Acceleration and Velocity Practice

What is the speed of a car that traveled 56 m in 4 seconds?

• 64 m/s
• 34 m/s
• 14 m/s
• 0.0625 m/s

What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object
• the location of an object
• acceleration
• speed in a specific direction

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Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in

• time of motion to another place.

• velocity

• distance

• acceleration

What is the velocity of an object that travels 20 meters in 4 seconds North?

• 80 m/s North
• 5 m/s
• 5 m/s North
• 24 m/s

Calculate the average speed if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.

• 1800 m/sec
• 190 m/sec
• 0.06 m/sec
• 18 m/sec

How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel at an average speed of 330 meters per second a distance of 8000 meters?

• 24.24 seconds
• 24,000 seconds
• 0.04 seconds
• 2.4 seconds

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Which of the following is a unit for acceleration?

• km/s
• m/s²
• mi/hr
• ft

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You walk 10 meters to math class in 20 seconds. Your average speed is

• 2 m/s
• 0.5 m/s
• 200 m/s
• 5 m/s

A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s.  What was the acceleration?

• 0 m/s
• 40 m/s²
• -40 m/s²
• 40 m/s

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A dog runs with an initial speed of 7.5 m/s on a waxed floor.  It slides to a stop in 15 seconds.  What is the acceleration?

• -7.5 m/s
• -7.5 m/s²
• -0.5 m/s²
• 7.5 mi//hr

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