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Mini Speed, Velocity, Distance & Displacement

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is true?

a)

Speed is measured in m/s but velocity is measured in s/m

b)

Speed is a vector and velocity is a scalar

c)

Speed and velocity are the same exact thing

d)

Speed is a scalar quantity but velocity is a vector quantity

2.

What is a difference between distance and displacement

a)

Distance is measured in seconds and displacement is measured in metres

b)

Distance is always shorter than displacement

c)

Distance is a measure of magnitude and displacement is a measure of magnitude and direction

d)

Distance is a vector quantity but displacement is a scalar quantity

3.

An astronaut travels at a speed of 400 m/s for 250 seconds, what is the total distance he traveled?

a)

0.625 m

b)

100,000 m

c)

1.6 m

d)

650 m

4.

A horse follows a dangling carrot for 20 m, if it took her 50 seconds to reach it, what was her average velocity?

a)

1,000 m/s

b)

2.5 m/s

c)

0.4 m/s towards the carrot

d)

0.4m/s

5.

How many seconds does it take to travel 800 cm at a speed of 25 cm/s?

a)

32 s

b)

20,000 s

c)

0.03 s

d)

25 s

6.

If it takes 45 s to travel 50 m, what was your average speed over the course of the trip?

a)

2,250 m/s

b)

0.9 m/s

c)

1.1 m/s

d)

95 m/s

7.

Which is true about this graph?

a)

The displacement of the object is 200 m

b)

The distance traveled by the object is 200 m

c)

The distance traveled by the object is 0m

d)

The displacement of the object is 0 m

8.

Which of the following has INCORRECT units?

a)

speed = m/s

b)

time = s

c)

displacement = m

d)

velocity = s

9.

Which is a vector?

a)

Displacement

b)

Distance

c)

Speed

d)

A wrong answer

10.
 Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?
a)
800
b)
400
c)
0
d)
200
11.

What is defined as the total distance traveled divided by the total time?

a)

instantaneous speed

b)

average speed

c)

distance

d)

displacement

12.

What is defined as the speed at any given instant?

a)

average speed

b)

instantaneous speed

c)

scalar quantity

d)

vector quantity

13.

What is a scalar quantity?

a)

something Mr. Rupeka randomly made up

b)

a measure quantity with only a direction

c)

a measured quantity with a magnitude and direction

d)

a measured quantity with a magnitude only

14.

What is a vector quantity?

a)

something Mr. Rupeka randomly made up

b)

a measure quantity with only a direction

c)

a measured quantity with a magnitude and direction

d)

a measured quantity with a magnitude only

15.

What is defined as how fast you are going in a certain direction?

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

16.

What is defined as a change in position?

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

17.

What is defined as the length between 2 points?

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

18.

Which is a measure of velocity?

a)

10 m

b)

15 m N

c)

7 m/s

d)

20 m/s North

19.

Which is a measure of speed?

a)

10 m

b)

15 m N

c)

7 m/s

d)

20 m/s North

20.

If someone walked at a speed of 5 m/s for 10 seconds, how far would they travel?

a)

2 m

b)

5 m

c)

15 m

d)

50 m

21.

How long would it take to travel 20 km if someone is moving at a rate of 2 km/hr?

a)

10 hr

b)

18 hr

c)

22 hr

d)

40 hr