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Velocity and Acceleration

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Which of the following statements about speed and velocity is correct?
a)
Velocity only describes an object’s rate of motion.
b)
Speed describes how an object is changing its velocity.
c)
Speed and velocity both describe how an object is speeding up.
d)
Only velocity includes the direction an object is traveling.
2.
Acceleration describes how an object’s velocity is changing.  Which of the following scenarios provides the best example of an accelerating object?
a)
A car driving at a constant speed
b)
A book sitting on top of a high shelf
c)
A toy train traveling in a circle
d)
A toy boat floating in a bathtub
3.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
S = t/d
b)
S = d/t
c)
S = d x t
d)
S = t x d
4.

Sharis decides to be brave and go skydiving. If she accelerates at 9.81 m/s2 (m/s2 = m/s/s) for 4.9 s, what would her speed be at that time?

a)

48.1 m/s

b)

0.6 m/s

c)

0.0015 m/s

d)

7.1 m/s

5.

Select the description of motion from A - B.

a)

Slowing down away from the origin

b)

Speeding up away from the origin

c)

Constant velocity away from the origin

d)

Constant velocity towards the origin

6.

Part A of the graph is from 0s to 25s. Which of these statements is true about Part A?

a)

The object is at rest.

b)

The object is accelerating (its velocity is increasing)

c)

The object is decelerating (its velocity is decreasing)

d)

The object is moving at a constant velocity.

7.

Part C of the graph is from 35s to 55s. Which of these statements is true about Part C?

a)

The object is at rest.

b)

The object is accelerating (its velocity is increasing)

c)

The object is decelerating (its velocity is decreasing)

d)

The object is moving at a constant velocity.

8.

What does a flat (horizontal) line on a velocity-time graph mean?

[Example section B on this graph]

a)

The object is not moving.

b)

The object is moving, but at a constant velocity.

c)

The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is positive.

d)

The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is negative.

9.

What does a line with a positive slope mean on a velocity-time graph?

[Example sections A, E on this graph]

a)

The object is not moving.

b)

The object is moving, but at a constant velocity.

c)

The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is positive.

d)

The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is negative.

10.

What does a line with a negative slope mean on a velocity-time graph?

[Example sections C, D on this graph]

a)

The object is not moving.

b)

The object is moving, but at a constant velocity.

c)

The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is positive.

d)

The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is negative.

11.

You can calculate the slope of a velocity-time graph.

If you calculate the slope of the graph between two points, what would that tell you?

a)

The velocity of the object.

b)

The distance travelled by the object.

c)

The acceleration of the object.

d)

The mass of the object

12.

During section A of the graph (between 0s and 25s), the object is accelerating.

Change in velocity in this time = 3 - 0 = 3m/s

Time taken = 25 - 0 = 25s

What is its acceleration?

a)

Acceleration = Change in velocity x time = 3 x 25 = 75m/s2

b)

Acceleration = Change in velocity / time = 3/25 = 0.12m/s2

13.
Acceleration: is the rate of change in ___________.
a)
speed
b)
distance
c)
velocity 
d)
displacement 
14.

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

15.
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
16.
The SI unit for acceleration is
a)
mph
b)
ft/sec2
c)
m/s2
17.
When are you undergoing an acceleration in a car? 
a)
speed up
b)
slow down
c)
make turns
d)
All of the above 
18.
A dog runs with an initial speed of 7.5 m/s on a waxed floor.  It slides to a stop in 15 seconds.  What is the acceleration?
a)
-7.5 m/s
b)
-7.5 m/s2
c)
-0.5 m/s2
d)
7.5 mi//hr
19.

The picture of the distance vs. time graph shows an object that is...

a)

accelerating/speeding up

b)

moving at a constant speed

c)

not moving

d)

accelerating/slowing down.