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motion: speed, distance, time, acceleration

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?
a)
20 miles/hr
b)
20 m/min
c)
800 m/min
d)
200 miles/hr
2.
How far will a person go if they jog for 2 hours at a speed of 12 km/hr?
a)
6 km
b)
0.5 km
c)
10 km
d)
24 km
3.

What is the formula to calculate speed?

a)

S=t/d

b)

S=d/t

c)

S=d*t

d)

S=d*t

4.

Which is correct?

a)

speed = distance x time

b)

speed = speed divided time

c)

speed = distance divided by time

d)

speed = time x speed

5.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
6.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
7.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
8.

According to the graph how far does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?

a)

2 m

b)

10 m

c)

0 m

d)

5 m

9.
What is the person doing from 5 seconds to 10 seconds?
a)
Walking 
b)
Running
c)
Standing Still 
d)
Walking Fast
10.
What is the average speed of the person during the first 5 seconds?
a)
0 m/s
b)
1 m/s 
c)
3 m/s
d)
6 m/s 
11.
Which of the following is a unit of distance ?
a)
miles/hr
b)
mi
c)
sec
d)
min
12.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
13.
Every summer I drive to Michigan. It is 500 miles to get there. If I average 60 mi/hr, how much time will I spend driving? 
a)
8.3 hr
b)
0.12 hr
c)
30,000 hr
14.

Kermit rides his bike at a constant speed of 12 miles per hour. How far can he travel in 2 hours?

a)

1/2 mile

b)

6 miles

c)

24 Kilometers

d)

24 miles

15.

If a boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?

a)

220 miles

b)

2.2 km

c)

220 km

d)

22 km

16.
How far will a person go if they jog for 2 hours at a speed of 12 km/hr?
a)
6 km
b)
0.5 km
c)
10 km
d)
24 km
17.

If the man and the ball travels 90 m in 9 seconds, what is their average speed?

a)

10 m/s

b)

180 m/s

c)

99 m/s

d)

10 meters

18.
Shona cycles at an average speed of 8km/h. How far has she travelled if she cycles for 4 hours?
a)
55km
b)
32km
c)
43km
d)
32miles
19.
How long will your trip take (in hours) if you travel 350 km at an average speed of 80 km/hr? 
a)
80 hours
b)
.22 hours
c)
4.38 hours
d)
6
20.
If you travel 50 km/hr for 2 hours, how far will you get?
a)
25 km
b)
50 km
c)
100 km
d)
200 km
21.
An 8th grade class traveled 110 km and the bus was going 55 km/hr. How long did it take?
a)
0.5 hr
b)
2.0 hr
c)
55 hr
d)
6050 hr
22.
A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel
a)
90 miles
b)
10 miles
c)
600 miles
d)
90 km
23.

If a lizard can run 8 m across the water in 4 seconds, how fast is he traveling?

a)

32 m/s

b)

2 m/s

c)

2 seconds

d)

34 meters

24.
If a robot chases you down at a speed of 900 m/s for a distance of 200 m. How long has the robot been chasing you?
a)
0.22 s
b)
4.5 s
c)
180000 s
25.
Every summer I drive to Michigan. It is 500 miles to get there. If I average 60 mi/hr, how much time will I spend driving? 
a)
8.3 hr
b)
0.12 hr
c)
30,000 hr
26.
Mr. Rudman drives his race car for 4 hrs at 150 miles/hr. How far will he travel?
a)
600 km
b)
60 miles
c)
6 miles
d)
600 miles
27.
Bob runs from 4:50 pm until 5:20pm at an average speed of 7km/h. How far did he go?
a)
4.5km
b)
2.5km
c)
3.5km
d)
14km
28.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
29.

If the man and the ball travels 90 m in 9 seconds, what is their average speed?

a)

10 m/s

b)

180 m/s

c)

99 m/s

d)

10 meters

30.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
31.
How long did it take this object to travel back to its reference/starting point?
a)
20 s
b)
30 s
c)
60 s
d)
100 s
32.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
33.

What is the unit for Acceleration?

a)

Distance/ time

b)

Distance/ time2

c)

m/s

d)

m/s2

e)

km/ hr

34.

The formula for calculating speed is...(x means multiply; / means divide)

a)

time x distance

b)

distance x speed

c)

distance / time

d)

time / distance

35.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
36.

The formula for calculating speed is...(x means multiply; / means divide)

a)

time x distance

b)

distance x speed

c)

distance / time

d)

time / distance

37.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
38.
Allen travels 100 km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h
a)
5km/hr
b)
10km/hr
c)
50km/hr
d)
20km/hr
39.

What is this?

"The car has to go from 40mph to 60mph when entering the freeway"

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

40.

A plane flying 300 mph west toward California is an example of...

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

d)

Direction

41.
A girl skates around the perimeter of a circular ice rink at a constant speed of 2 m/s. Is the girl accelerating?
a)
Yes
b)
No
42.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
43.
Total distance divided by total time is
a)
average speed
b)
constant speed
c)
instantaneous speed
d)
acceleration
44.
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
240 m/s
b)
15 m/s
c)
0.067 m/s
d)
15 mph
45.
A measurement of how fast an object is moving
a)
Velocity
b)
Speed
c)
Vector
d)
Acceleration
46.
Which of the following is NOT a correct unit for speed?
a)
miles per hour
b)
km/min
c)
seconds per hour
d)
cm/s
47.
If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?
a)
10 mi/min
b)
15 mi/min
c)
50 mi/min
d)
2 mi/min
48.
A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?
a)
25 miles/hr
b)
5 miles/hr
c)
125 km/hr
d)
50 km/hr
49.
What is the equation to calculate speed?
a)
speed = distance/time
b)
speed = time/distance
c)
speed = time x distance 
d)
speed = speed/time 
50.
What is the equation to calculate speed?
a)
speed = distance/time
b)
speed = time/distance
c)
speed = time x distance 
d)
speed = speed/time 
51.
What is the equation to calculate time?
a)
time = speed/distance
b)
time = distance/speed 
c)
time = speed x distance 
d)
time = distance x speed
52.
What is the equation to calculate distance?
a)
distance = speed/time
b)
distance = time/speed
c)
distance = speed/distance
d)
distance = speed x time 
53.
A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel
a)
90 miles
b)
10 miles
c)
600 miles
d)
90 km
54.
A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?
a)
220 miles
b)
2.2 km
c)
220 km
d)
22 km
55.
A man runs at 10 m/min for 5 min, what distance will he run?
a)
10 miles
b)
10 m
c)
5 m
d)
50 m

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