Worksheetsvelocity and acceleration
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
An athlete runs at a speed of 8 m / s for 10 s, and then at a speed of 6 m / s for 12s. Which calculation gives the average speed of the athlete in m / s?
28+6
22(8×10)+(6×12)
22(8÷×10)+(6÷×12)
22(10÷×8)+(12÷6)
If you drive for 2 hours and travel 120 miles. What was your average speed.
60
60 mi/hr
240 miles
2 hours
You roll a tennis ball a distance of 18 meters it takes 6 seconds to cover the distance. What is the average speed of the tennis ball?
3 km/s
6 m/s
3
3 m/s
A car travels 120 miles in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car?
.40 km/s
40 mi/hr
360 miles
40 m/s
The captain decides to show the team how it's done. He rows 2 km in 7 min. What's his speed?
14 m/s
0.29 m/s
0.21 m/s
4.76 m/s
A runner runs 2 laps around a track with a circumference of 400 m. What is their total displacement?
800 m
0
400 m
400 m North
a=tΔv
Sami coasted on her bike straight down a hill, accelerating from a speed of 3 m/s to 15 m/s in a total time of 6 seconds. What was her acceleration?
1 m/s2
-1 m/s2
2 m/s2
1m/s
a=tΔv
A car traveling at 25 m/s slows down at a constant rate for 5 seconds until it stops. What is its acceleration?
-3 m/s2
5 m/s2
48 m/s2
-5 m/s2
___ refers to how fast an object is moving.
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Motion
Which two factors does speed depend on?
distance and direction
direction and time
distance and time
distance, time and direction
Which is an example of velocity?
A car driving 55 miles per hour south.
A bicyclist traveling 10 meters per hour.
A roller coaster is traveling 10 meters per second.
A rocket blasting off at 2,500 meters per second.
the rate at which speed or velocity changes
acceleration
average speed
motion
reference point
The formula for calculating speed is...(x means multiply; / means divide)
time x distance
distance x speed
distance / time
time / distance
At what speed would a car have to move in order to travel 20 kilometers in 2 hours.
5 km/hr
10 km/hr
20 km/hr
40 km/hr
the unit of acceleration is
(m/s2)
jouls
m
s
A negative acceleration means that your object is
constant
speeding up
at rest
slowing down
A positive acceleration means that your object is
at rest
speeding up
moving
slowing down
Acceleration: is the rate of change in
velocity
speed
displacement
direction
which isn't an example of acceleration
When the car is speeding up.
When the car slows down.
When you fall off a bridge.
no change in velocity
A bus starts from rest and accelerates to 14 m/s in 4 s. What is the average acceleration of the bus?
3.5 m/s2
5.9 m/s2
10.5 m/s2
24 m/s2
Which of the following objects is accelerating?
A car driving in a northwest at a constant speed of 35 mph.
A car driving southwest at a constant speed of 35 mph.
A car driving in a circle at a constant speed of 35 mph.
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A car driving south at a constant speed of 45 mph.
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