Distance Displacement Speed Velocity

Speed is equal to 

• Distance/Time

• Time/Distance

• Time x Distance

• Acceleration

A horse follows a dangling carrot for 20 m, if it took her 5 seconds to reach it, what was her average speed?

• 1,000 m/s

• 2.5 m/s

• 4 m/s

• 20 m/s

Which is a vector?

• Displacement

• Distance

• Speed

What is the equation for velocity?

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A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s

• 1000 m/s

• 100 seconds

• 10 seconds

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 displacements.

What describes a vector best?

• Magnitude

• Magnitude and unit

• Magnitude, unit, and direction

• Direction

16 km east would describe

• distance

• displacements

• speed

• velocity

average speed requires

• total distance

• total time

• direction

• displacement

m/s is a unit for

• distance

• time

• speed

• acceleration

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