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WorksheetsSpeed and Acceleration
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 51mins
Match the description to the graph:
"The car is stopped."
Match the description to the graph:
"The car is traveling at a constant speed."
Match the description to the graph:
"The car is coming back."
Segment A-B The bus is _________________.
at rest
returning (to original position)
moving forward
Segment C-D The bus is _________________.
at rest
returning (to original position)
moving forward
Which of the graphs shows that one of runners started in the same place?
In which of the following graphs below did one runner overtake (run past) the other?
Match the description to the graph:
"The car is slowing down."
Describe the motion in the graph:
Constant Speed (positive slope)
Stopped (at rest)
Acceleration (increasing speed)
Return Home (negative slope)
Describe the motion in the graph:
Constant Speed (positive slope)
Stopped (at rest)
Acceleration (increasing speed)
Return Home (negative slope)
A measurement of how fast an object is moving with direction
Velocity
Speed
Vector
Acceleration
What was occurring from point B to point C?
Which of these graphs do not show the object staying still?
Which is faster?
walking
skating
biking
Which scene matches the graph?
Jonathon walked to his girlfriends house - stayed a while then walked home
Justice rode her bike to the mall
Yeshua walked home from school
Acceleration is the rate of change in...
velocity
speed
displacement
direction
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
A student is asked to solve the following problem:
An object is thrown upwards with a speed of 25 m s-1. How high will it be when the speed is 12 m s-1 ?
Which equation will allow the problem to be solved in a SINGLE calculation?
s=ut+21at2
s=2(u+v)t
v=u+at
v2=u2+2as
The SI unit for acceleration is
mph
ft/sec
m/s2
m/s
18 m/s
18 m/s2
16 m/s2
16 m/s
A car starts from rest at a stop light and reaches 20 m/s in 3.5 s. Determine the acceleration of the car.
(a)
A negative acceleration means that an object is _____.
not accelerating
not moving
speeding up
slowing down
A positive acceleration means that an object is _____.
not accelerating
not moving
speeding up
slowing down
Acceleration can occur when an object... (Choose all that are correct)
speeds up
slows down
makes turns
moves at a constant speed
is stationary
Why does a car accelerate as it travels around a corner at a constant speed?
Its direction changes
It doesn't
It slows down
It speeds up
If you ride your bicycle at a constant speed, you cannot accelerate.
TRUE
FALSE
When an object is "At rest", what does this mean?
It is stationary
It is not moving
It is accelerating
It is slowing down
Deceleration is the same a negative acceleration.
True
False
Match the following quantities to their symbols
acceleration
a
final velocity
v
initial velocity
u
time
t
distance moved
s
Write down the equation to work out acceleration if you know the time taken for the object to travel.
(a)
Write down the equation to work out acceleration if you know the distance the object travels.
v2 = u2 + 2as
v2 + u2 = 2as
v = u + 2as
v2 = u2 + 2at
Match the quantity to its SI unit
time
s
distance
m
final velocity
m/s
initial velocity
ms-1
acceleration
m/s2
A car begins at a speed of 3 m/s and accelerates at 2 m/s2 over a distance of 40 m, calculate the final speed of the car in m/s.
(a)
A person who is initially stationary is eventually walking at a speed of 1.5 m/s after an acceleration of 0.5 m/s2, calculate the distance it takes them to reach this speed.
(a)
A lorry pulls forward after being at rest. It takes the lorry 40 m to reach a speed of 8 m/s, calculate the lorry’s acceleration.
(a)
Drag and drop the quantities to their correct place on the formula triangle.
