Speed and Velocity

What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s
• 1000 m/s
• 100 seconds
• 10 seconds

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

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What does this graph represent?

• Constant Speed
• Acceleration
• Not moving

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which runner won the race?

• A
• B
• C
• It was a tie

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

According to the graph how far does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?

• 2 m
• 10 m
• 0 m
• 5 m

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude 

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

Which of the following represents a velocity?

• 40 m
• 40 m north
• 40 m/s
• 40 m/s north

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

When you look at the speedometer of your car, it tells you your....

• Average speed
• Instantaneous speed

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What is the speed of a cheetah that travels 112.0 m in 4.0 s?

• 0.0357 m/s

• 448 m/s

• 0.036 m/s

• 28.0 m/s

Two horses are running in a field.  The gray horse runs 12 m/s north.  The black horse runs 12 m/s east.  
Which is true about their motions?

• Equal speeds.
• Equal velocities.
• Equal distances.
• Equal displacements.

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