Speed and Velocity Worksheet
A Grade 8 science worksheet covering key concepts of speed and velocity, including calculations and definitions.
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Speed and Velocity
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculation problems.
1. Which of the following describes both speed and direction?
Speed
Distance
Velocity
Acceleration
2. What is the formula for calculating speed?
Speed = Distance × Time
Speed = Distance / Time
Speed = Time / Distance
Speed = Acceleration × Time
3. is a scalar quantity, while is a vector quantity.
4. The unit for speed is typically or .
5. A car travels 240 meters in 60 seconds. What is its speed?
6. Explain the difference between instantaneous speed and average speed.
7. A car moving at a constant speed must also be moving at a constant velocity.
True
False
8. If an object's velocity is changing, it is accelerating.
True
False
9. A runner completes a 400-meter race in 50 seconds. What is the runner's average speed?
10. A car travels east for 150 km in 2 hours, then turns north and travels 100 km in 1 hour. What is the car's average speed for the entire journey? What is its average velocity?
