Practice Quiz: Speed, Velocity & Distance v Displacement

 Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?

• 800
• 400
• 0
• 200

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

• 8 miles

• 6 miles

Which is the length of the path an object has traveled?

• displacement

• distance

• motion

• reference point

1. Amy runs 2 miles south, then turns around and runs 3 miles north. What is displacement?

• 5 miles

• 1 mile North

• 2 miles South

• 2 miles

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

• Speed
  
• Velocity
• Average Speed
• Constant Speed

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10 miles per hour is an example of an objects what?

• Velocity
• Speed
• Acceleration
• Inertia

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Velocity is 

• speed
• direction
• speed with a direction

Speed is equal to 

• Distance/Time
• Time/Distance
• Time x Distance
• Acceleration

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A horse follows a dangling carrot for 20 m, if it took her 5 seconds to reach it, what was her average speed?

• 1,000 m/s

• 2.5 m/s

• 4 m/s

• 20 m/s

What is a difference between distance and displacement

• Distance is measured in seconds and displacement is measured in meters

• Distance is always shorter than displacement

• Displacement can be equal to zero if the object ends in the place it began in