Finding Average Speed on a Graph

An experiment was performed with a toy car moving along a straight track. The times and distances were collected and graphed below. What was the average speed of the toy car?

• 2 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 5 km/h

• 5 m/s

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Given a distance-time graph, how would you determine the speed of an object?

• By finding the area under the graph.

• By calculating the slope of the graph.

• By measuring the height of the graph.

• By counting the number of data points.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

TEKS.SCI.7.7C

During which segment is the speed the slowest?

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• Fast

• Slow

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What is the average speed of the object?

• m/minute

• 5 m/minute

• 10 m/minute

• 15 m/minute

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Using the information in the graph, what is the average speed Josh’s car traveled to get home?

• 8 km/hour

• 160 km/hour

• 16 km/hour

• 40 km/hour

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the average speed of the person during the first 5 seconds?

• 0 m/s

• 1 m/s 

• 3 m/s

• 6 m/s 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

According to the graph what was the average speed?

• 0 m/s

• 1.2 m/s

• 0.8 m/s

• 12 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Calculate the average speed between 0 and 10 hours.

• 2 km/h

• 3 km/h

• 1 km/h

• 5 km/h

What is the average speed of the Worm's Journey?

• 2.25 meters/minute

• 2 meters/minute

• 1 meter/minute

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