Motion worksheet

Distance equals

• speed x time
• speed / time

A car accelerates from 40 m/s to 5 m/s in 3 seconds. What is the acceleration?

• 11.667 m/s^2
• -11.667 m/s^2

Jack ran a 5K which is 5000 m and it took him 21 minutes. What is his speed?

• 238 m/min
• 0.238 m/min
• 4.2 m/s
• 0.042 m/s

Susan rode her bicycle for 45 minutes at a speed of 5 mph. How far did she go?

• 3.75 miles
• 225 miles

Jack was driving to Tulsa and had to stop at a red light. Did he accelerate

• yes
• No

If you increase your speed is that a positive or negative acceleration?

• positive acceleration
• negative acceleration

If Earth leaves its normal course and ventures farther away from the sun and it takes 10 minutes for the light ray to reach earth then how far is Earth now away from the sun? The speed of light is 3.0 x 10^8 m/s.

• 1.8 x 10^11 m
• 3.0 x 10^9 m

A plane fly's to Houston and back. The flight to Houston took 85 minutes and the flight back to 90 minutes. The plane averaged 425 mph going to Houston so what was the average speed coming back from Houston?

• 402.3 mph
• 602.08 mph