Speed, Distance and Time PRACTICE
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A winner of the Indianapolis 500 auto race completed the 806.5 kilometer race in 2.98 hours. What was the driver’s average speed during the race?
270.6 km/hr
270.6 mph
.0039 km/hr
2403 mph
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Different animal species show a tremendous range of variation in their speed of movement. The fastest land animal, the cheetah, can travel 100.0 km/h. In contrast, the slowest animal, a species of sea crab, has an average speed of just 5.7 km/year. How long would it take the sea crab to travel 100.0 km?
17.5 years
17.5 km
570 years
570 km/yr
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
You usually see lightning before you hear thunder, because light travels faster than sound. Josh saw a flash of lightning and heard the thunder 6 seconds later. Sound travels at a speed of 340 m/s in air. How far away was Josh from the lightning?
2040 m
2040 m/s
56.6 m
56.6 m
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a boat race, Tucker drove his motorboat over the 1000-meter course from start to finish in 40 seconds. What was Tucker’s average speed during the race?
25 m/s
25 mph
0.04 m/s
40000 m
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It takes Hayleigh 0.25 hour to drive to school. Her route is 16 km long. What is Hayleigh’s average speed on her drive to school? Express your final answer in meters/second (m/s).
17.8 m/s
64 m/s
4 m/s
4 km/h
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a competition, an athlete threw a flying disk 139 meters through the air. While in flight, the disk traveled at an average speed of 13.0 m/s. How long did the disk remain in flight?
10.7 seconds
10.7 m/s
1807 seconds
0.09 m/s
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you shout into Grand Canyon, your voice travels at the speed of sound (340 m/s) to the bottom of the canyon and back, and you hear an echo. How deep is the Grand Canyon in a spot where you can hear your echo 5.2 seconds after you shout (NOTE: the time represents a ‘round trip’ for the sound)?
884 m
884 m/s
1768 m/s
65.3 m
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sound travels much faster in water than air. It takes 4.2 seconds for the sound of an explosion to travel underwater to a diver 6,006 m away. What is the speed of sound in water? Express your final answer in kilometers/hour (km/hr).
5148 km/h
5148 mph
1430 m
1430 km/h
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