Speed and Acceleration

1.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Polar bears are extremely good swimmers. If a polar bear is swimming with an average of 2.6 m/s, how far will it have traveled after 120 seconds?

46.2 m

120 m

312 m

456.3 m

2.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Tree sloths are the slowest moving mammals. On average, their velocity is 0.743 m/s. How long does it take a tree sloth moving at this velocity to travel 22.3 m?

16.6 s

30.0 s

0.03 s

143.7 s

3.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What is the speed of a car that traveled 0.2 km in 12 seconds?

64 m/s

166.6 m/s

16.66 m/s

0.16 m/s

4.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

If it takes Heather 3 seconds to run from the batter's box to first base at an average speed of 6.5 meters per second, what is the distance she covers in that time?

19.5 m

0.46 m

2.2 m

3.5 m

5.

Multiple Select

3 mins

1 pt

Bart ran 5,000 meters from the police at an average speed of 21.6 km/hr before he got caught. How long did he run?

30,000 s

0.0012 s

833.3 s

4.32s

6.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

If Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed of 20 m/s for 500 seconds, how far does he ride?

10,000 m

25 m

0.04 m

250 m

7.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Lauren's car was detected exceeding the posted speed limit of 60 km/hr. How much over the speed limit was she going if she covered a distance of 10 km in 0.08 hours?

40 km/hr Over

65 km/hr Over

15 km/hr Over

20 km/hr Over

8.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

If you are test-driving a Bugatti Veyron and you go from 0 km/hr to 124 km/hr in 3.7 seconds, what was your acceleration?

9.30 m/s²

90.03 m/s²

-9.30 m/s²

0.930 m/s²

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A plane lands on the runway and slows from 758 km/hr to 30 km/hr in 0.013 hours. What is the plane's acceleration?

56,000 m/s²

17857 m/s²

-17857 m/s²

-56,000 m/s²

10.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

A sports car can go from 0 to 60 mph in 14 seconds. What is the acceleration?

1.91 m/s²

-4.29 m/s²

2.33 m/s²

-2.33 m/s²

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

12 pts

A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s², changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?

750 seconds

35 seconds

0.3 seconds

3.3 seconds

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A box sliding down an inclined plane attains a velocity of 27 m/s in 3 seconds from rest. Find the acceleration.

30 m/s

24 m/s²

9 m/s²

81 km/hr

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