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WorksheetsQuiz 11 Relative Velocity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
A dog and a cat are about to fight, running towards each other, both at 12 m/s. What are their velocities relative to each other?
12 m/s
24 m/s
0 m/s
6 m/s
A train is moving at a velocity of 15 m/s East. A passenger at the back of a train throws a baseball with a speed of 15 m/s West. What is the velocity of the baseball relative to the ground? (In other words: how fast does a person on the ground see the ball move?)
30 m/s East
15 m/s West
0 m/s
30 m/s West
The Cheerios Nascar is racing around the track at 220 m/s, the Coke A Cola Nascar is speeding at 320 m/s. What is the magnitude of velocity of the Coke A Cola Nascar relative to the Cheerios Nascar?
100 m/s
320 m/s
540 m/s
0 m/s
Earth is rotating counter clock-wise (the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West). If you are travelling from Cleveland, Ohio to San Diego, California will your flight be longer on your trip to California or home to Ohio?
Flight to California
Flight to Ohio
Assume that there is a current of 2.0 m/s directed south in the river, and that the ferry’s velocity of 7.0 m/s north is relative to the water. What is the ferry’s velocity relative to the shore? What is your velocity relative to the shore?
5.0 m/s N
5.0 m/s S
9.0 m/s N
9.0 m/s S
Observers using different ___________________ may measure different velocities for an object in motion
frame of reference
relatives of motion
projectile motions
constant velocity
How fast does the hot air balloon appear to be moving compared to the runner's frame of reference?
1 m/s to the left
1 m/s to the right
7 m/s to the left
7 m/s to the right
Velocity is speed with __________________________.
a unicycle helmet
direction
fight
