Speed and Velocity Practice Problems

An object moves from a position of -10 m to -5 m. Velocity will be:

• positive
• negative

Polar bears are extremely good swimmers.  If a polar bear is swimming with an average of 2.6 m/s, how far will it have traveled after 120 seconds?

• 46.2 m
• 120 m
• 312 m
• 456.3 m

Tree sloths are the slowest moving mammals.  On average, their velocity is 0.743 m/s.  How long does it take a tree sloth moving at this velocity to travel 22.3 m?

• 16.6 s
• 30.0 s
• 0.03 s
• 143.7 s

Velocity is a 

• vector
• scalar

Speed is a 

• vector
• scalar

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An object moves from a position of +10 m to +5 m.  Velocity is:

• positive
• negative

Any vector quantity has ____________

• magnitude
• direction
• both magnitude and direction

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What is the speed of a car that traveled 32 m in 2 seconds?

• 64 m/s
• 34 m/s
• 16 m/s
• 0.0625 m/s

65 miles per hour North is an example of an object's what?

• Speed
  
• Velocity
• Average Speed
• Constant Speed

10 miles per hour is an example of an object's what?

• Velocity
• Speed
• Acceleration
• Inertia

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