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SPEED

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of displacement?

a)

Total length of the path actually taken from Point A to Point B

b)

Length of a straight line between two points

c)

Ratio of distance traveled to the amount of time taken

d)

Speed in a specific direction

2.

What does speed refer to in force and motion?

a)

Speed in a specific direction

b)

Ratio of distance traveled to the amount of time taken

c)

Motion of an object with a velocity that does not change

d)

Length of a straight line between two points

3.

What is uniform motion or constant speed?

a)

Speed in a specific direction

b)

Motion of an object with a velocity that does not change

c)

Total length of the path actually taken from Point A to Point B

d)

Ratio of distance traveled to the amount of time taken

4.

What is the difference between distance and displacement?

a)

Distance is a straight line, displacement is the path taken

b)

Displacement is a straight line, distance is the path taken

c)

Both are the same

d)

Distance is speed, displacement is velocity

5.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of uniform motion?

a)

Constant velocity

b)

Changing speed

c)

No change in direction

d)

Steady motion

6.

How is speed different from velocity?

a)

Speed includes direction, velocity does not

b)

Velocity includes direction, speed does not

c)

Both include direction

d)

Neither includes direction

7.

What is the primary factor that distinguishes velocity from speed?

a)

Time

b)

Distance

c)

Direction

d)

Displacement

8.

Mr. McAliley walks 5 meters forward, then turns around and walks 5 meters backward. What is his displacement?

a)

7.07 m

b)

0 m

c)

10 m

d)

1 m

9.

change in position of an object based on its direction from start to final position.

a)

Displacement

b)

Speed

c)

Velocity

d)

Acceleration

10.

_____ indicates how far an object ends up from its initial position, regardless of its total distance traveled.

a)
Displacement
b)

Distance

c)

Speed

d)

Velocity

11.

What is the quantity that represents the shortest straight line from start to end?

a)

Displacement

b)

Velocity

c)

Distance

d)

Acceleration

12.
What is the definition of speed?
a)
Distance/Time
b)
Change in velocity/Time
c)
A change in momentum
13.

Speed -

a)

A measure that gives rate of change and position

b)

A measure that dissolves to one unit

c)

A measure of distance an object travels per unit of time.

d)

A measure of distance an object travels per unit of measurement.

14.
A measurement of how fast an object is moving
a)
Velocity
b)
Speed
c)
Vector
d)
Acceleration
15.

Which two factors does speed depend on?

a)

distance and direction

b)

direction and time

c)

distance and time

d)

distance, time and direction

16.
speed with direction
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
17.

Speed or Velocity?:

A turtle is crawling 34 cm/min.

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Neither

d)

Both

18.
47 mph southeast
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
19.
A measurement of how fast an object is moving
a)
Velocity
b)
Speed
c)
Vector
d)
Acceleration
20.
Juan rode his bike west at a speed of 5 miles per hour.
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
21.

Which of the following accurately contrasts velocity and speed?

a)

speed is distance traveled in a certain amount of time. Velocity is time traveled in a certain distance

b)

speed is distance traveled in a certain time. Velocity is speed in a specific direction

c)

Velocity is distance traveled in a certain time. Speed is velocity in a certain direction

d)

velocity is distance traveled in a certain time. Soeed is how fast you're going

22.
Juan rode his bike at a speed of 5 miles per hour.
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
23.

Which shows an object moving at constant speed?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C