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Graphing Speed

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Determine the speed of a golf ball that was hit 200meters in 5 seconds.  Use the equation SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME

a)
1000 m/s
b)
40 m/s
c)
.025 m/s
d)
100 m/s
2.
Determine the speed at 20 seconds based on the information shown in the graph.  Speed = distance/time
a)
2 m/s
b)
10 m/s
c)
20 m/s
d)
.5 m/s
3.
Determine if the object was accelerating between 40 seconds and 60 seconds. 
SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME
a)
No, the speed stayed the same
b)
Yes, the speed increased
c)
Yes, the speed decreased
d)
Yes. the speed stayed same
4.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
5.
At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled? 
a)
0 m
b)
10 m
c)
20 m
d)
40 m
6.
How many times does this object STOP moving?
a)
None
b)
Once
c)
Twice
d)
Three times
7.
A measurement of how fast an object is moving
a)
Velocity
b)
Speed
c)
Vector
d)
Acceleration
8.
Can be measured in seconds (s)
a)
Distance
b)
Time
c)
Speed
d)
Acceleration
9.
Can be measured in meters (m)
a)
Distance
b)
Time
c)
Speed
d)
Acceleration
10.
A cricket can travel approximately 8 feet per minute.  How many feet could a cricket travel in 75 minutes?
a)
83 feet
b)
9.375 feet
c)
180 feet
d)
600 feet
11.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
12.
How many minutes in an hour?
a)
60 minutes
b)
100 minutes
c)
85 minutes
d)
50 minutes
13.
Convert 2hrs 30minutes into a decimal.
a)
2.05
b)
2.5
c)
2.25
d)
2.30
14.
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
240 m/s
b)
15 m/s
c)
0.067 m/s
d)
15 mph
15.
A car is traveling 50 mph .  It leaves Boston , Massachusetts at 5 a.m. and is traveling to Hartford, Connecticut, which  is 100  miles away.  Without traffic problems or stops, about what  time should the car arrive in Hartford?  
a)
6:00 a.m. 
b)
6:50 a.m.
c)
7:00 a.m.
d)
7:50 a.m.
16.
Car W is traveling at 70 miles per hour.   Car X is traveling at 65 miles  per hour. Which statement is true about  the movement of the two cars?  
a)
Car W will travel farther  than Car X in the  same amount  of time.  
b)
Car X will  travel farther than Car W in  the same amount of  time.  
c)
Both Car X and  Car  W will travel the same distance in  the same amount of time. 
17.
Mr. Pell and Mr. Sheets had a car race. Mr. Pell traveled 200 miles  in 5 hours and Mr. Sheets traveled 200  miles in 8 hours. What was each teacher's speed?  Who won  the  race? 
a)
Mr. Pell won.  His speed was 40  mph and  Mr. Sheets speed was  25 mph.  
b)
Mr.  Sheets won the race.   His  speed was 40 mph and Mr. Pell's was 25 mph. 
c)
They both were traveling 200 mph and  the  race ended  in a  tie.  
d)
Mr. Pell was  traveling  40 mph and Mr. Sheets was  traveling 25 mph.   Mr.  Sheets won the race. 
18.
A rocket traveled 90 meters in 45 seconds. How fast did it travel?
a)
2 km/s
b)
2 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
1 m/s
19.
Which of the graphs shows that one of runners started 10 yards further ahead of the other (note that graph c is the bottom right and graph d is the bottom left)? 
a)
Graph A
b)
Graph B
c)
Graph C
d)
Graph D
20.
How long did it take this object to travel back to its reference/starting point?
a)
20 s
b)
30 s
c)
60 s
d)
100 s