Speed Displacement

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

• Velocity

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Inertia

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Speed is equal to 

• Distance/Time

• Time/Distance

• Time x Distance

• Acceleration

A proper quantity showing velocity would be

• 25 m/s.

• 30 m south.

• 15 m/s north.

• 10 m.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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 does displacement refer to in physics?

• The total path length traveled

• The change in position of an object

• The speed of an object

• The time taken to travel a distance

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DOK Level 1: Recall

TEKS.SCI.7.7B

A car travels 100 km east and then 100 km west. What is the car's total displacement?

• 200 km

• 100 km east

• 100 km west

• 0 km

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DOK Level 1: Recall

TEKS.SCI.7.7B

Which of the following statements is true about displacement?

• It is always equal to the distance traveled.

• It is distance and direction

• It is usually larger than the distance

• It is measured in m/s.

Which is a vector?

• Displacement

• Distance

• Speed

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

Two horses are running in a field. The gray horse runs 12 m/s north. The black horse runs 12 m/s east.

Which is true about their motions?

• Equal speeds.

• Equal velocities.

• Equal displacements.