Free Printable Chapter 5 Position and Velocity word problems and equations

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Chapter 5 Position and Velocity word problems and equations

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name

Class

Date

Jose wandered 4 km at 2 km/hr. How long did Jose wander?

2 hours

8 hours

0.5 hours

2 km

A vehicle travels 2345 m in 315 s toward the evening sun. What is its speed?

7.44 m/s

0.13 m/s

738,675 m/s

7.44m

What distance will a car traveling 65 km/hr travel in 180 min?

11,700 m

195 m

21.7 m

2.77 m

A car travels 240 km in 2 hours and a sprinter travels 100 m in 9.5 sec. Who is traveling faster?

the car

the sprinter

they are traveling the same speed

not enough information to answer this question

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

Mass and time

Temperature and mass

Mass and distance

Distance and time

Which of the following is a unit for acceleration?

km/s

m/s²

mi/hr

Calculate the average speed (in meter/sec) if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.

198 m/sec

170 m/sec

12 m/sec

18 m/sec

Of the following, which is a vector?

Mass

Time

Speed

Velocity

Acceleration only takes place when things speed up.

True

False

10.

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?

24 m/s²

18 m/s²

16 m/s²

16 m/s

11.

Acceleration can be classified as _______________

Speeding up

Slowing Down

Changing directions

All of the above

12.

In which of the following situations would a car be speeding up while traveling forward?

positive velocity and positive acceleration

positive velocity and negative acceleration

negative velocity and positive acceleration

negative velocity and negative acceleration

13.

A car starts from rest at a stop light and reaches 20 m/s in 3.5 s. Determine the acceleration of the car.

2.2m/s²

7.0m/s²

5.7m/s²

70m/s²

14.

Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?

800

400

200

15.

After completing one trip on a roller coaster, the roller coaster's ________ is zero.

displacement

reference point

length

distance

16.

The unit for speed is:

m/s

17.

What is the equation to calculate time?

time = speed/distance

time = distance/speed

time = speed x distance

time = distance x speed

18.

What is the equation to calculate distance?

distance = speed/time

distance = time/speed

distance = speed/distance

distance = speed x time

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Chapter 5 Position and Velocity word problems and equations

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 35mins

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