Speed, distance, time

Which of these is NOT a unit of distance?

• metres

• kilometres

• millimetres

• seconds

Which of these is NOT a unit of time?

• hours

• minutes

• seconds

• metres

Which of these is NOT a unit of speed?

• m/s

• km/h

• kg

• mm/day

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

To convert from minutes to hours...

To convert from centimetres to metres...

The equation for calculating speed is...

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A fox runs 120 metres in 8 seconds. Calculate the speed of the fox.

• 960 m

• 15 m/s

• 128 seconds

• 0.0667 m/s

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A boat sails 200 km in 8 hours. What is its speed?

• 0.04 km/h

• 1600 km/h

• 25 km/h

• 208 km/h

A snail travels 50 cm in 30 minutes. What is its speed in m/h (metres per hour)

• 1.67 m/h

• 1 m/h

• 1500 m/h

• 0.6 m/h

Which of these objects will travel the furthest in 1 minute?

• A car driving at 30 m/s

• A train travelling at 1500 m/min

• A motorbike travelling at 120 km/h

• A boat travelling at 1 km/min