Speed and Velocity

______ is a unit of speed/ velocity

• m/s
• kg
• s
• hr

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The speed at any instant of time is known as

• instantaneous speed
• average speed
• velocity
• acceleration

If a total distance of 750 m is covered in a time interval of 25 s,the average speed is ______?

• 3 mph
• 0.03 m/s
• 30 m/s
• 30 mph

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

_____________ describes how fast something is going, whereas, __________ describes how fast something is going and in a certain direction.

• speed, acceleration
• velocity, acceleration
• speed, velocity
• speed, rate

If a person walked at 1.5 m/s for 15 s he/she would travel a distance of ________.

• 10 m
• 22.5 m
• 15 m

The ______ of a distance versus time graph is speed.

• slope
• y intercept
• area under the graph
• x intercept

How long would it take to travel 60 km traveling at a speed of 15 km/hr?

• 4 minutes
• 900 hours
• 4 hours
• 60 minutes

Which of the following is a measure of velocity?

• 30 m/s
• 30 s
• 30 m/s south
• 30 south