Speed Velocity DT Graphs WKG

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the formula for calculating speed?

• Speed = Distance × Time

• Speed = Distance / Time

• Speed = Time / Distance

• Speed = Distance + Time

Multiple Choice

A runner completes a lap around a 400-meter track in 50 seconds. What is the runner's speed?

• 8 meters per second

• 400 meters per second

• 50 meters per second

• 0.125 meters per second

Multiple Choice

Suppose a cyclist covers a distance of 10 miles in 30 minutes. What is the cyclist's speed in miles per hour?

• 5 mph

• 10 mph

• 15 mph

• 20 mph

Multiple Choice

Suppose a car travels a distance of 200 kilometers in 4 hours. What is the car's speed in kilometers per hour?

• 25 km/h

• 40 km/h

• 50 km/h

• 200 km/h

Multiple Select

Based on the examples provided, which of the following are correct calculations of velocity?

• 60 km (north) / 2 hr = 30 km/hr North

• 2,000 km (west) / 2 hr = 1,000 km/hr West

• 60 km (north) / 2 hr = 120 km/hr North

• 2,000 km (west) / 2 hr = 2,000 km/hr West

Multiple Choice

Velocity is speed with __________________________.

• a unicycle helmet

• direction

• fight

Multiple Choice

The rate at which something moves is what?

• time

• space

• sound

• speed

Multiple Choice

What is motion?

• the stopping of an object to a frame of reference

• a change in position relative to a frame of reference

• the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge

• a change in the time in which it takes to get an office referral

Multiple Choice

Total distance divided by total time, for an object shows:

• acceleration

• the size of one's toupee

• absolute speed

• average speed

Multiple Choice

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

• 20 miles/hr
• 20 m/min
• 800 m/min
• 200 miles/hr

Multiple Choice

What is the equation to calculate speed?

• speed = distance/time
• speed = time/distance
• speed = time x distance 
• speed = speed/time 

Multiple Choice

Velocity is 

• speed
• direction
• speed with a direction
• none of the answers above

Multiple Choice

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

• 65 mph west
• 6 mph west
• 600 mph west
• 6000 mph west 

Multiple Choice

88 m/s north

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

88 m/s

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

 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

Multiple Choice

What is the speed of the object at 4 seconds?

• 20 mps

• 80 mps

• 24 mps

• 5 mps

Multiple Choice

What is the average speed of the object at the end of the trip?

• 6 mps

• 25 mps

• 36 mps

• 1 mps

Multiple Choice

What is the average speed of the object?

• 6 mps

• 600 mps

• 60 mps

• 10 mps

Multiple Choice

How fast is the object moving at 5 seconds?

• 6 mps

• 30 mps

• 150 mps

• 5 mps

Multiple Choice

What does this graph represent?

• Constant Speed
• Acceleration
• Not moving

Multiple Choice

Susie went to the store, when she got there she realized that she forgot her wallet and returned home.

Which graph matches this motion?

Multiple Choice

Match the description to the graph:

"The car is stopped."

Multiple Choice

Segment A-B The bus is _________________.

• at rest

• returning (to original position)

• moving forward

Multiple Choice

Deb walked to the ice cream shop. Sat and ate her ice cream and then went for a run.

Which graph matches this motion?

Multiple Choice

What is the equation to calculate speed?

• speed = distance/time
• speed = time/distance
• speed = time x distance 
• speed = speed/time 

Multiple Choice

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

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

Multiple Choice

What does a flat, horizontal line represent on a speed graph (distance and time)?

• Constant speed

• No motion

• Acceleration

• Returning to start