WorksheetsLinear Motion
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 24mins
Chris runs 5 laps around his school. Each lap is 1 mile. What are his distance and displacement?
both distance and displacement are 5 miles
distance is 5 miles; displacement is 0 m
displacement is 5 miles; distance is 0 m
both distance and displacement are 5 miles
Which of the following is a possible unit for speed? Select all that apply.
meters
meters per second
meters per second squared
miles per hour
What happens to the speed of an object as it falls downward under the force of gravity?
speed increases
speed decreases
speed remains constant
speed increases, then decreases
An object travels 6 meters south during the first second of travel, 6 meters south during the next second of travel, and 6 meters south during the third second of travel. Its acceleration is ____________.
6 m/s2
18 m/s2
0 m/s2
0 m/s
Suppose a car is moving in a straight line and steadily increases its speed. It moves from 40 km/h to 50 km/h during the first second, and from 50 km/h to 60 km/h the next second. What is the car's acceleration?
60 km/h*s
40 km/h*s
20 km/h*s
10 km/h*s
Suppose you take a trip that covers 180 km in 3 hours. What is your average speed?
30km/hr
360km/hr
180 km/hr
60km/hr
What is the acceleration of an object traveling at a constant velocity?
decreasing
increasing
constant
zero
meters per second (m/s) is a unit of _________. Choose all that apply.
speed
distance
acceleration
velocity
What does the reading on a car's speedometer indicate?
instantaneous speed
average speed
instantaneous acceleration
average acceleration
Malanie moved a distance of 80 m north, then 60 meters west. What is Malanie's distance?
140 m
20 m
1.3 m
0.75 m
Malanie moved a distance of 80 m north, then 60 meters west. She completed the trip in 70 seconds. What is her speed?
2 m/s
1.4 m/s
0.5 m/s
2 m/s2
Malanie moved a distance of 80 m north, then 60 meters west. What is Malanie's displacement?
140 m
140 m/s
10 m NW
100 m NW
Malanie moved a distance of 80 m north, then 60 meters west. She completed the trip during 70 seconds. What is Malanie's velocity?
2 m/s
2 m/s NW
1.4 m/s
1.4 m/s NW
Choose the correct statement that describes the motion in the data table.
car 1 was moving at a constant speed of 12 m/s
car 1 was moving at a constant speed of 6 m/s
car 2 has a higher average speed than car 1
car 2 was accelerating
A squirrel reaches a speed of 5 m/s starting from rest within 2 seconds. What is the squirrel's acceleration?
0 m/s2
5 m/s2
10 m/s2
2.5 m/s2
You are in a car race, when something happens 100 m away from the finish line. You coast for 10 seconds at a constant speed of 2.6 m/s. How far away are you from the finish line?
You reach the finish line
You pass the finish line with a distance of 26 m
You are 26 m away from the finish line
You are 74 m away from the finish line
Patience was biking down a hill at a speed of 6 m/s. She decelerates at a rate of -2 m/s2 till she comes to a stop. What distance did Patience cover during her trip?
9 m
3 m
12 m
72 m
A cheetah moving at 2 m/s accelerates at a rate of 1.5 m/s2 for 4 seconds. What distance does the cheetah cover during its trip?
6 m
150 m
20 m
3 m
Convert 48 km/h to m/s
13.3 m/s
48,000 m/s
0.8 m/s
800 m/s
Your car's speedometer reading is 48 mph while driving by another car whose speedometer reading is 35 mph. If both of you are going in the same direction, what is your speed relative to each other?
48 and 35 mph
13 mph
0 mph
83 mph
