Speed, Acceleration, and Velocity Chapter 10.2

Vivian went on a bicycle trip through Germany with her family. One afternoon, she rode her bicycle along a long flat road at a constant speed for 24 kilometers (km). The ride took her 1.2 hours (h). At what speed did she ride her bicycle?

• 0.05 h/km

• 20 mi/h

• 20 km/h

• 28.8 km•h

Suppose you ride your bicycle to the library traveling at 5 km/m. It takes you 25 minutes to get to the library. How far did you travel?

• 125 km

• .2 km

• .2 km/m

• 125 m/s

4. A lizard accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 seconds. What is the lizard’s average acceleration?

• 2 m/s^2

• -2 m/s^2

• .5 m/s^2

• 32 m/s^2

A motorcycle traveling at 25 m/s accelerates at a rate of 7.0 m/s2 for 6.0 seconds. What is the final speed of the motorcycle?

• 17 m/s

• 67 m/s

• 25 m/s

• 192 m/s

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Pace left home at 8 AM to spend the day at an amusement park. He arrived at the park, which was 150 km from his house, at 10 AM. Pace explained that his speed was 38 km/h, which was his _______________ speed

• instantaneous

• average

• directional

• velocity

The fastest speed Pace went on his trip to the Amusement Park was 60 km/h, which was his ____________________ Speed

• Instantaneous

• Average

• Directional

• Velocity

What is the main difference between Velocity and Speed?

• Speed has a specific direction

• Velocity has a specific direction

• Speed means you're going faster than velocity

• Velocity means you're going faster than your speed

Carlos likes to bowl. He timed how long it took for his ball to travel the length of an 18 meter lane in the bowling alley. He plotted the final distance and time on a line graph. Carlos drew a line from this point to the origin of the graph.

How far down the lane was the ball after it had traveled for 2 s?

• 6 m

• 9 m

• 12 m

• 18 m

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Use the graph to find the average speed of the ball as it moves down the lane.

• .16666 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 6 m/s

• 12 m

• 6 m

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In 0.5 seconds, a projectile goes from 0 to 300 m/s. What is the acceleration of the Projectile?

• .0016666 m/s^2

• 600 m/s^2

• -600 m/s^2

• 150 m/s^2

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