Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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. The graph below
shows the distance and time traveled by four cars.
Which car traveled the
slowest?
(NY) a. | Car #2 | c. | Car #4
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#1 | d. | Car #3 | | | | |
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Linda traveled the
same distance walking, riding a bike, and driving a car. For each mode of travel, the table
below shows her average speed and the amount of time required to travel the
distance.
MODE | SPEED
(KILOMETER PER
HOUR) | TIME
(MINUTES) | walking | 5 | 120 | riding a bike | 10 | 60 | driving a car | 60 | 10 | | | |
As Linda’s speed
increased, how did the amount of time change?
(MA) a. | Time increased randomly. | c. | Time decreased proportionally. | b. | Time decreased randomly. | d. | Time increased proportionally. | | | | |
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Base your
answer to this question on the graph below.
Which of the following
statements best describes the relationship between speed and time shown in the graph
above?
(NJ) a. | Speed increases over time. | b. | Speed decreases over time. | c. | Speed remains constant over time. | d. | There is no relationship between speed and
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Which metric unit
would highway road markers use to indicate the distance between Springfield, Illinois, and Chicago,
Illinois?
(ID) a. | Millimeters | c. | Kilometers | b. | Kiloliters | d. | Milliliters | | | | |
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Lisa is seated at
the front of a train. The train is traveling northbound at a steady speed of 40.2 kilometers/hour
(km/hr). While the train is in motion, Lisa gets up from her seat and walks toward the back of the
train at a steady rate of 2.4 km/hr.
What is Lisa’s actual
rate of speed, relative to the ground, in km/hr in a northbound direction at the time that she is
walking toward the back of the train?
(FL) a. | 42.6 | c. | 96.48 | b. | 37.8 | d. | 16.75 | | | | |
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Base your
answer to this question on the graph below.
The graph shows the distance traveled by a vehicle over a certain period of
time. Which segment of the graph shows the vehicle moving with the greatest
speed?
(TAKS)
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Base your
answer to this question on the graph below.
An object was traveling at a
constant speed. The graph shows the distance the object traveled from its starting point in 5
seconds. What was the object’s speed?
(MA) a. | 1.5 m/s | c. | 2
m/s | b. | 0.5
m/s | d. | 1 m/s | | | | |
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A force acting on
an object that is free to move will cause a change in the
speed of the object.
Which graph shows how the speed of an object would change if a single constant force were applied to
the object over a period of time?
(LA)
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9.
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The picture below
shows part of a roller coaster ride. Which graph best represents the speed of the roller
coaster from point A to point B?
(WA)
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10.
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Which of the
following graphs represents a train moving at constant speed?
(MA)
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