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WorksheetsSpeed-Velocity-Acceleration
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
What is the speed of an object at rest?
0.0 m/s
1.0 m/s
9.8 m/s
9.81 m/s
Which of the following situations represents a negative displacement? (Assume positive position is upward)
A cat stands on a tree limb.
A cat jumps from the ground onto a tree limb.
A cat jumps from a lower tree limb to a higher one.
A cat jumps from a tree limb to the ground.
Which of the following units is the SI unit of velocity?
meter
meter * second
meter per second
second per meter
A toy car rolls from +3 m to +5 m. Which of the following statements is true?
xf = +3 m
xi = +3 m
Displacement = +3 m
vavg = 3 m/s
Acceleration is defined as
rate of displacement.
the rate of change of displacement.
the change in velocity.
the rate of change of velocity.
What is the SI unit of acceleration?
m/s
m2/s
m/s2
m·s2
When a car’s velocity is positive and its acceleration is negative, what is happening to the car’s motion?
The car slows down.
The car speeds up.
The car travels at constant speed.
The car remains at rest.
Which of the following is the equation for average velocity?
velocity = displacement / time
velocity = time / displacement
velocity = displacement * time
velocity = (vi - vf) / 2
Which of the following is the equation for acceleration?
acceleration = time / velocity
acceleration = velocity / time
acceleration = velocity * time
acceleration = (vi - vf) / (ti - tf)
When a car´s velocity is negative and its acceleration is negative, what is happening to the car´s motion?
The car slows down.
The car speeds up.
The car travels at constant speed.
The car remains at rest.
If Paul throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed of the football?
16.7 m/s
15.5 m/s
18.0 m/s
17.6 m/s
If it takes Cassie 3 seconds to run from the batter’s box to first base at an average velocity of 6.5 m/s, what is the displacement she covers in that time?
19.5 m
15.9 m
21.0 m
15.0 m
Steve ran 5000 meters from a swarm of bees at an average speed of 6 m/s before he dove into a pond. How long did he run?
833 s
800 s
850 s
820 s
A ball is dropped from the top of a building, vi = 0 m/s. After 2 seconds, its velocity is measured to be 19.6 m/s. Calculate the acceleration for the dropped ball.
9.8 m/s2
11 m/s2
9 m/s2
10.5 m/s2
Convert 65 miles per hour to meters per second.
29 m/s
31 m/s
28 m/s
50 m/s
What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds?
132 m/s
130 m/s
135 m/s
131 m/s
How long will your trip take (in hours) if you travel 350 km at an average speed of 80 km/h?
4.4 h
4 h
4.5 h
4.3 h
How far (in meters) will you travel in 3 minutes running at a rate of 6 m/s?
1080 m
1100 m
1000 m
1050 m
Convert 450 km to m
450,000 m
405,000 m
540,000 m
400,500 m
How many seconds will it take for a satellite to travel 450,000 m at a rate of 120 m/s?
3750 s
3570 s
3075 s
3057 s
A trip to Cape Canaveral, Florida takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km. Calculate the average speed.
81.6 km/h
86.1 km/h
85 km/h
83 km/h
What is the speed, in m/s, of a walking person in m/s if the person travels 1000 m in 20 minutes?
0.83 m/s
0.88 m/s
0.85 m/s
0.80 m/s
A ball rolls down a ramp for 15 seconds. If the initial velocity of the ball was 0.8 m/sec and the final velocity was 7 m/s, what was the acceleration of the ball?
0.41 m/s2
0.43 m/s2
0.40 m/s2
0.42 m/s2
A meteoroid changed velocity from 1.0 km/s to 1.8 km/s in 0.03 seconds. What is the acceleration of the meteoroid?
27 km/s2
28 km/s2
26 km/s2
30 km/s2
Convert 50 miles per hour to meters per second
22 m/s
23 m/s
21 m/s
20 m/s
Convert 80 miles per hour to meters per second
36 m/s
37 m/s
35 m/s
40 m/s
A car going 22 m/s accelerates to pass a truck. Five seconds later the car is going 36 m/s. Calculate the acceleration of the car.
3 m/s2
2 m/s2
2.5 m/s2
3.5 m/s2
The space shuttle releases a space telescope into orbit around the earth. The telescope goes from being stationary to traveling at a speed of 1700 m/s in 25 seconds. What is the acceleration of the satellite?
68 m/s2
70 m/s2
65 m/s2
60 m/s2
A ball is rolled at a velocity of 12 m/sec. After 36 seconds, it comes to a stop. What is the acceleration of the ball?
-0.33 m/s2
0.33 m/s2
0.5 m/s2
-0.5 m/s2
Larry is trying to shed a few pounds. If Larry runs 322 meters each day and keeps this up for two weeks (7 days per week), how many meters will Larry have run?
4.5*103 m
4.8*103 m
4.05*103 m
4.08*103 m
What is the total distance of a car that drives 10 miles north, 2 miles south, 3 miles north?
11 miles
15 miles
10 miles
12 miles
What is the total displacement of a car that drives 10 miles north, 2 miles south, 3 miles north
11 miles
15 miles
10 miles
12 miles
Angel takes 13minutes to run 800meters. What is his speed in m/s?
3*103 m/s
3.7*103 m/s
3.5*103 m/s
4*103 m/s
If a car is moving 45miles/h, how long will it take to go 30miles?
0.7 h
0.6 h
0.8 h
0.5 h
Which of the following is the slowest?
10 m/s
5 m/s
2 m/s
8 m/s
Can a car still be moving if the velocity is 0m/s?
yes
no
A baseball is travelling at 65 km/h and is caught by a player. The ball is brought to rest in 0.5 s. What is the acceleration of the ball?
-3.6 m/s2
3.6 m/s2
-4 m/s2
4 m/s2
Juliette is driving her car at 50 km/h when she sees a cat run across the road. If she is able to stop the car over a distance of 0.025 km in 2.5 s, what is her average acceleration?
-5.6 m/s2
-6 m/s2
5.6 m/s2
6 m/s2
Newborn hatchling turtles can swim approximately 40 km in 30 h. How long would it take them to swim 15 m?
41 s
40.5 s
42 s
40 s
Stephen walks 1 km directly east to the store and then walks 0.5 km west to his friend´s house. What is Stephen´s displacement?
0.5 km east
0.5 km west
0.5 km north
0.5 km south
Dexter is traveling on his bike at 4 m/s. If he accelerates at a rate of 1.5 m/s2 for 2 s, what is his final velocity?
7 m/s
6 m/s
4 m/s
1 m/s
A ball is thrown straight down out of a window. It travels for 0.5 s and has a final velocity of 16 m/s. What is the initial velocity of the ball? (Acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2).
11 m/s
12 m/s
10 m/s
100 m/s
Which of the following is an example of an objcet experiencing constant velocity?
A baseball being hit by a bat
A car accelerating at a green light
A space shuttle launching into orbit
A toy car crossing the floor at a constant speed
Which of the following examples describe a ball experiencing positive acceleration?
I - a ball rolling down a ramp
II - a ball being dropped straight down
III - a ball rolling up a steep ramp
I and II
I and III
I, II, and III
III
When a penny is dropped toward the floor, which of the following quantities will change for each successive time interval?
I - acceleration
II - displacement
III - velocity
I and III
I, II and III
II and III
III
