Speed and Velocity

What is the formula to calculate speed?

• S = t/d
• S = d/t
• S = d x t
• S = t x d

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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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A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s
• 1000 m/s
• 100 seconds
• 10 seconds

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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

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Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude 

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

• 65 mph west
• 6 mph west
• 600 mph west
• 6000 mph west 

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Which of the following represents a velocity?

• 40 m
• 40 m north
• 40 m/s
• 40 m/s north

David walks 3 km north, and then turns east and walks 4 km. What is the distance?

• 7 km
• 3 km
• 4 km
• 1 km

What is the speed of a cheetah that travels 112.0 m in 4.0 s?

• 0.0357 m/s
• 28 m/s
• 0.036 m/s
• 28.0 m/s

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A dog runs on the sidewalk 9 mi/hr.

• Speed
• Acceleration
• Velocity

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