Motion

A car is driven for 3 hours. What else do you need to know to describe this car’s speed?

• the road the car in driven on
• the time of day
• the distance the car is driven
• the number of passengers in the car

What is the speed of a runner who runs 400 meters in 40 seconds?

• 10 meters/second

• 40 meters/second

• 100 meters/second

• 1,600 meters/second

Which information is needed to determine how fast a truck is traveling?

• direction and mass
• distance and time
• size and speed
• time and weight

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Calculate the speed of a sprinter who ran 200 meters in 20 seconds.

• 10m/s
• 10km/s
• 10m/hr
• 10km/hr

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Michelle drove 300 miles in 6 hours. What was Michelle’s speed?

• 30 miles per hour

• 50 miles per hour

• 60 miles per hour

• 80 miles per hour

What is speed?

• how much an object’s position changes
• how far an object moves
• how long an object moves
• how far an object moves in a certain amount of time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The position of a runner in a race changes as time passes. What could a reference point to describe the change in position? 

• the starting line
• the runner’s speed
• the runner’s right foot
• another runner

What is the speed of a runner who runs 400 meters in 40 seconds? (speed = distance ÷ time)

• 10 meters/second
• 40 meters/second
• 100 meters/second
• 1,600 meters/second

The Standard Units for Speed is ?

• m/s (meters per second)
• ms (meters times seconds)
• mskg (meters times seconds kilograms)
• m/s*kg (meters per second kilograms)

What is the speed of a car that travels a distance of 79 m in 8 seconds.

• 5 m/s
• 79 m/s
• 9.87 m/s
• 8 m/s