Basic Motion I - Speed, Time, Distance, & Displacement

Displacement vectors of 1 km East, 5 km West, 4 km West, and 5 km East combine to a total displacement of _____________________________________.

• 15 km West

• 15 km East

• 3 km West

• 3 km East

Your cat walks 500 m every morning. She leaves your house at 6:00 am, waits at the fence for 15 minutes. Then, walks to get back home at 6:30 am. What is the cat's AVERAGE SPEED? (Avg. Speed = TOTAL DISTANCE / TOTAL TIME)

• 16.7 m/s

• 16.7 m/min

• 33.3 m/s

• 1.1 m/min

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Patrick Mahomes is clocked throwing a football 62 miles per hour. This is 44.7 meters per second. How many seconds does it take the football to travel 50 meters?

• 1.1 s

• 0.89 s

• 2,235 s

• 1.39 s

Jim walks from his home 2 blocks north to the library. After checking out his favorite book he walks 5 blocks east to the park. After reading for a while he decides to visit his grandmother who lives 1 block south and 8 blocks west of the park. What is Jim's total distance traveled in blocks?

• 4 blocks

• 90 blocks

• 9 blocks

• 16 blocks

Jim walks from his home 2 blocks north to the library. After checking out his favorite book he walks 5 blocks east to the park. After reading for a while he decides to visit his grandmother who lives 1 block south and 8 blocks west of the park. What is Jim's total displacement traveled in blocks?

• 3.16 blocks

• 9.2 blocks

• 3.5 blocks

• 14 blocks

A butterfly flew 25 m in 50 s. What was the butterfly's speed

• 75 m/s

• 0.5 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 25 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Jane saw Spot run 10 m/s for 40s. How far did Spot run?

• 4 m

• 400 s

• 400 m

• 0.25 m

How long did it take the fish to swim 2 km at 20 m/s?

• 40 s

• 10 s

• 0.1 s

• 100 s

Which of the following describes a difference between distance and displacement?

• distance doesn't use units

• displacement includes direction

• displacement also tells how fast an object travles

• distance isn't used in real life

If distance measurements are like what a(n) _________ displays, then displacement measurements are like what a(n) __________ displays.

• GPS, odometer

• odometer, GPS

• clock, speedometer

• speedometer, clock