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WorksheetsSpeed, Velocity, & Acceleration
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this?
A car is traveling 50 mph.
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
2.
What is this?
"This car is speeding up"
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
3.
What is this?
"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
4.
What is this?
"The car has to go from 40mph to 60mph when entering the freeway"
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
5.
What is this?
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
6.
What is velocity?
a)
Speed + Direction
b)
Speed Only
c)
Speed + Time
d)
Only Direction
7.
Which of the following are examples of velocity?
a) 50 mph
b) 24 mph North
c) 24 mph Northeast
d) 30 mph West
a)
All but (d)
b)
All are velocity except (a)
c)
Only (b)
d)
None are velocity
8.
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
9.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
Speed = time/distance
b)
Speed = distance/time
c)
Speed = distance x time
d)
Speed = time x distance
10.
Which of the following is a unit for acceleration?
a)
km/s
b)
m/s2
c)
mi/hr
d)
ft
11.
When a car goes around a corner at 20 mph, why do we say it accelerates?
a)
The car is accelerating because of the velocity is constant
b)
The car accelerates because it's going 20 mph
c)
Cars always accelerate when they are in motion
d)
The car is accelerating because it's changing direction
12.
Acceleration only takes place when things speed up.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity 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
14.
A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s. What was the acceleration?
a)
0 m/s
b)
40 m/s2
c)
-40 m/s2
d)
40 m/s
15.
Acceleration can be classified as _______________
a)
Speeding up
b)
Slowing Down
c)
Changing directions
d)
All of the above
16.
Which graph shows: A car travelling at a constant speed.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.
Which graph represents slowing down?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
18.
In which time interval was the object speeding up?
a)
between 0 s and 2 s
b)
between 2 s and 4 s
c)
between 6 s and 8 s
d)
between 8 s and 10 s
19.
What is the person doing from 5 seconds to 10 seconds?
a)
Walking
b)
Running
c)
Standing Still
d)
Walking Fast
20.
Kira jogs to a store 72 m away in a time of 36 s. What is Kira's average speed?
a)
0.5 m/s
b)
2 m/s
c)
2 h
21.
If the average speed of a car is 110 km/h, how long will it take the car to travel 715 km?
a)
6 h
b)
6.5 km/h
c)
6.5 h
22.
An airplane traveling from San Francisco to Chicago travels 1,260 km in 3.5 h. What is the airplaine's avearge speed?
a)
36 km/h
b)
360 km/h
c)
4,410 km/h
23.
If you slow down on your bicycle, you accelerate.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
24.
if you ride your bicycle at a constant speed, you cannot accelerate.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
25.
What two thiings must you know to determine speed?
a)
distance and direction
b)
direction and time
c)
speed and direction
d)
time and distance
26.
If a student rides her skateboard on a straight road and does not speed up or slow down, she is traveling with a
a)
constant acceleration
b)
constant velocity
c)
positive acceleration
d)
negative acceleration
27.
Which of the following is a measurement of velocity?
a)
16 m east
b)
25 m/s2
c)
55 m/h south
d)
60 km/h
28.
In the distance vs. time graph, what type of motion does the line represent?
a)
No motion
b)
Constant velocity
c)
Acceleration
d)
Deceleration
29.
In the distance vs. time graph, what type of motion does the line represent?
a)
Acceleration
b)
No motion
c)
Deceleration
d)
Constant Velocity
30.
Describe the speed of the object from 4-6 seconds using the distance vs. time graph.
a)
Increasing speed
b)
Decreasing speed
c)
Not moving
d)
Constant speed
31.
Describe the speed of the object from
0-2 seconds using the distance vs. time graph.
0-2 seconds using the distance vs. time graph.
a)
Constant speed
b)
Speeding up
c)
Slowing down
d)
Not moving
32.
What is the object doing from 10-12.5 seconds?
a)
Slowing down
b)
Returning to the starting position
c)
Speeding up
d)
Not moving
33.
Which time section is the object moving the fastest?
a)
0-10 seconds
b)
10-20 seconds
c)
20-30 seconds
d)
30-40 seconds
34.
What kind of acceleration is shown here?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
none
d)
varies
35.
Which section of the graph shows decreasing velocity?
a)
CD
b)
DE
c)
EF
d)
GH
36.
A cat walks 3 meters west toward a laser, then jumps 5 meters due south of the laser when it sees a thing. What is the total distance the cat has traveled (to the nearest tenth)?
a)
3.0m
b)
5.0m
c)
8.0m
d)
5.8m
37.
What is the total displacement of the car?
a)
60 m
b)
20 m
c)
0 m
d)
80 m
38.
Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?
a)
10
b)
7
c)
8
d)
6
39.
Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?
a)
800
b)
400
c)
0
d)
200
40.
Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's displacement?
a)
0 meters
b)
400 meters
c)
800 meters
d)
1600 meters
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