Unit 2: Speed and Velocity Review

Calculate the speed of a train that traveled 400 miles in 5 hours. (Your answer should be in mph.)

• 20 mph

• 20 m/s

• 80 mph

• 80 m/s

A plane flying 300 mph west toward California is an example of...

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Direction

Choose every statement that is true of velocity.

• Velocity is speed only.

• Velocity has a magnitude.

• Velocity is a vector.

• Velocity has a direction.

A truck moving 20 m/s is an example of ...

• Speed
• Distance
• Velocity
• Acceleration

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Speed is

• the change in distance in a given time
• change in direction
• moving in a specific direction
• moving

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Which one of these is a vector?

• speed

• velocity

• distance

• time

When was Marie driving the fastest?

• C to D

• D to E

• E to F

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During what period of time was Marie stopped?

• 0-5 minutes

• 5-10 minutes

• 10-25 minutes

• 25-30 minutes

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What could account for Marie’s motion at 27 minutes?

• She was late so she broke the speed limit

• She forgot something at home and ran back to get it

• She was stopped at a red light

• She was driving across the top of a hill

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How does the motion of the object at 3 minutes compare with its motion at 7 minutes?

• She is driving faster at 3 minutes.

• She is driving faster at 7 minutes

• She is driving forward at 3 minutes and back at 7.

• She is moving up at 3 minutes and down at 7 minutes