Calculating & Graphing Speed

Calculating & Graphing Speed

Remember the formula for calculating speed....S = D / T

Multiple Choice

Which of the graphs shows that one of runners started 10 yards further ahead of the other (note that graph c is the bottom right and graph d is the bottom left)?

• Graph A

• Graph B

• Graph C

• Graph D

Multiple Choice

A rocket traveled 90 meters in 45 seconds. How fast did it travel?

• 2 km/s

• 2 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 1 m/s

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Can be measured in meters (m), kilometers (km), centimeters (cm), etc...

• Distance

• Time

• Speed

• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Can be measured in seconds (s), minutes (min), hours (h), etc....

• Distance

• Time

• Speed

• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

How many times does this object STOP moving?

• None
• Once
• Twice
• Three times

Multiple Choice

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time
• Temperature and mass
• Mass and distance
• Distance and time

Multiple Choice

At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled? 

• 0 m
• 10 m
• 20 m
• 40 m

Multiple Choice

Determine the speed of a golf ball that was hit 200meters in 5 seconds. Use the equation SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME

• 1000 m/s

• 40 m/s

• .025 m/s

• 100 m/s

Multiple Choice

Gina starts running at the 10 meter mark. She stops running at the 50 meter mark. It took her 10 seconds. How fast(speed) was she running?

• 10m/10s=1m/s

• 50m/10s=5m/s

• 40m/10s=4m/s

• None of the above