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Average speed and average velocity

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A measure of how fast something moves in a given amount of time.

a)

Speed

b)

Distance

c)

Time

d)

Velocity

2.

What is speed with a specific direction?

a)

Average Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Vectors

d)

Time

3.

Select the times that the object is NOT moving according to the graph. (Could be more than one)

a)

0-10 minutes.

b)

10-20 minutes.

c)

20-30 minutes.

d)

30-40 minutes.

4.

Which of these choices is the formula for average speed?

a)
b)
c)
5.

Which of these graphs represent a constant speed?

a)
b)
c)
6.

A baseball is thrown a distance of 20 meters. What is its speed if it takes 0.5 seconds to cover the distance?

a)

40 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

3 m/s

d)

30 m/s

7.

If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed of the football?

a)

16.7 m/s

b)

15.5 m/s

c)

25.3 m/s

d)

22 m/s

8.

What is instantaneous speed?

a)

Overall speed of an object.

b)

Speed of an object at a specific moment.

c)

Speed that happens instantly.

d)

Distance v. time

9.
The speedometer on your car tells you
a)
average velocity
b)
instantaneous velocity
c)
average speed
d)
instantaneous speed
10.
What is velocity?
a)
the quickness of an object
b)
the location of an object
c)
acceleration
d)
speed in a specific direction
11.
 The graph shows Ashley riding her bike to Maria's house. 
What was her average speed for the ENTIRE trip?
a)
1600 m/min
b)
200 m/min
c)
160 m/min
12.
Which formula is used to find average velocity?
a)
Vavg = (rfinal - rinitial)/(tfinal - tinitial)
b)
Vavg = (rinitial - rfinal)/(tinitial - tfinal)
c)
Vavg = (afinal - ainitial)/(tfinal - tinitial)
d)
Vavg = (ainitial - afinal)/(tinitial - tfinal)
13.
If a car accelerates from rest at a constant 5.5 m/s2, how long will it take for the car to reach a velocity of 28 m/s?
a)
5.1 s
b)
33.5 s
c)
56.1 s
d)
154 s
14.

How many seconds does it take to travel 800 cm at a speed of 25 cm/s?

a)

32 s

b)

20,000 s

c)

0.03 s

d)

25 s

15.

Which is true about this graph?

a)

The displacement of the object is 200 m

b)

The distance traveled by the object is 200 m

c)

The distance traveled by the object is 0m

d)

The displacement of the object is 0 m