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Calculating Change in Speed or Velocity

Physics

8th - 12th Grade

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Calculating Change in Speed or Velocity
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Find the change in speed for the following word problem: 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?

4 m/s 
18 m/s
22 m/s 
26 m.s

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Find the change in speed for the following word problem: A cyclist accelerates from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 3 seconds. What is his acceleration? 

8 m/s
3 seconds
0 m/s
11 m/s

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the starting speed in the following word problem: A car advertisement states that a certain car can accelerate from rest to 70 km/h in 7 seconds. Find the car’s average acceleration.

o km/h
70 km/h
7 seconds
77 seconds

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Find the change in speed for the following word problem: A lizard accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 seconds. What is the lizard’s average acceleration?

2 m/s
10 m/s
8 m/s 
12 m/s

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the starting speed in the following word problem? If a Ferrari, with an initial velocity of 10 m/s, accelerates at a rate of 50 m/s/s for 3 seconds, what will its final velocity be?

10 m/s
50 m/s
40 m/s
60 m/s

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the final velocity in the following word problem? A car accelerates from 25 km/hr to 55 km/hr in 30 seconds. What is its acceleration?

25 km/hr
55 km/hr
30 km/hr
80 km/hr

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the final velocity in the following word problem? What is the deceleration of a bicycle that goes from 40m/s to 20m/s in 5 seconds?

40 m/s
20 m/s
5 seconds
60 m/s

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