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How Fast- Velocity and Speed

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 34mins

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Class
Date
1.

___ refers to how fast an object is moving.

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

d)

Motion

2.

Which two factors does speed depend on?

a)

distance and direction

b)

direction and time

c)

distance and time

d)

distance, time and direction

3.

Which is an example of speed?

a)

A car driving 55 miles per hour south.

b)

A bicyclist traveling 10 meters per hour toward the next town.

c)

A roller coaster is traveling 10 meters per second.

d)

A rocket blasting off at 2,500 meters per second toward space.

4.

Which is an example of velocity?

a)

A car driving 55 miles per hour south.

b)

A bicyclist traveling 10 meters per hour.

c)

A roller coaster is traveling 10 meters per second.

d)

A rocket blasting off at 2,500 meters per second.

5.

Speed or Velocity?:

A turtle is crawling 34 cm/min.

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Neither

d)

Both

6.

Speed or Velocity?:

A train is travelling North 220 km/hr

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Neither

d)

Both

7.
Velocity is both ____ and _____. 
a)
speed , direction 
b)
direction, mass
c)
volume, density 
d)
direction, magnitude 
8.

total distance traveled divided by total time taken to travel that distance

a)

velocity

b)

motion

c)

acceleration

d)

average speed

9.

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?

a)

velocity

b)

slope

c)

motion

d)

speed

10.

Distance ÷ Time =

a)

velocity

b)

speed

c)

acceleration

d)

direction

11.

total distance travelled divided by total time is...

a)

speed

b)

velocity

c)

acceleration

d)

average speed

12.

The speedometer in a car gives the car's _________ speed.

a)

average

b)

instantaneous

c)

speed

d)

velocity

13.

The relationship between speed, distance, and time can be written as a(n) ________.

a)

instantaneous speed

b)

slope

c)

equation

d)

velocity

14.

The SI unit for speed is_______.

a)

meters per second

b)

miles per hour

c)

miles per second

d)

meters per hour

15.

The speed at which an object is moving at a given instant in time.

a)

speed

b)

Instantaneous speed

c)

Average speed

d)

final speed

16.

speed in a given direction

a)

velocity

b)

average speed

c)

instantaneous speed

d)

speed

17.

slope =

a)

rise x run

b)

rise + run

c)

rise/run

d)

run/rise

18.

The _______ of a distance-versus-time graph shows you the speed of a moving object.

a)

average

b)

run

c)

rise

d)

slope

19.

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?

a)

200 m/min

b)

300 m/min

c)

300 m/sec

d)

200 m/sec

20.

What two things do you need to know to calculate velocity?

a)

direction and distance

b)

speed and distance

c)

speed and direction

d)

Distance and time

21.

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

a)

10 m/s

b)

1000 m/s

c)

100 seconds

d)

10 seconds

22.

A vehicle travels 2345 m in 315 s toward the evening sun. What is its speed?

a)

7.44 m/s

b)

0.13 m/s

c)

738,675 m/s

d)

7.44m

23.
A girl is pedaling her bicycle at a speed of 0.10 km/min.  How far will she travel in two hours? (pay attention to units) 
a)
20 km 
b)
.2 km
c)
3 km 
d)
12 km 
24.

35 m/s would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

25.

5 m/s west would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

26.

mph is a unit for

a)

distance

b)

time

c)

speed

d)

acceleration

27.

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

a)

240 m/s

b)

0.067 s

c)

15 m/s

d)

15 mph

28.

A car travels 120 miles in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car?

a)

.40 km/s

b)

40 mi/hr

c)

360 miles

d)

40 m/s

29.

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?

a)

3 km/s

b)

6 m/s

c)

3

d)

3 m/s