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WorksheetsDriving Along
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
If someone steps out in front of a car the driver detects this using which sense?
Sight
Smell
Taste
Touch
The time taken for a driver to respond to something is called the...
Action time
Reaction time
Sanction time
Driving time
What is the thinking distance for a car travelling at 30 miles per hour?
6 metres
9 metres
12 metres
15 metres
What is the thinking distance for a car travelling at 50 miles per hour?
9 metres
12 metres
15 metres
21 metres
What is the braking distance for a car travelling at 70 miles per hour?
75 metres
14 metres
38 metres
55 metres
What is the braking distance for a car travelling at 30 miles per hour?
14 metres
6 metres
24 metres
55 metres
Why do car wheels have treads?
To get rid of water
To increase contact with the road
To speed the car up
To be able to brake more quickly
Increasing the contact with the road increases what force?
Friction
Heat
Movement
Sound
Which passenger plane travelled faster than the speed of sound?
Concorde
Jumbo jet
Typhoon
Tornada
Which of the following formulas is correct?
Speed = Distance/Time
Speed = Time/Distance
Distance = Time/Speed
Time = Speed/Distance
This graph is known as a...
Distance-time graph
Distance-direction graph
Speed-time graph
Time-height graph
In the graph give one point where the car stationary?
At A
At B
At C
At D
In the graph where is the car travelling the fastest?
At A
At B
At C
At D
In the graph where is the car travelling the slowest?
At A
At B
At C
At D
What would the line on the graph look like if the car was slowing down?
The ling would be going down
The line would be level
The line would increase more quickly
The line would increase less quickly
When we are driving we talk about miles per hour but in science the units of speed we use are.
metres per second
feet per second
cm per hour
metres per hour
Cars skid easily when there is ice on the road because...
The friction is reduced
The friction is increased
There is no friction
The ice freezes to the tyres
When a car skids on a dry road energy is transferred from the moving car to which of the following?
Sound
Heat
Light
Electrical
To increase contact with the road surface racing car tyres have...
No tread
More tread
Deeper tread
Wider tread
A car travels 500 metres in 100 seconds. What is its speed?
500 m/s
5 m/s
50 m/s
0.5 m/s
