Velocity and speed

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

What is velocity?

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

The correct equation to calculate speed is

• distance/time
• time/distance
• distance x time
• distance/time²

Can be measured in meters per second (m/s)

• Distance
• Time
• Speed
• Acceleration

If a cheetah runs 180 miles in 3 hours, what is its average speed?

• 60 hours
• 60 miles
• 60 miles/hour
• 60 miles/second/second

A runners 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

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 

On a distance vs. time graph, the steeper the slope _____

• the slower the speed
• the faster the speed
• less acceleration
• greater acceleration

How long would it take for a car to travel a distance of 200 kilometers if it is traveling at a velocity of 55 km/hr? 

• 20 min
• 11,000 min
• 3.6 hrs
• 5 hrs 

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