2.3 Speed and Velocity

Multiple Choice

What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

• 20 miles/hr
• 20 m/min
• 800 m/min
• 200 miles/hr

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

• km/hr
• hr
• km
• s

Multiple Choice

Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

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

Multiple Choice

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

• 65 mph west
• 6 mph west
• 600 mph west
• 6000 mph west 

Multiple Choice

A dog runs on the sidewalk 9 mi/hr.

• Speed
• Acceleration
• Velocity

Multiple Choice

A track athlete runs the 1600 meter race (4 laps around the track) in 6 minutes. What is their average velocity?

• 267 m/min

• 400 m/min

• 0 m/min

• 4.45 m/sec