Physical Science, Ms.

Allen Name: _________________________ 12 February 2013

1. What are the possible units on distance? _________________________________________ 2. What are the possible units on time? ____________________________________________ 3. What are the possible units on velocity? __________________________________________ 4. What are the possible units on acceleration?_______________________________________ 5. What is the difference between distance and displacement?

6. What is the difference between speed and velocity?

7. A person walks 8 m/s towards the north. Is this an example of speed or velocity? Explain your
answer!

8. Sarah cant take any more of reading her sentences and runs away. She runs 1,400 meters in
300 seconds. What is her velocity?

9. If Donaldson travels at 80m/s for 30 seconds, how far does he go in meters?

10. If a ball rolls down a ramp with a starting velocity of 0m/s and a final velocity of 6m/s and it takes a total of 1.4 seconds, what is the acceleration?

11. Ms. Eckels walks on a curving path and takes several turns while walking from her home to the orange line. Which of the following best describes her displacement?
A. The total distance she traveled. B. The straight-line distance and direction from her home to the orange line. C. The general direction that she traveled. D. The distance from home to the orange line and back again.

EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER:

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A car has an oil drip. As the car moves, it drips oil at a steady rate, leaving a trail of spots on the road. Describe the cars speed: is it moving at a constant speed, slowing down, or speeding up? Explain!

13. Oil drips at 0.4 seconds intervals from a car that has an oil leak. Which pattern best represents the spacing of oil drops as the car accelerates from rest to a high final speed? 1) . . . . . . . . . . 2) 4) . . . .. . . .. .. . .

3) . . . .

14. A car accelerates from rest (0 m/s) to 30 m/s in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration?

15.

The 2-train train is heading East and slows down from a speed of 20 m/s to 10 m/s in about 10s. What is its acceleration?

16.

The speedometer in a car shows the information displayed on the left. (a) Does the speedometer show the speed of the car or the velocity of the car as it travels? Why?

(b) Suppose you are in a car and can ONLY see the speedometer above. If the line reaches the mark of 120 in a time of 16 seconds and represents units of kilometers/hour, what is the acceleration of the car you are in?

Physical Science, Ms. Allen Name: _________________________ 12 February 2013

BONUS A car travels 90 meters due north in 15 seconds. Then the car turns around and travels 40 meters due south in 5.0 seconds. What is the average velocity of the car during this total trip?