Quiz about Speed & Velocity

Question 1

Calculate the speed of a train that traveled 400 miles in 5 hours.

Accepted Answer

80 mph

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20 mph

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20 m/s

Answer

80 m/s

Question 2

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

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Velocity

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Speed

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Acceleration

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Direction

Question 3

5.2 km/s west is an example of

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Velocity

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Speed

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Distance

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Time

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Direction

Question 4

mph is a unit for ...

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Speed

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Distance

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Time

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Direction

Question 5

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

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10 m/s

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10 km/s

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10 m/hr

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10 km/hr

Question 6

George walked his dog 2 miles north in 30 minutes. What was George's speed per hour?

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4 mi/hr

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15 mi/hr

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60 mi/hr

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0.067 mi/hr

Question 7

Speed is

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the change in distance in a given time

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change in direction

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moving in a specific direction

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moving

Question 8

Velocity is...

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distance plus direction

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distance over time

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change in direction

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change in speed and direction

Question 9

What is this?

"This car is speeding up"

Accepted Answer

Acceleration

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Speed

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Velocity

Question 10

What is this?

A car is traveling 50 mph.

Accepted Answer

Speed

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Velocity

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Acceleration

Question 11

What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

Accepted Answer

Velocity

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Speed

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Acceleration

Question 12

What is this?

"The car has to go from 40mph to 60mph when entering the freeway"

Accepted Answer

Acceleration

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Speed

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Velocity

Question 13

What is this?

"The car is traveling at 150 kilometers per hour"

Accepted Answer

Speed

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Velocity

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Acceleration

Question 14

What is velocity?

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Speed + Direction

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Speed Only

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Speed + Time

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Only Direction

Question 15

What is acceleration?

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A change in speed

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Speed + Direction

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Traveling at a constant speed

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Only time

Question 16

If the average speed of a car is 110 km/h, how long will it take the car to travel 715 km?

Accepted Answer

6.5 h

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6 h

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6.5 km/h

Question 17

What is your average speed if you take 0.5 h to jog 4,000 m?

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8000 m/h

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2000 m/h

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0.000125 m/h

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800 m/h

Question 18

If you travel 7.5 km and walk for 1.5 h, what is your average speed?

Accepted Answer

5 km/h

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11.25 km/h

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0.2 km/h

Question 19

An airplane traveling from San Francisco to Chicago travels 1,260 km in 3.5 h. What is the airplaine's avearge speed?

Accepted Answer

360 km/h

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36 km/h

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4,410 km/h

Question 20

If you slow down on your bicycle, you accelerate.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

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FALSE

Question 21

You are riding your bike at 9 km/h. Ten minutes later, your speed is 6 km/h.

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Acceleration occurred because speed decreased.

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Acceleration occurred because speed increased.

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Acceleration occurred because you changed directions.

Question 22

Which is an example of VELOCITY?

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A migrating bird headed south for the winter at 3 m/s

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A dog running at 3 m/s

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A deer sprinting at 4 m/s

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A person not moving at all

Question 23

Slowing down is an example of...

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Acceleration

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Constant speed

Question 24

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

Accepted Answer

15 m/s

Answer

240 m/s

Answer

0.067 m/s

Answer

15 mph

Question 25

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

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5 m

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2 m

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10 m

Answer

0 m

Question 26

Velocity is both ____ and _____.

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speed , direction

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direction, mass

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volume, density

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direction, magnitude

Question 27

You walk 10 meters to math class in 20 seconds. Your average speed is

Accepted Answer

0.5 m/s

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2 m/s

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200 m/s

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5 m/s

Question 28

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

Accepted Answer

600 mph west

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65 mph west

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6 mph west

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6000 mph west

Question 29

David walks 3 km north, and then turns east and walks 4 km. What is the distance?

Accepted Answer

7 km

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3 km

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4 km

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1 km

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

28 m/s

Answer

0.0357 m/s

Answer

27 m/s

Answer

0.036 m/s

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