Speed Velocity & Acceleration Practice

___ refers to how fast an object is moving.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Motion

Which two factors does speed depend on?

• distance and direction

• direction and time

• distance and time

• distance, time and direction

Which is an example of speed?

• A car driving 55 miles per hour south.

• A bicyclist traveling 10 meters per hour toward the next town.

• A roller coaster is traveling 10 meters per second.

• A rocket blasting off at 2,500 meters per second toward space.

Which is an example of velocity?

• A car driving 55 miles per hour south.

• A bicyclist traveling 10 meters per hour.

• A roller coaster is traveling 10 meters per second.

• A rocket blasting off at 2,500 meters per second.

Which is NOT an example of Acceleration?

• An object speeds up

• An object slows down

• An object changes direction

• An object is in constant motion.

Speed or Velocity?:

A turtle is crawling 34 cm/min.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Neither

• Both

Speed or Velocity?:

A train is travelling North 220 km/hr

• Speed

• Velocity

• Neither

• Both

Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

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

total distance traveled divided by total time taken to travel that distance

• velocity

• motion

• acceleration

• average speed

the rate at which speed or velocity changes

• acceleration

• average speed

• motion

• reference point