Speed and Velocity

What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

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What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object
• the location of an object
• acceleration
• speed in a specific direction

65 miles per hour North is an example of an objects what?

• Speed
  
• Velocity
• Average Speed
• Constant Speed

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On a distance vs. time graph, the steeper the slope _____

• the slower the speed
• the faster the speed
• less acceleration
• greater acceleration

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

You walk 10 meters to math class in 20 seconds. Your average speed is

• 2 m/s
• 0.5 m/s
• 200 m/s
• 5 m/s

It takes a freight train 2.3 seconds to move 26 meters. Calculate its average speed.

• 11.3 m/s

• 1.13 m/s

• 22 m/s

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A runner races in the 100 meter dash. If her average speed is 10 m/s, what will her time be at the end of the race?

• 10 m/s

• 1000 m/s

• 100 seconds

• 10 seconds

Steve runs 20 m North in 4 seconds. What is his velocity

• 5 m/s

• 4 m/s south

• 5 m/s south

• 5 m/s north

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Alan travels 100 km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h

• 5km/hr
• 10km/hr
• 50km/hr
• 20km/hr