6.2 Speed and Velocity Badge

Alfonso ran the 1,000 meter race in 2.5 minutes. Alfonso's average speed was [answer1] m/min.

• 400

• 200

• 1000

• 2.5

The _____ speed of an object is found by dividing the total distance by the total time.

• average/mean

• median

• mode

What quantity can you calculate if you know that a car travels 30 kilometers in 20 minutes?

• Average speed

• velocity

• direction

• instantaneous speed

On a distance-versus-time graph, a straight line indicates that an object's speed is zero.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

To describe an on object's motion, you need to know both its ____ and ____.

• Speed

• Direction

• Force

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The slope of a line is found by multiplying the rise by the run.

• true

• false

On a distance-versus-time graph, a speed of zero would appear as a horizontal line.

• True

• false

A speedometer shows the ______ speed of a vehicle.

• instantaneous

• average

• mode

• median

The SI unit for speed is m/min.

• True

• False

On a graph of distance versus time, the slope of the line indicates the _____ of an object.

• speed

• mass

• volume

• weight

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1