Oct. 16 - Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, and Motion Practice.

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

What is the formula to calculate speed?

• S = t/d
• S = d/t
• S = d x t
• S = t x d

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You walk 10 meters to math class in 20 seconds. Your average speed is

• 2 m/s
• 0.5 m/s
• 200 m/s
• 5 m/s

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

• 65 mph west
• 6 mph west
• 600 mph west
• 6000 mph west 

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Danica gets her car to go from a speed of 100 mi/hr to a speed of 150 mi/hr in 5 seconds. What is her acceleration?

• 10 mi/hr/sec

• - 5 mi/hr/sec

• 50 mi/hr/sec

• -25 m/hr/sec

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Which of the following is an example of acceleration?

• a motorcycle going around a curve
• a ball on the ground
• a boat sailing east at 15 miles per hour on calm water.
• a jet flying 300 miles per hour on a straight horizontal path

Which of the following is NOT an example of acceleration?

• a car on cruise control on a straight flat highway
• the Moon orbiting Earth
• a car coming to a stop
• a ball rolling down a ramp

A change in speed or direction is known as _____.

• acceleration
• speed
• velocity
• displacement

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

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What is velocity?

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

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