4th Quarter Exam - Science

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time

• Mass and distance

• Temperature and mass

• Distance and time

If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?

• 10 miles/min

• 50 miles/min

• 15 miles/min

• 2 miles/min

What key word tells me I’m measuring speed?

• How fast

• How long

• How far

• How heavy

What key word tells me I’m measuring time?

• How fast

• How long

• How far

• How heavy

What key word tells me I’m measuring distance?

• How fast

• How long

• How far

• How heavy

Calculate the average speed (in meter/sec) if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.

• 198 m/sec

• 12 m/sec

• 170 m/sec

• 18 m/sec

Calculate the average speed(in miles/hr) of Cassandra who runs a 18 mile marathon in 6 hours.

• 24 miles/hr

• 0.333 miles/hr

• 3 miles/hr

• 108 miles/hr

Calculate the distance (in miles) that Joaquin bikes if he maintains an average speed of 26 miles/hr for 7 hours.

• 33 miles

• 182 miles

• 3.71 miles

• 676 miles

How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 8000 meters if sound travels a speed of 330 meters per seconds?

• 24.24 seconds

• 240 seconds

• 24,000 seconds

• 2.4 seconds

A bee can fly at an average rate of 7 miles/hour. If a bee flew nonstop for 18 hours, how far will it have travelled?

• 126 miles

• 25 miles

• 26 miles

• 1260 miles