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WorksheetsMotion Speed Acceleration
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Can your distance ever be greater than your displacement?
a)
Yes
b)
No
2.
Can your displacement ever be greater than your distance?
a)
Yes
b)
No
3.
Describe the motion of the graph.
a)
the slope is zero
b)
the speed is zero
c)
the velocity is zero
d)
all the above
4.
Can average speed ever be greater than instantaneous speed?
a)
Yes
b)
No
5.
What information does the slope of a line tell you?
a)
distance
b)
displacement
c)
speed
d)
velocity
6.
The teacher walks 2m E, 2m S, 2m W and 2mN, What is her distance?
a)
8m
b)
16m
c)
0m
d)
2m
7.
The teacher walks 2m E, 2m S, 2m W and 2mN, What is her displacment?
a)
8m
b)
16m
c)
0m
d)
2m
8.
What does the speedometer on your dashboard tell you?
a)
speed
b)
distance
c)
average speed
d)
instantaneous speed
9.
Why don't the runners in the 400m dash start at the same line?
a)
so their distance is the same
b)
so their displacement is the same
c)
so their speed is the same
d)
so their velocity is the same
10.
Are these lines of graphed speeds instantaneous or average speeds?
a)
average
b)
instantaneous
11.
Which turtle won the race?
a)
Bill
b)
Myrtle
c)
Zed
12.
If a sprinter runs 200m W and 100m E, what is his displacment?
a)
300m
b)
300m W
c)
100m
d)
100m W
13.
Acceleration is the rate of change of
a)
position
b)
time
c)
speed
d)
velocity
14.
The equation used to find acceleration is A=
a)
vi-vf/t
b)
v/t
c)
vf-vi/t
d)
vf+vi/t
15.
A horizontal line on a graph shows
a)
positive acceleration
b)
negative acceleration
c)
change
d)
zero acceleration
16.
Which is an example of a car NOT accelerating?
a)
moving at 80km/h on a flat, straight highway
b)
slowing down to round a corner
c)
speeding up to win the race
d)
crossing the finish line and pulling into the pit
17.
Which describes how velocity changes over time?
a)
acceleration
b)
average speed
c)
velocity
d)
instantaneous speed
18.
If you want to calculate the acceleration, you ________ the change in speed by the time
a)
add
b)
subtract
c)
divide
d)
multiply
19.
Objects in free fall experience
a)
constant speed
b)
constant velocity
c)
constant acceleration
d)
constant displacement
20.
The slope of a speed/time graph shows
a)
direction
b)
acceleration
c)
velocity
d)
speed
21.
A train approaches a crossing and goes from 25m/s to 10m/s in 240s, how can the train's acceleration be described?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
zero
d)
constant
22.
How could a jogger accelerate?
a)
run uphill then downhill
b)
run 10 miles N then run 10 miles back
c)
jog, stop, rest, start again
d)
speed up, slow down, turn corners
23.
How can acceleration be zero?
a)
a car runs out of gas and slowly rolls to a stop
b)
a car decreases speed at a constant rate until it comes to rest
c)
car has constant speed and is traveling on a straight path
d)
the car travels round trip and is back at the starting point
24.
The feather falls slower because
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
tension
d)
air resistance
25.
The strength of gravity depends on
a)
friction and tension
b)
speed and direction
c)
mass and distance
d)
centripetal and centrifugal
26.
When unbalanced forces act
a)
the motion does not change
b)
object accelerates
c)
the inertia increases
d)
the mass decreases
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