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Displacement, Speed, & Velocity

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name

Class

Date

What is speed?

It is how far you go

It is the distance traveled over a period of time

It is how fast you accelerate

It is the change in the postilion of a object

What is the difference between instantaneous speed and average speed?

Average speed happens in a particular instant, Instantaneous speed is the speed of an object over a longer period of time.

Instantaneous speed is never right, average speed is always right

Instantaneous speed happens in a particular instant, Average speed is the speed of an object over a longer period of time.

Do not pick this answer

A measurement of how fast an object is moving

Velocity

Speed

Vector

Acceleration

What is velocity?

the quickness of an object

the location of an object

acceleration

speed in a specific direction

Turning a corner on a motorcycle is always an example of ____.

Speed

Velocity

A change in speed

A change in velocity

Which of the following is a unit of time?

sec

m/s

Reese can run 10 meters in 5 seconds. What is her speed?

5 meters/sec

2 meters/sec

5 miles/hour

2 miles/hour

What is the formula to calculate speed?

Speed = time/distance

Speed = distance/time

Speed = distance x time

Speed = time x distance

A runner races in the 100 meter dash. It takes her 10 seconds to finish. What is her average speed?

10 m/s

1000 m/s

100 seconds

10 seconds

10.

An old lady rolls down a hill at 3 meters/second. The hill is 36 meters long. How many seconds does it take the old lady to reach the bottom of the hill?

39 seconds

12 seconds

15 seconds

33 seconds

11.

Which of the following is a unit of speed ?

sec

m/s

min

12.

How would you find the average speed of a marathon runner throughout an entire race?

Ask a magic 8 ball

You would take the entire distance the runner traveled and divide the distance by the total time it took the runner to complete the race.

run along side them and eyeball it

Ask Alexa

13.

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

mile

foot

kilometer

meter

14.

Displacement is distance combined with

direction

speed

velocity

magnitude

15.

Because displacement has a magnitude and direction it is called a ______.

distance

vector

arrow

length

16.

Which of the following describes distance and displacement correctly?

The blue arrow shows distance and the orange arrows show displacement

The blue arrow shows displacement and the orange arrows show distance

Both arrows show distance only

Both arrows show distance and displacement

17.

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total distance?

2 km

5 km

8 km

10 km

18.

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total displacement?

2 km

5 km

8 km

10 km

19.

After completing one trip on a roller coaster, the roller coaster's ________ is zero.

displacement

reference point

length

distance

20.

Calculate these 3 car's speeds, then rank them in order of fastest to slowest, with 3 being the fastest car and 1 the slowest car.
Car A- distance: 4 meters, time: 2 sec
Car B- distance: 2 meters, time: 2 sec
Car C- distance: 8 meters, time: 2 sec

Car A= 1
Car B= 2
Car C = 3

Car A = 2
Car B= 1
Car C= 3

Car A= 3
Car B= 1
Car C = 2

Car A = 3
Car B= 2
Car C= 1

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Displacement, Speed, & Velocity

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

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