WorksheetsHow Fast- Velocity and Speed
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 34mins
___ refers to how fast an object is moving.
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Motion
Which two factors does speed depend on?
distance and direction
direction and time
distance and time
distance, time and direction
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.
Which is an example of velocity?
A car driving 55 miles per hour south.
A bicyclist traveling 10 meters per hour.
A roller coaster is traveling 10 meters per second.
A rocket blasting off at 2,500 meters per second.
Speed or Velocity?:
A turtle is crawling 34 cm/min.
Speed
Velocity
Neither
Both
Speed or Velocity?:
A train is travelling North 220 km/hr
Speed
Velocity
Neither
Both
total distance traveled divided by total time taken to travel that distance
velocity
motion
acceleration
average speed
What are you calculating when you divide the distance an object travelled by the amount of time it took for that object to travel that distance?
velocity
slope
motion
speed
Distance ÷ Time =
velocity
speed
acceleration
direction
total distance travelled divided by total time is...
speed
velocity
acceleration
average speed
The speedometer in a car gives the car's _________ speed.
average
instantaneous
speed
velocity
The relationship between speed, distance, and time can be written as a(n) ________.
instantaneous speed
slope
equation
velocity
The SI unit for speed is_______.
meters per second
miles per hour
miles per second
meters per hour
The speed at which an object is moving at a given instant in time.
speed
Instantaneous speed
Average speed
final speed
speed in a given direction
velocity
average speed
instantaneous speed
speed
slope =
rise x run
rise + run
rise/run
run/rise
The _______ of a distance-versus-time graph shows you the speed of a moving object.
average
run
rise
slope
The rise of a line on a distance-versus-time graph is 900m and the run is 3 min. What is the slope of the line?
200 m/min
300 m/min
300 m/sec
200 m/sec
What two things do you need to know to calculate velocity?
direction and distance
speed and distance
speed and direction
Distance and time
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
A vehicle travels 2345 m in 315 s toward the evening sun. What is its speed?
7.44 m/s
0.13 m/s
738,675 m/s
7.44m
35 m/s would describe
distance
displacement
speed
velocity
5 m/s west would describe
distance
displacement
speed
velocity
mph is a unit for
distance
time
speed
acceleration
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
240 m/s
0.067 s
15 m/s
15 mph
A car travels 120 miles in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car?
.40 km/s
40 mi/hr
360 miles
40 m/s
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
