Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration (14 questions)

Superman starts with an initial position of 7 m to the right of the reference point. He then moves to a final position that is -5 m to the left of the reference point. What is his displacement?

• 2 m

• 7 m

• -5 m

• -12 m

Use scratch paper if you need to. Damiane walks at a constant speed and travels a total distance of 15 meters in 3 seconds. What will be the total distance he travels after 4 seconds?

• 20 m

• 5 m

• 45 m

• 15 m

Use scratch paper if you need to. Bob starts at the reference point and runs 40 meters to the right in 5 seconds at a constant speed. Where was he after 2 seconds?

• 5 m

• 10 m

• 20 m

• 16 m

Use scratch paper if you need to. Tyrah jogs with a constant speed of 4 m/s for 12 seconds. How far does she go (what is her total distance)?

• 3 m

• 48 m

• 16 m

• 12 m

Ed starts at a tree, which is the reference point, and walks a total distance of 60 meters in 15 seconds at a constant speed. How much distance will he have traveled after 20 seconds?

• 3 m

• 35 m

• 60 m

• 80 m

A car decelerates from a velocity of 80 m/s to rest over 10 seconds. What is the velocity of the car after 1 second?

• 8 m/s

• -8 m/s

• 72 m/s

• 88 m/s

A sprinter starts from rest and accelerates to a velocity of 10 m/s over 5 seconds. How fast was he going after the first 2 seconds?

• 2 m/s

• -2 m/s

• 4 m/s

• 6 m/s

A boat is traveling at 10 miles/hour. The boat then accelerates at 2 miles/hour/s. What is the boats speed after 4 seconds?

• 14 miles/hour

• 2 miles/hour/second

• 2 miles/hour

• 18 miles/hour

A car is going 40 mi/h when it sees a red light. It decelerates at -5 mi/h/s. What is the velocity of the car after 3 seconds?

• 15 mi/h

• -15 mi/h

• 25 mi/h

• 65 mi/h

Which section shows the fastest constant speed?

• A

• B

• D

• F

• G