Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Graphs

Total distance divided by total time is

• average speed
• constant speed
• instantaneous speed
• acceleration

Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?

• 3 feet/sec
• 6 feet/sec
• 10 feet/sec
• 2 feet/sec

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is velocity?

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

How far will a person go if they jog for 2 hours at a speed of 12 km/hr?

• 6 km
• 0.5 km
• 10 km
• 24 km

According to the graph how far does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?

• 2 m

• 10 m

• 0 m

• 5 m

What is the person doing from 5 seconds to 10 seconds?

• Walking 
• Running
• Standing Still 
• Walking Fast

How far is the person from the starting point after 3 seconds?

• 0 m
• 2 m 
• 3 m
• 6 m 

When are you undergoing an acceleration in a car? 

• speed up
• slow down
• make turns
• All of the above 

A car accelerates from a standstill to 70 m/s in 10 seconds.  What is the acceleration?

• 0.7m/s²
• 7m/s²
• 14m/s²
• none of the above

A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s.  What was the acceleration?

• 0 m/s
• 40 m/s²
• -40 m/s²
• 1000 m/s