Speed = Distance/Time

A model car travels 20 meters in 15 seconds. How many meters will it travel in 45 seconds?

• 0.4 meters

• 25 meters

• 30 meters

• 60 meters

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad travels 26 km between Bryson City and Dillsboro. The trip takes 50 minutes. How fast is the train moving?

• 0.52 km

• 1.9 km

• 24 km

• 76 km

A car travels 25 kilometers in 1/2 hour. If it does not change its speed or direction, how far will the car travel in the next hour?

• 25 kilometers

• 50 kilometers

• 75 kilometers

• 100 kilometers

A car traveled 420 km in seven hours. How far did the car travel in three hours?

• 60 km

• 180 km

• 1200 km

• 3000 km

Billy can ride his bike to the corner grocery store in 10 minutes. The store is 2 kilometers from his house. What is Billy’s average speed when he rides to the store?

• 0.02 km

• 0.2 km

• 0.5 km

• 2 km

A swimmer is moving at a speed of 2.0 meters/second. How long will it take for the swimmer to go 100 meters?

• 20 seconds

• 50 seconds

• 100 seconds

• 200 seconds

A truck drives 50 kilometers north on a highway. The truck then travels south on the same highway for 1 hour at a rate of 50 km/h. At the end of the trip, how far is the truck from its starting point?

• 0 km

• 50 km

• 100 km

• 150 km

Tim and Carla play catch with a ball. Which term describes the motion of a ball?

• shape

• size

• speed

• weight

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Marni runs 1500 meters around the school track. What does she need to know in order to find out her speed?

• the number of steps she took

• her time from start to finish

• her heart rate at the finish line

• the direction she began running

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A girl walked for 30 minutes. She noticed that she traveled farther in the first 15 minutes of her walk than in the second 15 minutes. What can she conclude about her walk?

• She walked over many hills.

• Her average speed was faster during the first half of her walk.

• She walked in two different directions.

• She was walking at a constant speed.