Speed and Velocity Quiz

What is the SI unit for speed?

• Meters per second

• Feet per second

• Kilometers per hour

• Miles per hour

What is the SI unit for velocity?

• Feet per second

• Kilometers per hour

• Meters per second

• Miles per hour

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

• There is no difference between speed and velocity

• Speed is the rate at which an object covers distance, velocity is the displacement over time

• Speed has magnitude and direction, velocity only has magnitude

• Speed is a vector quantity, velocity is a scalar quantity

What is the average speed of a car that travels 1600 meters in 55 seconds?

• 25.45 meters per second

• 29.1 meters per second

• 30 meters per second

• 32.73 meters per second

What is the formula to calculate average speed?

• Distance multiplied by time

• Distance divided by time

• Time divided by distance

• Time multiplied by distance

What is the difference between average velocity and instantaneous velocity?

• Average velocity is the velocity at a specific point in time, instantaneous velocity is the overall velocity over the entire journey

• Average velocity is a scalar quantity, instantaneous velocity is a vector quantity

• Average velocity is the displacement over time, instantaneous velocity is the velocity at a specific point in time

• There is no difference between average velocity and instantaneous velocity

What does the slope of a line on a position time graph indicate?

• Acceleration of the object

• Displacement of the object

• Velocity of the object

• Time taken by the object

How can we calculate the constant velocity from a position time graph?

• By finding the intercept with the Y axis

• By finding the slope of the line

• By finding the curvature of the line

• By finding the area under the curve

What is the instantaneous velocity of an object at a specific moment in time?

• The velocity at the starting point of the journey

• The velocity at a specific point in time

• The velocity at the midpoint of the journey

• The overall velocity over the entire journey

What is constant velocity?

• Velocity that is zero

• Velocity that is negative

• Velocity that remains the same over time

• Velocity that changes over time