Speed and Velocity

Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home.  What is Bill's displacement?

• 0 meters
• 400 meters
• 800 meters
• 1600 meters

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time
• Temperature and mass
• Mass and distance
• Distance and time

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

• 240 m/s
• 15 m/s
• 0.067 m/s
• 15 mph

A measurement of how fast an object is moving

• Velocity
• Speed
• Vector
• Acceleration

What is the speed of an object that travels 20 meters in 4 seconds?

• 80 m/s
• 0.2 m/s
• 5 m/s
• 24 m/s

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

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

• 6 h
• 6.5 km/h
• 6.5 h

Total distance divided by total time, for an object shows:

• acceleration

• the size of one's toupee

• absolute speed

• average speed

An old lady rolls down a hill at 3 meters/second. The hill is 36 meters long. How many seconds does it take the old lady to reach the bottom of the hill?

• 39 seconds

• 12 seconds

• 15 seconds

• 33 seconds

How long will it take to go 150,000 m traveling at 50 km/hr?

• 3000 hours

• 3000 sec

• 3 hours

• 3 sec