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    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?

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