Speed and Velocity

Displacement is how far something travels; the total distance for a trip.

• True

• False

Which term best describes the rate at which something is able to move.

• speed

• velocity

• motion

• displacement

Choose the best description for velocity

• the rate at which something is able to move

• it's the same as speed

• the speed and direction of something

• Vector's nickname

You arrive at your friend's house 1 hour after leaving your house. If your friend lives 25 miles away, what was your speed to get there?

• 24 mph

• 25 mph

• 26 mph

• 25 mps (meters per second)

If Mrs. Sprague takes a trip to see her family, she normally travels 168 miles in 3 hours. What is her average speed for the trip?

• 56

• 165

• 504

• 60

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

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A runner 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

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Total distance divided by total time is

• average speed
• constant speed
• instantaneous speed
• acceleration

Tags

CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

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

Which of the following represents a velocity?

• 40 m
• 40 m north
• 40 m/s
• 40 m/s north