Speed Distance Displacement

How many seconds does it take to travel 800 m at a speed of 25 m/s?

• 32 s

• 20,000 s

• 0.03 s

• 25 s

Mrs. Bearden drives 50 miles. What does Mrs. Bearden need to figure out her speed?

• The type of car she drives

• Her heart rate as she drives

• The time she has driven

• The direction she was going

Gabriel sprinted down the hallway for a science project. He ran a total of 40 meters in 20 seconds. What was his average speed?

• 2 meters per second

• 20 meters per second

• 40 meters per second

• 10 meters for second

A different runner trains for a marathon for 6 months by eating nothing but bags of french fries from McDonalds. They run a 10 meter dash in 100 seconds. What is their speed?

• 0.01 m/s

• 0.1 m/s

• 1 m/s

• 10 m/s

The unit for speed is:

• m/s

• s

• m

• km

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A softball player took 3.5 seconds to run from the batter’s box to 1^st base. She can run 17.1 feet per second. What distance did she cover?

• 4.9 ft

• 0.20 ft

• 60. ft

• No correct answer.

Paola ran a 440 meter race in 45 seconds. What was her average speed?

• 9 sec/m

• 9.7 sec/m

• 9.7 m/s

• 9 m/s

How far an object has moved?

• displacement

• distance

• motion

• reference point

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

• Speed
  

• Velocity

• Average Speed

• Constant Speed

Because displacement has a magnitude and direction it is called a ______. 

• distance

• vector

• arrow

• length