Measuring Speed and Distance

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time
• Temperature and mass
• Mass and distance
• Distance and time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?

• 10 mi/min
• 15 mi/min
• 50 mi/min
• 2 mi/min

What key word tells me I'm measuring speed?

• how fast
• how far
• how long

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What key word tells me I'm measuring time?

• how fast
• how far
• how long

What key word tells me I'm measuring distance?

• how fast
• how far
• how long

Calculate the average speed (in meter/sec) if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.

• 198 m/sec
• 170 m/sec
• 12 m/sec
• 18 m/sec

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Calculate the average speed (in miles per hour) of Cassandra who runs a 18 mile marathon in 6 hours.

• 24 m/hr
• 3 m/hr
• 0.333 m/hr
• 12 m/hr

Calculate the distance (in miles) that Daniel bikes if he maintains an average speed of 26 miles/hr for 7 hours

• 33 miles
• 3.71 miles
• 182 miles
• 676 miles

How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 8000 meters if sound travels a speed of 330 meters per second?

• 24.24 seconds
• 24,000 seconds
• 3 seconds
• 2.4 seconds

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A bee can fly at an average rate of 7 miles/hour.  If a bee flew nonstop for 18 hours, how far will it have traveled?

• 126 miles
• 25 meters
• 25 miles
• 0.38 miles/hour