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Speed & Velocity Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Speed is equal to 
a)
Distance/Time
b)
Time/Distance
c)
Time x Distance
d)
Acceleration
2.

What is the speed of a car travelling 50m in 4s?

a)

200 m/s

b)

12.5 m/s

c)

12.5 m

d)

200m

3.

How far does a lorry move if it is travelling at 12m/s for 180s?

a)

2160 m

b)

0.06 m

c)

15 m

d)

21.6 m

4.

How long does it take a car to travel 40m at 12m/s?

a)

4.8 s

b)

480 s

c)

3.33 s

d)

33.3 s

5.
A car travels 300 km in 6 hours. What is the average speed of the car (in km/hr)?
a)
0.02 km/hr
b)
1,800 km/hr
c)
50 km/hr
d)
50 km
6.
A storm is moving toward your house at a speed of 20 km/hr.  It is now 60 km away from your house.  In what time will the storm reach your house?
a)
0.3 hours
b)
1200 hours
c)
3 km
d)
3 hours
7.
A bird flies at a speed of 4 m/s.  It flies for 2160 seconds from its nest to the field.  How much distance did the bird cover?
a)
540 meters
b)
8,640 meters
c)
2164 meters
d)
2156 meters
8.
What is the speed of a jet plane that flies 7200 km in 9 hours ( in km/hr)
a)
800 km/hr
b)
80 km/hr
c)
800 hrs
d)
64,800 km/hr
9.
A truck travels down the highway at a speed of 110 km/hr.  How long does the trip last if the truck covered 2200 km?
a)
0.05 hours
b)
20 hours
c)
2,090 hours
d)
242,000 hours
10.
If a man runs at a speed of 70 m/s, and has a time of 30 s. What is the distance he ran?
a)
2100 m
b)
0.233 m
c)
2.33 m
d)
300m
11.

How long with it take a person to drive from 15 miles to 90 miles if they're traveling a constant 45 miles/hr and start at 0 hours?

a)

1 hour and 36 minutes

b)

1.36 hours

c)

3,375 minutes

d)

36 hours

12.

Which of the following is not a velocity?

a)

4 km/s West

b)

5 cm/h South

c)

2 mph

d)

5 m/s North

13.

What is the velocity of a object that goes 700 m north in 25 seconds

a)

675 m/s

b)

17500 m/s

c)

28 m/s

d)

0.036 m/s

14.

If the velocity of a car is 45m/s west, how far can it travel in 0.5 s?

a)

90 ss

b)

22.5 m

c)

90 m

d)

22.5 s

15.

How much time does it take a person to walk 12 m north at a velocity of 3.5 m/s?

a)

3.4 s

b)

0.83 s

c)

34 s

16.

Ms. Bies walks 2m from her desk, turning North walking another 10m to the front of the room. She gets to her standing desk in 5 seconds. What is her Velocity?

a)

0.5 m/s North

b)

16.0 m/s North

c)

1.6 m/s North

d)

5 m/s

17.

Jimmy has been training for the upcoming basketball season. He wants to find his velocity from end line to end line of the court. He stands at the South end of the court, starting at 0s. His coach times him as he sprints towards the North end, finishing at the end line 28 m away. His coach tells him he crossed the end line in 7.25 seconds. What is his velocity?

a)

38.6 m/s North

b)

3.86 m/s South

c)

38.6 m/s South

d)

3.86 m/s North

18.

Sally is driving a long way to her grandma's house. She is going 82mph North consistently. If she still needs to travel 178 more miles, how long will it take her to get to her grandma's house?

a)

3 hours

b)

2 hours and 28 minutes

c)

2 hours and 17 minutes

d)

4 hours

19.

How much time did it take George to bike 20 miles if his velocity was 30 mi/min East

a)

40 minutes

b)

0.67 hours

c)

1 hour and 4 minutes

d)

58 minutes

20.

How can two objects traveling at the same speed have different velocities?

a)

The objects start at different times.

b)

The objects move in different directions.

c)

The objects have different masses.