetah that travels 112.0 m in 4.0 s?

• 0.0357 m/s

• 2.8 m/s

• 0.036 m/s

• 28.0 m/s

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How do you calculate distance?

• Distance divided by time.
• Displacement divided by time.
• Speed multiplied by time.
• Displacement divided by velocity.

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What is the equation to calculate time?

• time = speed/distance
• time = distance/speed 
• time = speed x distance 
• time = distance x speed

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Find the velocity of a truck that travels 75 miles north in 2.5 hours.

• 187.5 mph north
• 30 mph north
• 300 mph north
• 200 mph north

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It took 3.5 hours for a train to travel the distance between two cities at a velocity of 120 miles/hr.  How many miles lie between the two cities? 

• 34 miles 
• 420 miles
• 120 miles 
• 360 miles 

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Shona cycles at an average speed of 8km/h. How far has she traveled if she cycles for 4 hours?

• 55km
• 32km
• 43km
• 32miles

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If a bicyclist travels 30 km in 2 hours, her average speed is

• 30 km/h
• 60 km/h
• 15 km/h
• 2 km/h

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A train that travels 100 kilometers in 4 hours is traveling at what average speed?

• 50 km/h
• 100 km/h
• 2 km/h
• 25 km/h

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An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam. The trip took four hours at an average speed of 6 km/h. How far did the ship travel?

• 24 km
• 1.5 km
• 0.67 km
• 5 km

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Sarah backstrokes at an average speed of 8 meters per second. How long will it take her to complete a 200-meter race?

• 0.04 s
• 1600 s
• 50 s
• 25 s

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A cattle train left Miami at noon, traveling 45 km/hr. At what time will the train have traveled 195 km?

• 4:33 pm
• 3:23 pm
• 2:57 pm
• 8:15 pm