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WorksheetsMotion: Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Test Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?
a)
20 miles/hr
b)
20 m/min
c)
800 m/min
d)
200 miles/hr
2.
What is the equation to calculate speed?
a)
speed = distance/time
b)
speed = time/distance
c)
speed = time x distance
d)
speed = speed/time
3.
A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel.
a)
90 miles
b)
10 miles
c)
600 miles
d)
90 km
4.
Which of the following is a unit of speed?
a)
km/hr
b)
hr
c)
km
d)
s
5.
Which of the following is a unit of speed ?
a)
sec
b)
mi
c)
m/s
d)
min
6.
What is velocity?
a)
the quickness of an object
b)
the location of an object
c)
acceleration
d)
speed in a specific direction
7.
Velocity is both ____ and _____.
a)
speed , direction
b)
direction, mass
c)
volume, density
d)
direction, magnitude
8.
65mi/hr South is an example of...
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
d)
Direction
9.
Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.
a)
65 mph west
b)
6 mph west
c)
600 mph west
d)
6000 mph west
10.
88 m/s north
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
11.
Velocity is
a)
speed
b)
direction
c)
speed with a direction
d)
none of the answers above
12.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
13.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash. It takes her 10 seconds to finish. What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
14.
How long would it take for you to swim across a lake that is 900 meters across if you swim at 1.5 m/sec?
a)
600 sec
b)
600 m/sec
c)
0.00167 sec
d)
0.00167 m/sec
15.
If an owl has a speed of 50 m/s, and has a time of 10 s. What is the distance that the owl traveled?
a)
500 m
b)
5 m
c)
10 m
16.
A dog runs on the sidewalk 9 mi/hr.
a)
Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Velocity
17.
While on a trip, a family travels east from San Antonio to Houston going 70 mph.
a)
Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Velocity
18.
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
19.
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
20.
Velocity is a
a)
vector
b)
scalar
21.
Speed is a
a)
vector
b)
scalar
22.
Any vector quantity has ____________
a)
magnitude
b)
direction
c)
both magnitude and direction
23.
What is the speed of a car that traveled 32 m in 2 seconds?
a)
64 m/s
b)
34 m/s
c)
16 m/s
d)
0.0625 m/s
24.
Joanna drives for 400km at an average speed of 80km/h. How long was her journey?
a)
Joanna's journey was 5hrs long
b)
Joanna's journey was 10hrs long
c)
Joanna's journey was 20hrs long
d)
Joanna's journey was 15hrs long
25.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash (distance). It takes her 10 seconds to finish (time). What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
26.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
27.
m/s2 is a unit of
a)
speed
b)
velocity
c)
acceleration
d)
time
28.
Which of the following could be a unit for Distance?
a)
60 m
b)
50 m/s
c)
70 s
d)
50 m/s/s
29.
Which of the following units could be used to measure time?
a)
36 m
b)
36 m/hr
c)
36 m/hr2
d)
36 s
30.
Which of the following units best represents an acceleration?
a)
50 m
b)
50 s
c)
50 m/s
d)
50 m/s/s
31.
You are walking in a straight line at a consistent speed. Do you have acceleration?
a)
no
b)
yes
32.
As you walk you make a right turn. Do you have acceleration?
a)
yes
b)
no
33.
You are walking and start to slow down. Do you have acceleration?
a)
yes
b)
no
34.
A roller coasters accelerates from an initial speed of 6.0 m/s to a final speed of 70 m/s over 4 seconds. What's the acceleration?
a)
24 m/s2
b)
18 m/s2
c)
16 m/s2
d)
16 m/s
35.
A car accelerates from a standstill to 70 m/s in 10 seconds. What is the acceleration?
a)
0.7m/s2
b)
7m/s2
c)
14m/s2
d)
none of the above
36.
When are you undergoing an acceleration in a car?
a)
speed up
b)
slow down
c)
make turns
d)
All of the above
37.
Which graph shows the object standing still?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
38.
Which graph demonstrates the greatest positive speed?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
39.
Which graph represents the greatest acceleration?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
40.
How long did it take this object to travel back to its reference/starting point?
a)
20 s
b)
30 s
c)
60 s
d)
100 s
41.
At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled?
a)
0 m
b)
10 m
c)
20 m
d)
40 m
42.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
43.
What is happening at D?
a)
Stationary
b)
Accelerating
c)
Fast steady speed; moving away from the starting position
d)
Slower steady speed; moving away from the starting position
44.
How long did it take this object to travel 10 m?
a)
0 s
b)
10 s
c)
15 s
d)
20 s
45.
Which runner had a head start?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
46.
Match the description to the graph:
"The car is coming back."
a)
b)
c)
d)
47.
What kind of acceleration is shown here?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
none
d)
varies
48.
Is the speed constant or non-constant?
a)
constant
b)
non-constant
49.
Which section of the graph shows decreasing velocity?
a)
CD
b)
DE
c)
EF
d)
GH
50.
Which section of the graph shows increasing velocity?
a)
AB
b)
BC
c)
DE
d)
EF
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