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Speed and Acceleration problems 7th

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Polar bears are extremely good swimmers.  If a polar bear is swimming with an average of 2.6 m/s, how far will it have traveled after 120 seconds?
a)
46.2 m
b)
120 m
c)
312 m
d)
456.3 m
2.
Tree sloths are the slowest moving mammals.  On average, their velocity is 0.743 m/s.  How long does it take a tree sloth moving at this velocity to travel 22.3 m?
a)
16.6 s
b)
30.0 s
c)
0.03 s
d)
143.7 s
3.

What is the speed of a car that traveled 0.2 km in 12 seconds?

a)

64 m/s

b)

166.6 m/s

c)

16.66 m/s

d)

0.16 m/s

4.
If it takes Heather 3 seconds to run from the batter's box to first base at an average speed of 6.5 meters per second, what is the distance she covers in that time?
a)
19.5 m
b)
0.46 m
c)
2.2 m
d)
3.5 m
5.

Bart ran 5,000 meters from the police at an average speed of 21.6 km/hr before he got caught. How long did he run?

a)

30,000 s

b)

0.0012 s

c)

833.3 s

d)

4.32s

6.
If Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed of 20 m/s for 500 seconds, how far does he ride?
a)
10,000 m
b)
25 m
c)
0.04 m
d)
250 m
7.
Lauren's car was detected exceeding the posted speed limit of 60 km/hr. How much over the speed limit was she going if she covered a distance of 10 km in 0.08 hours?
a)
40 km/hr Over
b)
65 km/hr Over
c)
15 km/hr Over
d)
20 km/hr Over
8.

If you are test-driving a Bugatti Veyron and you go from 0 km/hr to 124 km/hr in 3.7 seconds, what was your acceleration?

a)

9.30 m/s2

b)

90.03 m/s2

c)

-9.30 m/s2

d)

0.930 m/s2

9.
A plane lands on the runway and slows from 758 km/hr to 30 km/hr in 0.013 hours. What is the plane's acceleration?
a)
56,000 m/s2
b)
17857 m/s2
c)
-17857 m/s2
d)
-56,000 m/s2
10.

A sports car can go from 0 to 60 mph in 14 seconds. What is the acceleration?

a)

1.91 m/s2

b)

-4.29 m/s2

c)

2.33 m/s2

d)

-2.33 m/s2

11.
A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s2, changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?
a)
750 seconds
b)
35 seconds
c)
0.3 seconds
d)
3.3 seconds
12.
A box sliding down an inclined plane attains a velocity of 27 m/s in 3 seconds from rest.  Find the acceleration.
a)
30 m/s
b)
24 m/s2
c)
9 m/s2
d)
81 km/hr