Set 1

A plane’s average speed between two cities is 600 km/hr. If the trip takes 2.5 hrs. how far does
the plane fly?

A. 1000 km

B. 240 km

C. 1500 km

D. 600 km

A roller coaster is moving at 25 m/s at the bottom of a hill. Three seconds later it reaches the
top of the hill moving at 10 m/s. What was the acceleration of the coaster?

A. 2.5 m/s/s

B. 5 m/s/s

C. -2.5 m/s/s

D. -5 m/s/s

A car traveling at 15 m/s starts to decelerate steadily. It comes to a complete stop in 10

seconds. What is it’s acceleration?

A. 2 m/s/s

B. -0.67 m/s/s

C. -1.5 m/s/s

D. 3 m/s/s

George walks to a friend’s house. He walks 750 meters North, then realizes he walked too far.
He turns around and walks 250 meters South. The entire walk takes him 12 minutes. What is
his speed per second?

A. 2.14 m/s

B. 0.69 m/s

C. 1.39 m/s

D. 8.3 m/s

How long will it take a car to go from a complete stop to 44 km/hr if they are accelerating at 5
km/hr/s?

A. 8.8 s

B. 220 s

C. 49 s

D. 12.2 s

 Set 2
If a train going 60 m/s hits the brakes, and it takes the train 1 minute 25 seconds to stop, what
is the train’s acceleration?

A. 0.71 m/s/s

B. -0.71 m/s

C. 0.71 m/s

D. -0.71 m/s/s

Pete is driving down 7th street. He drives 150 meters in 18 seconds. Assuming he does not
speed up or slow down, what is his speed in meters per second?

A. 6.8 m/s

B. 9.2 m/s

C. 7.5 m/s

D. 8.3 m/s

What is George’s average velocity in meters per second when he walks to his friend’s house?

(ask another group if you get stuck on this one!)

A. 0.69 m/s North

B. 1.39 m/s North

C. 0.69 m/s South

D. 1.39 m/s South

How long will it take a car to accelerate from 15.2 m/s to 23.5 m/s if the car has an average
acceleration of 3.2 m/s2?

A. 3.61 s

B. 2.59 s

C. 2.43 s

D. 4.74 s

A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine the
acceleration of the car.

A. 10.5 m/s/s

B. 11.2 m/s/s

C. 15.4 m/s/s

D. 12.6 m/s/s

 Set 3
A train moves from rest to a speed of 25 m/s in 30.0 seconds. What is its acceleration?

A. 0.51 m/s/s

B. 0.83 m/s/s

C. 1.33 m/s/s

D. 0.45 m/s/s

You start walking from a point on a circular field of radius 0.5 km and 1 hour later you are at the
same point. What is your average speed over the course of this journey?


A. 1.00 km/h

B. 0.51 km/h

C. 3.14 km/h

D. 5.14 km/h

A car travels 22 km south, 12 km west, and 14 km north in half an hour. What is the average
speed of the car?

A. 84 km/h

B. 48 km/h

C. 60 km/h

D. 96 km/h

Julia drove from New York to California at 40 mph. What is her velocity?

A. 40 mph South-West

B. 40 mph South

C. 40 mph

D. 40 mph North

Alfonso was driving 35 mph before he reached a red light. In three seconds he was at 10 mph.
What was his acceleration?

A. 6.8 mph/s

B. -8.3 mph/s.

C. -4.2 mph/s

D. I don’t know

1. Objects that are accelerating are represented on a position-time graph by a curved

line.

True = T

False = M

2. An object that is slowing down is not accelerating.

True = R

False = A

3. A line on a position-time graph that has a negative slope represents an object that
is slowing down.

True = O

False = S

4. Changing direction is changing velocity.

True = K

False = L

5. If an object changes direction in its motion, it is accelerating.

True = S

False = Y

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