Speed & Motion

In order to determine whether an object is moving and in what direction, you need to compare its motion to...

• Another moving object

• An arbitrary reference point

• A graph

• The sun

This is the total length of a path travelled.

• Displacement

• Speed

• Distance

• Velocity

The shortest length between an object's starting and stopping point in a given direction.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Distance

• Displacement

The distance an object travels in a given amount of time is known as....

• Displacement

• A reference point

• Speed

• Velocity

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An object's speed at a given instant in time is known as....

• Instantaneous Speed

• Average Speed

• Velocity

• Displacement

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Speed in a given direction is also known as...

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Displacement

• Velocity

During a race, a runner travels four times around a circular track and finishes back at the starting line. If the track is 400 meters long, what is the runner's DISTANCE?

• 0 meters

• 400 meter

• 800 meters

• 1600 meters

During a race, a runner travels four times around a circular track and finishes back at the starting line. If the track is 400 meters long, what is the runner's DISPLACEMENT?

• 0 meters

• 400 meters South

• 800 meters Northwest

• 1600 meters East

What is the speed formula?

• speed = displacement/distance

• speed = distance/time

• speed = time/distance

• speed = distance/displacement

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It takes a car 4 hours to travel 360 km. What is the car's speed?

• 90 km/hr

• 0.01 km/hr

• 364 km/hr

• 1440 km/hr