Speed and Velocity

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

• Joules

• Meters per second squared

• Newtons

• Meters per second

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the main difference between speed and velocity?

• Neither speed nor velocity include direction.

• Both speed and velocity include direction.

• Velocity includes direction, speed does not.

• Speed includes direction, velocity does not.

If a car travels 60 miles in 1 hour, what is its speed?

• 60 miles per second

• 60 miles

• 60 miles per hour

• 60 hours

How do you calculate speed?

• Distance multiplied by time

• Distance plus time

• Distance divided by time

• Time divided by distance

A train travels west at 100 miles in 2 hours. What is its velocity?

• 200 miles per hour

• 100 miles per hour

• 50 miles per hour west

• 50 miles per hour