Quiz about Speed and velocity

Question 1

Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?

Accepted Answer

3 feet/sec

Answer

6 feet/sec

Answer

10 feet/sec

Answer

2 feet/sec

Question 2

At what speed would a car have to move in order to travel 20 kilometers in 2 hours.

Accepted Answer

10 km/hr

Answer

5 km/hr

Answer

20 km/hr

Answer

40 km/hr

Question 3

What is the definition of velocity?

Accepted Answer

The speed of an object in a particular direction

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A force that opposes motion

Answer

Uniform circular motion

Question 4

What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

Accepted Answer

Velocity

Answer

Speed

Answer

Acceleration

Question 5

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

Accepted Answer

km/hr

Answer

Minutes

Answer

Centimeters

Answer

meters

Question 6

Which of the following is a unit of distance?

Accepted Answer

meters

Answer

Km/hr

Answer

Minutes

Answer

seconds

Question 7

What is this?

A car is traveling 50 mph.

Accepted Answer

Speed

Answer

Velocity

Answer

Acceleration

Question 8

Which of the following are examples of velocity?

a) 50 mph

b) 24 mph North

c) 24 mph Northeast

d) 30 mph West

Accepted Answer

All are velocity except (a)

Answer

All but (d)

Answer

Only (b)

Answer

None are velocity

Question 9

Which graph shows: a car slowing down and coming to a stop.

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

5 m

Answer

2 m

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10 m

Answer

0 m

Question 11

Shona cycles at an average speed of 8 kilometers an hour (km/hr). How far has she travelled if she cycles for 4 hours?

Accepted Answer

32 kilometers

Answer

55 kilometers

Answer

43 kilometers

Answer

32 miles

Question 12

Calculate the speed the dog is moving at in section A of the graph.

Accepted Answer

0.1 m/s

Answer

1 m/s

Answer

10m/s

Answer

0.01 m/s

Question 13

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

Answer

6.5 km/h

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

360 km/h

Answer

36 km/h

Answer

4,410 km/h

Question 15

What two things must you know to determine speed?

Accepted Answer

time and distance

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distance and direction

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direction and time

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speed and direction

Question 16

Which of the following is a measurement of velocity?

Accepted Answer

55 m/h south

Answer

16 m east

Answer

25 m/s2

Answer

60 km/h

Question 17

Question 17.

Accepted Answer

Object staying at a constant speed

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Object not moving

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Object accelerating

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Object slowing down

Question 18

Question 18.

Accepted Answer

Object not moving

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Object accelerating

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Object slowing down

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Object at a constant speed

Question 19

Question 19.

Accepted Answer

Green object is faster than Red

Answer

Red object is faster than Green

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Green object is slower than Red

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Red object is 2 times faster than Green

Question 20

Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?

Accepted Answer

100 seconds

Answer

400 minutes

Answer

100 minutes

Answer

.25 seconds

Question 21

Shona cycles at an average speed of 8km/h. How far has she traveled if she cycles for 4 hours?

Accepted Answer

32km

Answer

55km

Answer

43km

Answer

32miles

Question 22

Find the velocity of a truck that travels 75 miles north in 2.5 hours.

Accepted Answer

30 mph north

Answer

187.5 mph north

Answer

300 mph north

Answer

200 mph north

Question 23

It took 3.5 hours for a train to travel the distance between two cities at a velocity of 120 miles/hr.  How many miles lie between the two cities?

Accepted Answer

420 miles

Answer

34 miles

Answer

120 miles

Answer

360 miles

Question 24

Which graph shows: A car travelling at a constant speed.

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

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C

Answer

D

Question 25

Which shows a velocity?

Accepted Answer

10 m/s north

Answer

10 m

Answer

10 m/s

Answer

10 m/s squared

Question 26

An old lady flew down the highway 600 miles in a side car. The journey in the side car took 10 hours. What was the velocity of the old woman in the side car?

Accepted Answer

60 miles/hour

Answer

6000 miles/hour

Answer

610 miles per hour

Answer

10 miles/hour

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

600 mph west

Answer

65 mph west

Answer

6 mph west

Answer

6000 mph west

Question 28

What is the formula to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

S = d/t

Answer

S = t/d

Answer

S = d x t

Answer

S = t x d

Question 29

What is speed?

Accepted Answer

how much distance is covered over a period of time

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how far you go

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how fast you accelerate

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the change in the location of a object

Question 30

A toy car moved along a 1.2 km track in 6 min. Find the speed of the toy car.

Accepted Answer

12 km/h

Answer

0.2 km/h

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1.2 m/min

Answer

200 m/h

Question 31

A car covers 450 m in 1 minute. A train covers 6900 m in 15 minutes. Which one is travelling faster?

Accepted Answer

The train

Answer

The car

Question 32

Using the formula s=d/t

Calculate the speed. Distance = 153 meters. Time =17 seconds.

Accepted Answer

9 m

Answer

2601 m/s

Answer

0.11 m/s

Answer

9m/s

Question 33

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Distance = 204 meters. Time =17 seconds.

Accepted Answer

12 m/s

Answer

0.08 m/s

Answer

3468 m

Answer

3468 m/s

Question 34

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Distance = 357 meters. Time =17 seconds.

Accepted Answer

21 m/s

Answer

6069 m/s

Answer

0.05 m/s

Answer

12 m/s

Question 35

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Distance = 187 meters. Time =17 seconds.

Accepted Answer

11 m/s

Answer

3179 m/s

Answer

0.09 m/s

Answer

21 m/s

Question 36

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Distance = 342 meters. Time =19 seconds.

Accepted Answer

18 m/s

Answer

0.06 m/s

Answer

6498 m/s

Answer

21 m/s

Question 37

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Distance = 285 meters. Time =19 seconds.

Accepted Answer

15 m/s

Answer

0.06 m/s

Answer

0.07 m/s

Answer

5415 m/s

Question 38

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Distance = 343 meters. Time = 49 seconds.

Accepted Answer

7 m/s

Answer

14 m/s

Answer

.14 m/s

Answer

16807 m/s

Question 39

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Distance = 405 meters. Time = 15 seconds.

Accepted Answer

27 m/s

Answer

2.7 m/s

Answer

0.04 m/s

Answer

6075 m/s

Question 40

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Distance = 504 meters. Time = 36 seconds.

Accepted Answer

14 m/s

Answer

27 m/s

Answer

0.071 m/s

Answer

018144 m/s

Question 41

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Time = 15 seconds. Distance = 75 meters.

Accepted Answer

5 m/s

Answer

27 m/s

Answer

0.071 m/s

Answer

018144 m/s

Question 42

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Time = 52 seconds. Distance = 416 meters.

Accepted Answer

8 m/s

Answer

81 m/s

Answer

21632 m/s

Answer

0.125 m/s

Question 43

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Time =17 seconds. Distance = 340 meters.

Accepted Answer

20 m/s

Answer

0.05m/s

Answer

200 m/s

Answer

5780 m/s

Question 44

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the speed. Time =19 seconds. Distance = 304 meters.

Accepted Answer

16 m/s

Answer

0.625 m/s

Answer

15 m/s

Answer

5776 m/s

Question 45

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

The sloth's speed is 0.20 m/s and it takes her 620 seconds to climb to the top of the tree. How tall is the tree?

Accepted Answer

124 m

Answer

3100 m/s

Answer

124 m/s

Answer

0.0003 m/s

Question 46

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the amount of time it takes a sloth to climb 3 meters up a tree if his speed is 0.20 m/s.

Accepted Answer

0.6 s

Answer

15 s

Answer

0.06 s

Answer

0.06 m/s

Question 47

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate the distance a turtle can travel in 60 seconds if his speed is 0.5 m/s.

Accepted Answer

30 m

Answer

30 s

Answer

120 m

Answer

0.008 m/s

Question 48

Using the formula s=d/t solve the following:

Calculate how much time it took the turtle to cross the road. The road is 3.5 meters wide, and the turtle's speed is 0.5 m/s.

Accepted Answer

7 s

Answer

0.14 s

Answer

70s

Answer

1.75s

Question 49

Which of the following is speed?

Accepted Answer

The car is driving 55 miles/hour.

Answer

It will start to rain at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Answer

meters / second east

Answer

Meters / $$\sec ond\ ^2$$

Question 50

Which of the following is velocity?

Accepted Answer

meters / second east

Answer

It will start to rain at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Answer

The car is driving 55 miles/hour.

Answer

Meters / $$\sec ond\ ^2$$

Question 51

What information is required to determine the velocity of an object?

Accepted Answer

Speed and direction

Answer

Speed and velocity

Answer

Distance and time

Answer

Time and velocity

Question 52

The wind speed is 28 km/h. What additional information is needed to determine the velocity of the wind?

Accepted Answer

the direction the wind is blowing

Answer

the amount of time the wind has been blowing

Answer

the time of day

Answer

the temperature outside

Question 53

The speed of the airplane is 900 km/h. What additional information is needed to determine the velocity of the airplane?

Accepted Answer

the direction the airplane is travelling

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the mass of the airplane

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the distance the airplane traveled

Answer

the amount of time the airplane spent in the air

Question 54

A softball has a mass of 0.20 kilograms (kg). It travels 97 meters (m) south for 4.5 seconds (s). What piece of information distinguishes the velocity from the speed of the ball?

Accepted Answer

The ball went south

Answer

The ball traveled 97 m.

Answer

The ball traveled for 4.5 s.

Answer

The ball has a mass of 0.20 kg

Question 55

What information does a student need to differentiate between the speed and velocity of an object in motion?

Accepted Answer

the direction of the motion

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the rate of motion

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the amount of time it was moving

Answer

the distance it moved

Question 56

Two swimmers competed in a race. The graph shows the position of both swimmers over time.

What was the speed of Swimmer 2 throughout the race?

Accepted Answer

1m/s

Answer

0.5 m/s

Answer

2m/s

Answer

4m/s

Question 57

Two swimmers competed in a race. The graph shows the position of both swimmers over time.

What was the speed of Swimmer 1 throughout the race?

Accepted Answer

2m/s

Answer

0.5m/s

Answer

1m/s

Answer

4 m/s

Question 58

This graph shows the motion of a remote controlled toy car.

If the toy car continues moving at the same speed, what is the total distance that it will have traveled in 30 seconds?

Accepted Answer

30 m

Answer

3 m

Answer

1 m

Answer

12 m

Question 59

This graph shows the motion of a remote controlled toy car.

If the toy car continues moving at the same speed, what is the total distance that it will have traveled in 1 minute?

Accepted Answer

60 m

Answer

12 m

Answer

30 m

Answer

6m

Question 60

This graph shows the motion of a bus.

If the bus continues moving at the same speed, what is the total distance that it will have traveled in 8 minutes?

Accepted Answer

8000 m

Answer

6000 m

Answer

1 km

Answer

7000 m

Question 61

This graph shows the motion of a bus.

If the bus continues moving at the same speed, what is the total distance that it will have traveled in 7.5 minutes?

Accepted Answer

7500 m

Answer

1 km

Answer

6000 m

Answer

7000m

Question 62

Look at the graph. Use the choices to create a correct statement below

The line labeled ______ represents a FASTER time because the slope of the line is ________.

Accepted Answer

B, Steeper

Answer

A , steeper

Answer

A, flatter

Answer

B, Flatter

Question 63

Look at the graph. Use the choices to create a correct statement below

The line labeled ______ represents a SLOWER time because the slope of the line is ________.

Accepted Answer

A, less steep

Answer

A , steeper

Answer

B, Steeper

Answer

B, Less steep

Question 64

Negative acceleration means the object is slowing down.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

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