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acceleration, speed and distance

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

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When an object’s distance from another object is changing,

it is in motion.

it is speeding.

it is accelerating.

it is moving at a high velocity.

Speed equals distance divided by

time

velocity

size

motion

When you know both the speed and direction of an object's motion, you know the

average speed of the object

acceleration of the object

distance the object has traveled

velocity of the object

The rate at which velocity changes is called

speed

direction

acceleration

motion

Which of these is an example of negative acceleration (or deceleration)?

a bird taking off for flight

a baseball released by a pitcher

a car approaching a red light

an airplane following a straight flight path

A train that travels 100 kilometers in 4 hours is traveling at what average speed?

50 km/h

100 km/h

2 km/h

25 km/h

If the speed of an object does not change, the object is traveling at

constant speed

average speed

increasing speed

decreasing speed

If a bicyclist travels 30 km in 2 hours, her average speed is

30 km/h

60 km/h

15 km/h

2 km/h

A cyclist travels 20 km in 30 minutes. Her average speed is (10 km/h).

True

False: 40 km/h

10.

If a train traveling at 30 m/s brakes to a stop in 1 minute, its acceleration is _________.

30 m/s²

0.5 m/s²

-0.5 m/s²

-30 m/s²

11.

Is this a speed or acceleration graph?

speed

acceleration

12.

What is happening at segment F?

acceleration

deceleration

constant speed

no motion/object at rest

13.

What is happening at segment A?

acceleration

deceleration

constant speed

no motion/object at rest

14.

The formula for calculating speed is...(x means multiply; / means divide)

time x distance

distance x speed

distance / time

time / distance

15.

Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?

3 feet/sec

6 feet/sec

10 feet/sec

2 feet/sec

16.

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

65 mph

600 mph

600 mph west

600 mph

17.

A stopped car begins moving and reaches a speed of 25m/s in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration?

+25m/s²

-0m/s²

+5m/s²

5m/s

18.

A helicopter flies west 200 miles in 2 hours. What is its velocity?

99 mph

100 mph south

400 mph south

297 mph south

19.

Find the velocity of a truck that travels 75 miles north in 2.5 hours.

187.5 mph north

30 mph north

300 mph north

200 mph north

20.

A car accelerates from 15 m/s to 60 m/s in 30 seconds. What is its acceleration?

2 m/s2

3 m/s2

1.5 m/s2

0.75 m/s2

21.

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?

-7.5 m/s

-7.5 m/s²

-0.5 m/s²

7.5 mi//hr

22.

It took 3.5 hrs for a train to travel the distance between two cities at a velocity of 120 miles/hr. How many miles lie between the two cities?

4200 miles

420 miles

48 miles

120 miles

23.

How long will it take to go 150,000 m traveling at 50 km/hr?

3000 hours

3000 sec

3 hours

3 sec

24.

It took Shawn 6 hours to walk to Susan's house at 2 km/hr. How far is it between Shawn's house and Susan's house?

12 km

3 km

12 hours

3 hours

25.

An old lady rolls down a hill at 3 meters/second. The hill is 36 meters long. How many seconds does it take the old lady to reach the bottom of the hill?

39 seconds

12 seconds

15 seconds

33 seconds

100 %

acceleration, speed and distance

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

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