Speed, Distance, and Time Formulas

Speed, Distance, and Time Formulas

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Physics

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between speed and velocity?
Speed has a direction. Velocity does not.
Speed describes how fast something is going where as velocity does not.
Speed is distance over time. Velocity is distance over time in a specific direction.
Speed and velocity describe movement.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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Calculate the average speed (in meter/sec) if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.
198 m/sec
170 m/sec
12 m/sec
18 m/sec

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Calculate the average speed (in miles per hour) of Cassandra who runs a 18 mile marathon in 6 hours.
24 m/hr
3 m/hr
0.333 m/hr
12 m/hr

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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Calculate the distance (in miles) that Daniel bikes if he maintains an average speed of 26 miles/hr for 7 hours
33 miles
3.71 miles
182 miles
676 miles

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A bicycle rider travels 100 miles in 4 hours.  What is the cyclist's average speed?
400 miles/hr
25 miles/hr
104 miles/hr
.025 miles/hr

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 8000 meters if sound travels a speed of 330 meters per second?
24.24 seconds
24,000 seconds
3 seconds
2.4 seconds

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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A cricket can travel approximately 8 feet per minute.  How many feet could a cricket travel in 75 minutes?
83 feet
9.375 feet
180 feet
600 feet

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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A truck driver traveled 720 miles in 12 hours. He drove from California to Georgia.  What was the truck driver's velocity?
60 miles/hour North
75 miles/hour West
60 miles/hour East
60 miles/hour

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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James walked 14 miles at an average speed of 4 miles/hour.  How long did it take him to walk 14 miles?
18 hours
3.5 hours
18,000 minutes
3.5 seconds

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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A bee can fly at an average rate of 7 miles/hour.  If a bee flew nonstop for 18 hours, how far will it have traveled?
126 miles
25 meters
25 miles
0.38 miles/hour

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