Speed, Distance, Time, Velocity, and Acceleration Quiz Review, Exercises of Physics

Download Speed, Distance, Time, Velocity, and Acceleration Quiz Review and more Exercises Physics in PDF only on Docsity! SPEED, DISTANCE, TIME, VELOCITY, AND ACCELERATION QUIZ REVIEW QUESTION #1 Write down the equations for: • Speed • Distance • Time ANSWER Motion- A change in position, over time, relative to a reference point. QUESTION 3 Define: Speed ANSWER The distance an object moves in an amount of time. QUESTION 5 Define: Acceleration ANSWER Acceleration: Change in Velocity/ Speed over time. QUESTION 6 Calculate the speed of Charlie who runs to the store 4 Km away in 30 minutes? ANSWER 20 km/hr QUESTION 8 An ant traveled 30 seconds at a speed of .5 ft./s. How far did the ant travel? ANSWER 15 feet QUESTION 10 A student rides her bike to school. Her school is 5 miles from home. She travels at an average rate of 15 miles per hour. How much time does she need? ANSWER .33 hour or 19.8 minutes QUESTION 11 A rocket can travel at an average rate of 18,000 miles per hour. How far will the rocket travel in 4.5 hours? ANSWER 3.6 hours QUESTION 13 A train’s average speed is 120km per hour. Its elapsed time is 2 hr. How far did it travel? ANSWER 240 km QUESTION 15 Write the equation for acceleration: ANSWER Acceleration Formula: Final Velocity – Initial Velocity Time QUESTION 16 A car is moving from rest and attained a velocity of 80 m/s. Calculate the acceleration of the car after 5 s? ANSWER 8 m/s² QUESTION 18 A roller coaster car rapidly picks up speed as it rolls down a slope. As it starts down the slope, its speed is 4 m/s. But 3 seconds later, at the bottom of the slope, its speed is 22 m/s. What is its average acceleration? ANSWER 6 m/s² QUESTION 20 A ball is dropped from the top of a building. After 2 seconds, it’s velocity is measured to be 19.6 m/s. Calculate the acceleration for the dropped ball. ANSWER 9.8 m/s²