Calculating and Graphing Speed

What does displacement include that distance does not?

• units

• direction

• numbers

• speed

For cross-country, Jackson runs 4 miles east to the park, then comes back 2 miles west for a water break. What is Jackson's displacement from where he started to where he ended up?

• 6 miles

• 2 miles

• 2 miles west

• 2 miles east

What is the formula for speed?

• distance / time

• distance x time

• mass / volume

• mass x volume

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On a distance vs. time graph, on what axis is distance found on?

• x-axis

• y-axis

The total distance divided by the total time is called:

• speed

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• acceleration

What is speed in a given direction?

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• displacement

• velocity

A steep line on a distance vs. time graph means a person would be moving slowly.

• True

• False

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A car driving 120 miles in 4 hours would have what average speed?

• 480 mi/hr

• 30 mi/hr

• 3 mi/hr

• 120 mi/hr

A truck driving 60 mi/hr over 3 hours would go how many miles?

• 180 miles

• 20 miles

• 18 miles

• 90 miles

The rate at which an object is moving at a given instant in time is:

• speed

• average speed

• instantaneous speed

• velocity

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