WorksheetsFORCE, ACCELERATION, VELOCITY, SPEED, AND TIME CALCULATIONS
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 51mins
Mrs. Da Silva drives 50 miles. What does Mrs. Da Silva need to figure out her speed?
The type of car she drives
Her heart rate as she drives
The time she has driven
Gabriel sprinted down the hallway for a science project. He ran a total of 40 meters in 20 seconds. What was his average speed?
2 meters per second
20 meters per second
40 meters per second
A truck driver drove his truck for 5 miles. She drove that distance in a total of 20 minutes. What was the truck driver's average speed?
4 miles per minute
0.25 miles per minute
5 miles per minute
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
240 m/s
15 m/s
0.067 m/s
Sophia was trying to explain to Tyler how to find the speed. What equation should she use to calculate speed?
speed = time / distance
speed = distance x time
speed = distance / time
The unit for speed is:
m/s
s
m
Sarah's backstrokes at an average speed of 8 m/s. How long will it take her to complete a 200 m race?
0.04 s
1600 s
25 s
If Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed of 20 m/s for 500 seconds, how far does he ride?
10,000 m
25 m
200 m
An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam. The trip took four hours at an average speed of 6 km/h. How far did the ship travel?
24 km
1.5 km
5 km
Total distance divided by total time is
average speed
constant speed
acceleration
Shona cycles at an average speed of 8km/h. How far has she travelled if she cycles for 4 hours?
55km
32km
43km
How far will a person go if they jog for 2 hours at a speed of 12 km/hr?
6 km
5 km
24 km
A runner races in the 100-meter dash. It takes her 10 seconds to finish. What is her average speed?
10 m/s
1000 m/s
100 seconds
What is velocity?
the quickness of an object
speed in a specific direction
acceleration
Which of these objects is NOT accelerating?
A plane slowing down to land
A rocket taking off into space
A hiker moving at the same speed for hours
An airplane traveling from San Francisco to Chicago travels 1,260 km in 3.5 h. What is the airplane's average speed?
756 km/h
360 km/h
4,410 km/h
If you slow down on your bicycle, you accelerate.
TRUE
FALSE
if you ride your bicycle at a constant speed, you cannot accelerate.
TRUE
FALSE
Changing the speed and changing the direction of your bicycle are both examples of acceleration.
TRUE
FALSE
You are riding your bike at 9 km/h. Ten minutes later, your speed is 6 km/h.
Acceleration occurred because speed increased.
Acceleration occurred because speed decreased.
Acceleration occurred because you changed directions.
You ride your bike around the block at a constant speed of 11 km/h.
Acceleration occurred because speed increased.
Acceleration occurred because speed decreased.
Acceleration occurred because you changed directions.
What two thiings must you know to determine speed?
distance and direction
direction and time
time and distance
What makes velocity and acceleration differ from speed?
time
distance
direction
If a student rides her skateboard on a straight road and does not speed up or slow down, she is traveling with a
constant acceleration
constant velocity
positive acceleration
Which of the following is a measurement of velocity?
16 m east
25 m/s2
55 m/h south
Speed equals distance divided by
time
velocity
motion
The rate at which velocity changes is called
direction
acceleration
motion
A car accelerates from 0 m/s to 70 m/s in 10 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car?
0.7m/s2
7m/s2
14m/s2
A drag racer accelerated from rest ( 0 m/s ) to 195 m/s in 6.5 s. What was the acceleration?
10 m/s
30 m/s2
-3 m/s2
A roller coaster 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
A car starts from rest (0 m/s) at a stoplight and reaches 20 m/s in 3.5 s. Determine the acceleration of the car.
2.2m/s2
7.0m/s2
5.7m/s2
A fighter jet lands on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. The jet must reduce its speed from about 42.5 m/s to exactly 0 m/s in 2.0 s. What is the jet’s acceleration?
21.3 m/s2
-21.3 m/s2
85 m/s2
-85 m/s2
A freight train begins braking as it approaches a train yard. The train’s acceleration while braking is –0.33 m/s2. What is the change in the train’s velocity after 23 s?
-11.4 m/s
10.4 m/s
-7.6 m/s
A certain type of rocket sled is used to measure the effects of sudden, extreme deceleration.
What is the acceleration of the sled reaches when its velocity changes from 90 m/s and then comes to a complete stop in 0.18 s?
500 m/s2
-500 m/s2
16.2 m/s2
Describes distance over time.
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Describes speed with a direction.
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Anytime there is a change in velocity.
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
The illustration describes?
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
The illustration describes?
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
The illustration describes?
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
How long does it take to go from Dallas to Chicago, if it is 1,000 miles and you drive 80 mi/h?
18 hours
10 hours
12.5 hours
How much force is needed to accelerate a 3kg skateboard at 5m/s2?
8N
15N
0.6N
If a 2kg bird is pushed by the wind with a force of 2N, how fast does the bird accelerate?
1 m/s2
2 m/s2
4m/s2
This triangle is used to determine speed.
True
False
What is a force?
A force is a push or pull.
A force is anything that acting on another object.
A force can be balanced or unbalanced.
all of the above
What is the unit for FORCE?
N (Newtons)
kg (kilograms)
m/s (meters per second)
What is the acceleration of a 50 kg object pushed with a force of 500 newtons?
100 m/s2
2 500 m/s2
10 m/s2
A 50 kg skater pushed by a friend accelerates 5 m/sec2. How much force did the friend apply?
450 N
250 N
100 N
A force of 250 N is applied to an object that accelerates at a rate of 5 m/sec2. What is the mass of the object?
1 00 kg
1 250 kg
50 kg
