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Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is Speed?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a measure of how fast an object moves and the direction it is moving (change in both speed and direction)

a)

speed

b)

acceleration

c)

velocity

d)

super fast

2.

the rate at which an object changes position

a)

speed

b)

velocity

c)

fast

d)

slow

3.

Speed measures _____________________.

a)

how high an object moves

b)

the length an object moves

c)

is measured in hours

d)

how fast an object moves

4.

A car moving at a high speed has more energy and changes position faster than a car moving at a slow speed.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

average speed = total distance  ÷\div  by _______________.

a)

5

b)

total time

c)

average speed

d)

height

6.

What two pieces of information do you need to know before you can calculate average speed?

a)

time and distance

b)

speed and distance

c)

speed and time

d)

distance and height

7.

A man walked 25 miles in 5 hours. How fast did he walk? (calculate speed)

a)

3 miles per hour (mph)

b)

5 miles per hour (mph)

c)

25 miles per hour (mph)

d)

6 miles per hour

8.

any change in the speed or direction of an object's motion

a)

speed

b)

velocity

c)

rate

d)

acceleration

9.

Acceleration can be described as _________________________.

a)

starting, speeding up, and slowing down

b)

starting, stopping, stalling

c)

speeding up, slowing down, va-room

d)

running, skipping, tripping

10.

An object is accelerating only if it is speeding up.

a)

true

b)

false