1.

________ is a unit of speed

kg

hr

m/s

2. The speed at any instant of time is known as

Acceleration

Average speed

Velocity

Instantaneous speed

3. If the total distance of 750 m is covered in a time of 25s, the average speed is________.

30 m/s

3 m/s

3,974 mph

30 mph

4. _______ describes how fast something is going, whereas, _______ describes how fast
something is going and in a certain direction.

Rate, velocity

Speed, acceleration

Rate, speed

Speed, velocity

5. Which of the following is a measure of velocity?

30 South

30 s

30 m/s, South

30 m/s

6. If a person walked at 2 m/s for 12 s he/she would travel a distance of _______.

6m

none of these answers

24m

4m

7. How long would it take to travel 50 km traveling at a speed of 10 km/hr?

1 hour

50 hours

5 hours

3 hours

8. The ________ of a distance versus time graph shows speed.

y-intercept

none of these answers

slope

origin

9. The SI unit for speed is the

none of these answers

in/hr

m/s

cm/min

10. How far would you travel moving at 12 m/s for 3 minutes?

2160 m

36.0 m

36.0 miles

40 m

11.Velocity is a vector measurement because it has both a magnitude and a ________.

Time

Distance

Direction

Temperature

Speed

12.Complete the formula: Speed = ______/Time. What is the ______?

Mass

Distance

Direction

Temperature

Weight

13.What do we call the speed of an object at a specific moment in time?

Instantaneous speed

Momentum speed

Pinpoint speed

Top speed

Average speed

14. Velocity is the magnitude of speed.

TRUE

FALSE

15.What constant measurement of speed is represented by the letter 'c'?

Speed of the Earth

Speed of sound

Speed of the Moon

Speed of gravity

Speed of light

16. If a person runs 100 meters in 10 seconds, what is their average speed?

1 m/s

2 m/s

5 m/s

10 m/s

100 m/s

17.The velocity of a plane is 500 miles per hour west. What is the speed of the plane?

West

500 miles per hour

250 miles per hour

500 miles per hour west

500 miles per hour east

18. If a car travels 18,000 meters in 30 minutes, what is its average speed?

1 m/s

6 m/s

10 m/s

60 m/s

600 m/s

19. A person walks 60 meters in 1 minute. Then walks 30 meters in 2 minutes. What is their
average speed over the 3 minute walk?

.5 m/s

1 m/s

2 m/s

5 m/s

50 m/s

20.A car travels from point A to B in 3 hours and returns back to point A in 5 hours. Points A
and B are 150 miles apart along a straight highway. Which of the following statements most
accurately describes the motion of the car?

The average velocity is 40 miles per hour.

The total displacement of the trip is 300 miles.

The average speed is 37.5 miles per hour.

The car travels at 50 mph for the first half and 30 mph for the second half.

21.An object is dropped from the top of the Empire State Building. Which of the following
statements best describes the motion of the object as it experiences air resistance during its
downward fall?

A.The speed will increase at a constant rate for its fall.

B.The speed will decrease at a constant rate for its fall.

C. Its speed remains constant for the fall.

D.Its acceleration will decrease until the object starts moving with a constant
speed.

22.A police car accelerates quickly to 60 meters per second in order to pursue a minivan that
is recklessly speeding along the highway at 45 meters per second. How long will it take the
police car to catch up if the minivan is 600 meters ahead of the police car at the beginning of
the chase?

23. At time t = 1 min the car is traveling at a velocity of 20 meters per second, and at time t =
2 min the car reaches a velocity of 40 meters per second. Which statement best describes
the car’s motion during this time interval?

24 A man walks 7 km in 2 hours and 2 km in 1 hour in the same direction. What is the man's
average speed for the whole journey? What is the man's average velocity for the whole
journey?

25.You start walking from a point on a circular field of radius 0.5 km and 1 hour later you are
at the same point.What is your average speed for the whole journey? What is your average
velocity for the whole journey?