Distance, Displacement, Speed, and Velocity

Speed is equal to 

• Distance/Time
• Time/Distance
• Time x Distance
• Acceleration

Velocity is 

• speed
• direction
• speed with a direction

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

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

• Velocity
• Speed
• Acceleration
• Inertia

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.

Select the equation for speed

 Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?

• 800
• 400
• 0
• 200

The scientific (SI) unit for measuring distance is the ________ .

• mile
• foot
• kilometer
• meter

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

• 8 miles

• 6 miles

What does magnitude mean?

• size
• unit of measure
• level of significance
• point of view