Speed / Velocity
Acceleration
Force
Practice Problems
100

Difference between speed and velocity

What is: velocity includes direction?

100

Define acceleration

What is: change in speed/velocity over some time?

100

3 fundamental forces of nature

What is: gravity, electromagnetic forces, nuclear forces?

100

Velocity of a roller coaster traveling 15 m northeast in 3.2 s. Extra 100 pts if answer in correct sig figs!

What is: 4.69 (4.7) m/s northeast?

200

Equation for speed and velocity?

What is: v = d / t?

200

Equation for acceleration

What is: a = (vf - vi) / t ?

200

Definition of friction

What is: the force that opposes motion between two objects in direct contact?

200

The distance a tree branch moved in 2 s during a storm if its velocity was 0.14 m/s. Extra 100 pts if answer in correct sig figs!

What is: 0.28 (0.3) m?

300

The time it took a rock being skipped across water to travel 6 m with a speed of 2.4 m/s. Extra 100 pts if answer in correct sig figs!

What is: 2.5 (3) s?

300
Difference between negative and positive acceleration?

What is: negative accel = final speed slower than initial speed (slowing down); positive accel = initial speed slower than final speed (speeding up)?

300

Net force is balanced when this happens. Extra 100 points if you describe when a net force is unbalanced?

What is: = 0 (>0)?

300

Acceleration of a water bottle that was falling at 0.4 m/s, then after 5 s accelerates to 0.9 m/s

What is: 0.1 m/s2?

400

The average speed between two points: (5 m, 10 s) (20 m, 40 s)

What is 0.5 m/s?

400

A bowling ball has an initial speed of 0.6 m/s. Give an example of a final speed that would result in a negative acceleration.

What is: 0.599 or lower?

400

Two types of friction are these

What is: static friction and kinetic friction?

400

How long it took a bear running with an acceleration of 0.45 m/s2 to accelerate from 0.30 m/s to 2.1 m/s?

What is: 4 s?

500

The distance a dog ran in 4 s if its speed was 1.57 m/s?

What is: 6.28 m?

500

Acceleration between two points: (12 m, 6 s) and (35 m, 10 s)?

What is: 0.374 m/s2 ?

500

A bowling ball moving down a bowling lane has this type of friction

What is: rolling kinetic friction?

500

Initial velocity of a marble that's rolling across the floor at 0.7 m/s2 to the right in 6 s, if its final velocity was 0.1 m/s?

What is: -0.41 m/s to the right?

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