Distance Displacement Speed Velocity

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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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Joe rides from point A to B to C. What is the displacement?

• 7 m

• 12 m

• 5 m

• 2 m

5 m/s west would describe

• distance

• displacement

• speed

• velocity

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

• 240 m/s

• 0.067 s

• 15 m/s

• 15 mph

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which of the following statements is true about velocity?

• Velocity is a scalar quantity.

• Velocity is the same as speed.

• Velocity includes both speed and direction.

• Velocity is always positive.

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

If a cyclist travels 30 km north and then 40 km south, what is the total displacement?

• 10 km south

• 70 km

• 10 km north

• 0 km

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DOK Level 1: Recall

TEKS.SCI.7.7B

Which of the following is a vector quantity?

• Speed

• Distance

• Velocity

• Time

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DOK Level 1: Recall

TEKS.SCI.7.7B

Velocity = _______________

• Speed – direction

• Speed + direction

• Speed x direction

• Speed / direction

What are you calculating when you divide the distance an object travelled by the amount of time it took for that object to travel that distance?

• velocity

• slope

• motion

• speed