Motion

If a car is traveling at 55 mph and is not speeding up or slowing down, then the car is moving at a(n)

• Constant Speed

• Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Average Speed

A person travels 20 miles to work and 20 miles back home for a total of 40 miles. The distance the person traveled is ___ while their displacement is _____.

• 0 miles, 20 miles

• 20 miles, 40 miles

• 40 miles, 0 miles

• 40 miles, 20 miles

An object has moved if it’s ______ has changed.

• Time

• Speed

• Velocity

• Position

A cross country runner runs 10 km in 40 minutes. What is his average speed?

• O.25 km/min

• 400 km/min

• 4 km/min

• 30 km/min

A high speed train travels with an average speed of 227 km/h. The train travels for 2 hours. How far does the train travel?

• 112 km

• 225 km

• 454 km

The total distance an object travels divided by the total time of travel is

• Constant Speed

• Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Average Speed

Jason walked a distance of 1,750 m in 30 min. Find his average speed in m/s.

(*Hint: Pay attention to the units! You will need to convert time to sec first and then solve for speed)

• 0.97 m/s

• 58 m/s

• 17 m/s

• 3500 m/s

A train travels 120 km in 2 hrs and then 190 km in 3 hrs. What is the average speed of the train?

• 103.3 km/hr

• 60 km/hr

• 63.3 km/hr

• 62 km/hr

3 m/s north is an example of a(n) ______.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Position

• Acceleration

A boat travels 15 miles north in 0.5 hours. What is the velocity of the boat?

• 30 mph

• 30 mph north

• 7.5 mph