Worksheetsvelocity
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is velocity?
Velocity is ONLY the distance between two things.
Velocity is the speed of something in a given direction
Velocity is the ONLY the seconds it takes to travel.
What is the formula to calculate velocity/speed?
v = d/t
s = d x t
t = d/v
v = v/t
Which of the following is a unit of time?
Seconds
Kilometres
Metres
m/s
Which of the following is a unit of speed?
km/h
metres
seconds
Which formula would you use to solve for distance?
d = v x t
d = v/t
v= d/t
t = d/v
The taxi driver maintains a speed of 95 km/h and drives for 45 minutes. How far has the taxi driver gone?
In this question: you are solving for....
Distance
Velocity
Time
What two things do you need to know to calculate velocity?
direction and distance
speed and distance
speed and direction
Distance and time
If you drive for 2 hours and travel 120 miles. What was your average speed.
60
60 mi/hr
240 miles
2 hours
You roll a tennis ball a distance of 18 meters it takes 6 seconds to cover the distance. What is the average speed of the tennis ball?
3 km/s
6 m/s
3
3 m/s
The team of 8 rowers row 500 m in 180 s. If they keep going at the same speed, how long does it take them to row 2 km?
2.78 s
12 min
755 s
90000 s
Which of the following is an acceptable velocity measurement?
25 m/s North
25 m/s
25 m
25 m North
An object travels 100 m North then 50 m South. What is its total displacement?
150 m
50 m North
50 m South
150 m North
A runner runs 2 laps around a track with a circumference of 400 m. What is their total displacement?
800 m
0
400 m
400 m North
What is the definition of displacement?
is defined as the change in position of an object!!
is defined as a vector measurement of the direction and rate of the motion.
Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's distance?
0 meters
1600 meters
400 meters
800 meters<3
Which of the following is NOT a scalar quantity?
displacement>>>
time
distance
speed
Vector quantities need both a magnitude and a _____.
direction:)
distance
displacement
___ refers to how fast an object is moving.
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Motion
Which is an example of speed?
A car driving 55 miles per hour south.
A bicyclist traveling 10 meters per hour toward the next town.
A roller coaster is traveling 10 meters per second.
A rocket blasting off at 2,500 meters per second toward space.
Speed or Velocity?:
A turtle is crawling 34 cm/min.
Speed
Velocity
Neither
Both
