Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Vocabulary

Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Vocabulary

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Vocabulary

Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS3-1, MS-PS2-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is velocity?

the quickness of an object

the location of an object

acceleration

speed in a specific direction

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The tornado is traveling northwest at 20 mph. 

speed

velocity

acceleration

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a car goes around a corner at 20 mph, why do we say it  accelerates?

The car is accelerating because of the velocity is constant

The car accelerates because it's going 20 mph

Cars always accelerate when they are in motion

The car is accelerating because it's changing direction

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following statements about speed and velocity is correct?

Velocity only describes an object’s rate of motion.

Speed describes how an object is changing its velocity.

Speed and velocity both describe how an object is speeding up.

Only velocity includes the direction an object is traveling.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

M/s east

Speed

Velocity

Acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Here is a graph of speed vs time. If the object is moving to the east, which BEST describes the speed and velocity of the graph?

Both speed and velocity are changing.

The speed and velocity remain constant.

The speed is constant and velocity is changing.

The velocity cannot be determined from the graph.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 12 pts

Speed with direction.

Speed

Velocity

Acceleration

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