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Distance and Speed

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A toy car rolls 8 meters in 2 seconds. What is the average speed of the toy car?

a)

16 m/s

b)

4 m/s

c)

.25 m/s

d)

10 m/s

2.

A man runs a marathon at 8 mph. The course is 32 miles. How long did it take him?

a)

4 h

b)

128 h

c)

50 h

3.

A mouse traveled 26cm in 4s. What is the average speed of the mouse?

a)

6cm/s

b)

104cm/s

c)

6.5cm/s

4.

Which is true?

a)

Speed is measured in m/s but velocity is measured in s/m

b)

Speed is a vector and velocity is a scalar

c)

Speed and velocity are the same exact thing

d)

Speed is like velocity but without a direction

5.

An astronaut travels at a speed of 400 m/s for 250 seconds, what is the total distance he traveled?

a)

0.625 m

b)

100,000 m

c)

1.6 m

d)

650 m

6.

Which is the length of the path an object has traveled?

a)

displacement

b)

distance

c)

motion

d)

reference point

7.
Velocity is 
a)
speed
b)
direction
c)
speed with a direction
8.

Which of the following has INCORRECT units?

a)

speed = m/s

b)

time = s

c)

displacement = m

d)

velocity = s

9.

Which is a vector?

a)

Displacement

b)

Distance

c)

Speed

10.
What does magnitude mean?
a)
size
b)
unit of measure
c)
level of significance
d)
point of view
11.

Two horses are running in a field. The gray horse runs 12 m/s north. The black horse runs 12 m/s east.

Which is true about their motions?

a)

Equal speeds.

b)

Equal velocities.

c)

Equal displacements.