Gr7 Phy 3.2 Worksheet4
Gr7 Phy 3.2 Worksheet4
Acceleration
A) Write the letters of the correct answers on the lines at
left.
______ 1. Vivian went on a bicycle trip through Germany with her family. One
afternoon, she rode her bicycle along a long, flat road at a constant
speed for 24 kilometers (km). The ride took her 1.2 hours (h). At what
speed did she ride her bicycle?
A. 0.05 h/km
B. 20 mi/h
C. 20 km/h
D. 28.8 km•h
Circle the words that correctly complete the paragraph.
2. Pace left home at 8 AM to spend the day at an amusement park. He arrived at the park,
which was 150 km from his house, at 10 AM. Pace explained that his speed was 38 km/h,
which was a/an (accelerated / directional / instantaneous / average) speed, but the
fastest speed he went was 60 km/h, which was a/an (directional / instantaneous /
accelerated / average) speed.
______ 3. An antelope is being chased across the savannah by a hungry lion. The
lion runs at a constant speed. How might the antelope use its velocity to
escape the lion? Choose the three statements that apply.
A. It can run at the same speed but change direction.
B. It can run in the same direction but increase its speed.
C. It can both increase speed and change direction.
D. It can decrease speed but continue running in the same direction.
______ 4. Anna hits a golf ball, and it soars through the air toward the green. It
travels in an arc over the ground. Which statement does not describe
the ball’s acceleration before it stops?
A. It increases speed.
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B. It decreases speed.
C. It changes its overall direction.
D. It moves in the same direction.
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______8. If the distance versus time graph of an object is a horizontal line, the object is
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A. moving with constant speed
B. moving with constant acceleration
C. at rest
D. moving with zero acceleration
Carlos likes to bowl. He timed how long it took for his ball to travel the length of a an
18-m lane in the bowling alley. He plotted the final distance and time on a line graph.
Carlos drew a line from this point to the origin of the graph.
______ 10. How far down the lane was the ball after two seconds?
A. 6m
B. 9m
C. 12 m
D. 18 m
11. Use the graph to find the average speed of the ball as it moves down the lane.
Explain how you found this speed.
2. How long will your trip take (in hours) if you travel 320 km at an average speed of 80 km/hr?
3. A meteoroid changed velocity from 1.0 m/s to 5 m/s in 2 seconds. What is the acceleration of
the meteoroid?
4. A girl travels 20 miles on her bicycle. The trip takes 2 hours. Express her speed in miles/hr.