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Speed, Distance, and Acceleration Quiz

This document contains a quiz reviewing concepts related to speed, distance, time, velocity, and acceleration. It includes 20 multiple choice questions that test understanding of key definitions and the ability to calculate values using the related equations. The questions cover a range of scenarios involving objects like cars, trains, planes, rockets, bicycles, and more to assess comprehension of motion concepts.

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Speed, Distance, and Acceleration Quiz

This document contains a quiz reviewing concepts related to speed, distance, time, velocity, and acceleration. It includes 20 multiple choice questions that test understanding of key definitions and the ability to calculate values using the related equations. The questions cover a range of scenarios involving objects like cars, trains, planes, rockets, bicycles, and more to assess comprehension of motion concepts.

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SPEED, DISTANCE, TIME,

VELOCITY, AND
ACCELERATION QUIZ REVIEW
QUESTION #1
Write down the equations for:
• Speed
• Distance
• Time
ANSWER

Formulas
Speed=Distance/Time
Distance=Speed x Time
Time= Distance/speed
QUESTION 2
Define: Motion
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 4
Define: Velocity
ANSWER

Speed in a Direction
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

.13 km/min
QUESTION 7

A bicycle rider travels 50.0 Km in 2.5 hours. What


is the cyclists speed?
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 9
How much time would it take for an airplane to
reach its destination if it traveled at an average
speed of 790 Km/hr for a distance of 5000
kilometers?
ANSWER

6.33 Hours
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

81,000 miles
QUESTION 12

A man rode on his motorcycle for 162 miles. His


average speed was 45 miles per hour. How long
did his trip take?
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 14

Suppose it takes a plane 5 hours to travel from


Philadelphia to San Francisco. It travels at an
average speed of 500 miles per hour. What is
the distance between the two cities?
ANSWER

2,500 miles
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

16 m/s²
QUESTION 17

Determine the acceleration of a coaster


which moves with a velocity of 10 m/s, after
2s its velocity is increases to 26 m/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 19

A lizard accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4


seconds. What is the lizard’s acceleration?
ANSWER

2 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

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