Which of the following describes distance and displacement correctly?

• The blue arrow shows distance and the orange arrows show displacement
• The blue arrow shows displacement and the orange arrows show distance
• Both arrows show distance only
• Both arrows show distance and displacement

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.3

You travel 30 miles west of your home. You turn around and start back home. After traveling 10 miles east, what is your displacement from home?

• 40 miles west

• 20 miles east

• 20 miles

• 20 miles west

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

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object
• the location of an object
• acceleration
• speed in a specific direction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Why does a car accelerate as it round a corner at a constant speed?

• Its direction changes
• It doesn't
• It slows down
• Its speeds up  

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

When are you undergoing an acceleration in a car? 

• speed up
• slow down
• make turns
• All of the above 

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

A negative acceleration means that your object is _____. 

• not accelerating
• not moving
• speeding up 
• slowing down 

Which graph demonstrates the greatest positive speed?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What kind of quantity has both a magnitude and a direction?

• scalar
• vector
• frame of reference
• time

How will this object move? 

• It won't move. 
• It will move to the right. 
• It will move to the left. 
• It will move in both directions. 

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-2