Velocity and Speed

When you look at the speedometer of your car, it tells you your....

• Average speed

• Instantaneous speed

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Two horses are running in a field.  The gray horse runs 12 m/s north.  The black horse runs 12 m/s east.  
Which is true about their motions?

• Equal speeds.

• Equal velocities.

• Equal distances.

• Equal displacements.

In which of the following graphs (click the image) are both runners moving at the same speed (note that graph c is the bottom right graph, and graph d is the bottom left graph)? 

• Graph A

• Graph B

• Graph C

• Graph D

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What is the speed of the red line?  

• 4 m/s 

• 16 m/s 

• 32 m/s 

• 2 m/s 

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What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

• 240 m/s

• 15 m/s

• 0.067 m/s

• 15 mph

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Which of the following is an acceptable velocity measurement?

• 25 m/s North

• 25 m/s

• 25 m

• 25 m North

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time

• Temperature and mass

• Mass and distance

• Distance and time

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A proper quantity showing velocity would be

• 25 m/s.

• 30 m south.

• 15 m/s north.

• 10 m.

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65 miles per hour North is an example of an objects what?

• Speed
  

• Velocity

• Average Speed

• Constant Speed

10 miles per hour is an example of an objects what?

• Velocity

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Inertia

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