Distance, Displacement, Speed, Velocity

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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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Velocity is speed with __________________________.

• a unicycle helmet

• direction

• fight

A ping-pong ball rolls forward 6 meters, and bounces backward 3 meters. What was its displacement (distance from the origin)?

• 9 meters
• 6 meters
• 3 meters
• 0 meters

A runner runs 2 laps around a track with a circumference of 400 m. What is their total displacement?

• 800 m

• 0

• 400 m

• 400 m North

Joe rides his bike from point A to point B and then on to point C. What is the total distance traveled?

• 12 m

• 43 m

• 7 m

• 12 m

Joe rides from point A to B to C. What is the displacement?

• 7 m

• 12 m

• 5 m

• 2 m

35 m/s would describe

• distance

• displacement

• speed

• velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

5 m/s west would describe

• distance

• displacement

• speed

• velocity

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

• 240 m/s

• 0.067 s

• 15 m/s

• 15 mph

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What are you calculating when you divide the distance an object travelled by the amount of time it took for that object to travel that distance?

• velocity

• slope

• motion

• speed

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1