Speed

Speed

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What is speed?

• The rate at which an object changes position
• The direction an object is moving
• moving fast
• change in speed or direction

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Speed -

• A measure that gives rate of change and position

• A measure that dissolves to one unit

• A measure of distance an object travels per unit of time.

• A measure of distance an object travels per unit of measurement.

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What is the equation to calculate time?

• time = speed/distance

• time = distance/speed

• time = speed x distance

• time = distance x speed

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Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?

• 400 minutes
• 100 minutes
• 100 seconds 
• .25 seconds 

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What is the equation to calculate distance?

• distance = speed/time

• distance = time/speed

• distance = speed/distance

• distance = speed x time

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A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?

• 25 miles/hr
• 5 miles/hr
• 125 km/hr
• 50 km/hr

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Speed = _______________

• Distance + time

• Distance – time

• Distance x time

• Distance / time

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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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Alan travels 100 km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h

• 5km/hr

• 10km/hr

• 50km/hr

• 20km/hr

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Paul swims at a speed of 5 km/h for 1.5 hours. Find the distance traveled in km.

• 7.5km

• 125km

• 120km

• 80km

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What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

• 20 mi/hr

• 20 m/min

• 800 m/min

• 200 mi/hr

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If you are solving for the distance, you would calculate the...

• time divided by speed

• speed divided by time

• speed multiplied by time

• distance multiplied by speed

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Which car is going the fastest speed?

• Car A-

  10 miles/hour

• Car B-

  20 miles/hour

• Car C-

  30 miles/hour

• Car D-

  40 miles/hour

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Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?

• 3 feet/sec

• 6 feet/sec

• 10 feet/sec

• 2 feet/sec

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Reese can run 10 meters in 5 seconds. What is her speed?

• 5 meters/sec

• 2 meters/sec

• 5 miles/hour

• 2 miles/hour

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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

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What is the formula to calculate speed?

• S = t/d

• S = d/t

• S = d x t

• S = t x d

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Which of the following is a unit of speed ?

• sec

• mi

• m/s

• min

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Which of the following is a unit of time?

• sec

• mi

• m/s

• km

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Where is the object not moving

• A-B
• O-A
• C-D
• B-C

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Match the description to the graph:

"The car is slowing down."

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Can be measured in meters (m)

• Distance
• Time
• Speed
• Acceleration

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Describe the motion in the graph:

• Constant Speed (positive slope)

• Stopped (at rest)

• Acceleration (increasing speed)

• Return Home (negative slope)

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Describe the motion in the graph:

• Constant Speed (positive slope)

• Stopped (at rest)

• Acceleration (increasing speed)

• Return Home (negative slope)

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Describe the motion in the graph:

• Constant Speed (positive slope)

• Stopped (at rest)

• Acceleration (increasing speed)

• Return Home (negative slope)

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Displacement is distance combined with

• direction
• speed
• velocity
• magnitude

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Vector quantities need both a magnitude and a _____.

• distance

• displacement

• direction

• velocity

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After completing one trip on a roller coaster, the roller coaster's ________ is zero.

• displacement

• reference point

• length

• distance

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David walks 3 km north, and then turns east and walks 4 km. What is the distance?

• 7 km

• 3 km

• 4 km

• 1 km

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Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?

• 800

• 400

• 0

• 200

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Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total displacement?

• 2 km

• 5 km

• 8 km

• 10 km

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Scott drives a Jeep 12 km east, then 4 km north, then finally 3 km west. He traveled a total distance of:

• 5 km
• 10 km
• 13 km
• 19 km

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Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude 

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88 m/s

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

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88 m/s north

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

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A car traveling 300 miles in 5 hours is an example of _____.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Direction

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Speed in a given direction is the definition of ____.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Direction

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A dog runs on the sidewalk 9 mi/hr.

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Velocity

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A dog runs on the sidewalk 9 mi/hr.

• Speed
• Acceleration
• Velocity