Distance and Displacement Test Review

A bicyclist travels 60.0 km in 2.5 hours. What is the cyclist's average speed?

• 150 km/ hr
• 24 km/hr
• 0.04 km/hr

What is the average speed of a car that traveled 500.0 miles in 5.5 hours?

• 90.9 miles per hour
• 2750 miles per hour
• 0.011 miles per hour

How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 1800 m if sound travels at a speed of 330 m/s?

• 594000 seconds
• 5.45 seconds
• 0.18 seconds

How much time would it take for an airplane to reach its distance if it traveled at an average speed of 790 kilometers/ hour for a distance of 4775 kilometers?

• 3772250 hours
• 0.16 hours
• 6 hours

A snail can move approximately 0.30 meters per minute. How man meters can the snail cover in 25 minutes?

• 7.5 m
• 0.012 m
• 83.3 m

How long would it take you to swim across a lake that is 750 meters across if you swim at 1.5 m/s?

• 1125 seconds
• 500 seconds
• 0.002 seconds

Suppose you are walking home after school. The distance from school to your home is 5 km. On foot, you can get home in 35 minutes. However, if you rode a bike, you could get home in 15 minutes. What is your average speed while walking?

• 0.14 km/ min
• 0.33 km/min
• 175 km/min
• 75 km/min
• 7 km/min

An airplane flies 525 kilometers north in 1.5 hours. What is the airplanes velocity?

• 350 km/ hr
• 350 km/hr north
• 787.5 km/hr north
• 0.003 km/ hr north

What is the formula for speed?

• distance x time
• distance/ time
• time/ distance
• velocity/ time

What is displacement?

• How far an object went
• How far an object is from the starting point
• Average distance traveled
• Displacement isn't real