Speed and Velocity

1. What is the unit of measurement for speed?

a. seconds
b. seconds per meter
c. hours per mile
d. meters per second
2. Velocity is a vector measurement because it
has both a magnitude and a ________.
a. time
b. distance
c. direction
d. speed
3. Complete the formula: Speed = ______/time.
a. mass
b. distance
c. direction
d. temperature
4. What do we call the speed of an object at a
specific moment in time?
a. instantaneous speed
b. constant speed
c. average speed
d. momentum speed
5. True or False: Velocity is the magnitude of
speed.
6. What constant measurement of speed is
represented by the letter c?
a. speed of gravity
b. speed of the earth
c. speed of the moon
d. speed of light
6. If a person runs 100 meters in 10 seconds,
what is their average speed?
a. 1 m/s
b. 2 m/s
c. 5 m/s
d. 10 m/s
7. The velocity of a plane is 500 miles per hour
west. What is the speed of the plane?
a. 500 miles per hour
b. 250 mile per hour
c. 500 miles per hour west
d. 500 miles per hour east
• Speed is the rate at which an object moves.
• It is a measure of how fast an object moves.
• It can be computed by dividing the distance
traveled by the time it took to travel that
distance.

Where: v =speed (m/s, km/h)

s = distance (m, km)
t = time (s, h)
For example, if the cyclist moves 30 km in 2 h, its
speed is
 Describe the speed of the car
a.
t1 = 1s t2 = 1s t 3= 1s

v1 = 50 km/h v2 = 50 km/h v3 = 50 km/h

b
. t0 = 0s t2 = 1s t2 = 2s t3 = 3s

x1 = 10 m x2 = 20 m x3 = 30 m
• Constant speed is attained when there is a
uniform change in distance in a given unit of
time.
• An object that moves at constant speed is said
to be in uniform motion.
 Average Speed
• Dividing the total distance traveled by the
total time spent in traveling

average speed
 Instantaneous Speed
• The speed measured at a particular time or
instant
• Measured by speedometers
 Sample Problem
1. A body moving at uniform speed travels a distance of
200 cm in 10 seconds. Find its average speed.
2. Find the distance traveled by a boat in 40 seconds if it is
moving at a uniform speed of 5 m/s.
3. The average speed of Basty in brisk walking is 1.7 m/s.
How long will it take him to travel a distance of 1.5 km?
4. A truck’s speed was 60 km/h. How far did it go after 15
min?
5. In an African savannah, a wildebeest was observed to
cover a distance of 402 m in 36 s. What was its average
speed in m/s and km/h?