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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
The fastest trains are magnetically levitated above the rails to avoid friction (and are therefore called MagLev trains...cool, huh?).
The fastest trains travel about 250 km in a half an hour. What is their average speed in km/hour?
250 km/hr
500 km/hr
125 km/hr
A hummingbird averages a speed of about 45 km/hour (Cool facts: They visit up to 1000 flowers per day, and reach maximum speed, while diving, up to 160 km/hour!).
Ruby-throated hummingbirds take a non-stop trip across Gulf of Mexico in which they fly for 18 hours straight! How far is the trip across the Gulf of Mexico at their average speed?
810 km
2.5 km
3.6 km
360 km
An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s2 for 8 s until it finally lifts off the ground. The velocity of 25.6 m/s at liftoff is
instantaneous
average
A cheetah travels 75 m in 3 s. What is her velocity?
225 m/s
25 m/s
0.04 m/s
A car goes from rest to 30 m/s. If it takes the car 40 seconds to reach that speed then what is the car's rate of acceleration?
1.33 m/s2
0.75 m/s2
10 m/s2
0 m/s2
