Speed and Acceleration Terms | Engineering Study Set

A cat runs a distance of 10.0 m in a time of 5.0 seconds. What is his speed?

2.0 m/s

A bird flies at a speed of 5.0 m/s for a time of 5.0 seconds. How far does he travel?

25 meters

A dog chases a ball at a speed of 3.0 m/s for 9.0 meters. How much time did he run for?

3.0 seconds

A car travels a distance of 500.0 km for 10.0 hours. What is the car's speed?

50.0 km/hour

An airplane travels at a speed of 200 km/hour for 5 hours. How far does the airplane travel?

1000 km

A marathon runner runs 26 miles at a speed of 10.0 mi/hour. How long does it take them to finish the race?

2.6 hours

A roller coaster rolls down a hill. It starts with a velocity of 5.0 m/s then increases its velocity to 20.0 m/s in a time of 3.0 seconds. What is its acceleration?

5.0 m/s/s

A ball, starting from rest, is dropped, After 2.0 seconds it reaches a velocity of 18 m/s. What is the acceleration of the ball?

9.0 m/s/s

A skateboarder travels at a velocity of 10.0 m/s. After 2.0 seconds, he crashes into a tree :( What is his acceleration?

-5.0 m/s/s

A ball rolls down a hill. Its initial velocity is 2.0 m/s, but it increases its velocity to 10.0 m/s in a time of 2.0 seconds. What is its acceleration?

4.0 m/s/s

A bird flies at a velocity of 12.0 m/s. It spots a bug and increases its velocity to 24.0 m/s to chase it down. This occurs in a time of 6.0 seconds. What is the acceleration?

2.0 m/s/s

A dog chases a car at a velocity of 15.0 m/s. Over a time period of 7.0 seconds, he gets tired and slows down to a velocity of 1.0 m/s. What is his acceleration?

-2.0 m/s/s