Speed, Distance, Time,Velocity and Acceleration Notes

Multiple Choice

Can speed be a negative number?

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

How fast can a snail travel if it moves 20 centimeters in 4 minutes?

• 5 cm/min

• 5 cm/s

• 10 cm/min

• 10 cm/s

Multiple Choice

How long would it take a semi-truck, traveling at a speed of 20 km/hr, to travel 100 kilometers?

• 100 hrs

• 10 hrs

• 5 hrs

• 2 hrs

Multiple Choice

How far can a cheetah run if it travels at 60 meters per second for 20 seconds?

• 800 meters

• 1600 meters

• 1200 meters

• 1000 meters

Multiple Choice

A car travels 115 kilometers in 2 hours from Newport News to Richmond. What is the car’s average speed traveled?

• 70 km/hrs

• 50 km/hrs

• 57.5 km/hrs

• 20.5 km/hrs

Multiple Choice

A skateboarder travels 50 m in 120 seconds.  What is the skateboarder’s speed?

• 0.25 m/s

• 0.50 m/s

• 0.42 m/s

• 0.82 m/s

Multiple Choice

Lets Calculate Usain Bolts World Record speec in the 200 meters.

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• 10.13 m/s

• 10.25 m/s

• 10.38 m/s

• 10.42 m/s

Multiple Choice

A car goes from 45 m/sec to 65 m/sec on the interstate in 10 seconds. What is the car’s acceleration?

• 1 m/s²

• 2 m/s²

• 3 m/s²

• 4 m/s²