Average Speed and Velocity

A measure of how fast something moves in a given amount of time.

• Speed

• Distance

• Time

• Velocity

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What is speed with a specific direction?

• Average Speed

• Velocity

• Vectors

• Time

Select the times that the object is NOT moving according to the graph. (Could be more than one)

• 0-10 minutes.

• 10-20 minutes.

• 20-30 minutes.

• 30-40 minutes.

Which of these choices is the formula for average speed?

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Which of these graphs represent a constant speed?

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A baseball is thrown a distance of 20 meters. What is its speed if it takes 0.5 seconds to cover the distance?

• 40 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 3 m/s

• 30 m/s

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If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed of the football?

• 16.7 m/s

• 15.5 m/s

• 25.3 m/s

• 22 m/s

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What is instantaneous speed?

• Overall speed of an object.

• Speed of an object at a specific moment.

• Speed that happens instantly.

• Distance v. time

The speedometer on your car tells you

• average velocity
• instantaneous velocity
• average speed
• instantaneous speed

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What is velocity?

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