Average Speed

What TWO pieces of information must you have in order to calculate the average speed of an object?

• total distance

• total time

• direction

• total velocity

What will happen to the average speed of an object if the distance increases, but the time decreases?

• It will be higher/faster.

• It will be lower/slower.

• It will remain the same.

Calculate the average speed of a boat that travels 600 meters in 40 seconds.

• 560 m/s

• .067 m/s

• 15 m/s

• 24,000 m/s

What is the average speed of the object at 8 seconds?

• 10 m/s

• 80 m/s

• 100 m/s

• 8 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which pitch is the fundamental pitch in baseball?

• Slider

• Fastball

• Change-Up

• Knuckleball

Millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers, inches, feet, and miles are all examples of _________________.

• distance

• time

• volume

• force

What is the average speed of a car that travels 540 miles in 6 hours?

• 60 mph

• 90 mph

• .11 mph

• 3,240 mph

What is the average speed in mph for a car that travels 400 miles in 5 hours and 20 minutes?

• 75 mph

• 80 mph

• 2133 mph

• 77 mph

How many miles did a plane travel if it flew 455 miles per hour in 3 hours?

• 1,365 miles

• 151.67 miles

• 458 miles

• 1,350 miles

How long did it take a bike to travel 20 miles at 12 mph?

• 1.67 hours

• .6 hours

• 240 hours

• 32 hours