Speed, Velocity and Acceleration Calculations Worksheet, Lecture notes of Physics

Download Speed, Velocity and Acceleration Calculations Worksheet and more Lecture notes Physics in PDF only on Docsity! Name: ________________________________________________ Date: __________________ Class Period: ________ Speed, Velocity and Acceleration Calculations Worksheet Part 1 - Speed Calculations:​ Use the speed formula to calculate the answers to the following questions. Be sure to show your work for each problem (write the formula, numbers with correct units, and the answer with the correct units). 1. Calculate the speed for a car that went a distance of 125 miles in 2 hours time. Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: 2. A baseball is thrown a distance of 60 feet. What is its speed if it takes 0.5 seconds to cover the distance? Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: 3. A comet is cruising through the Solar System at a speed of 50,000 kilometers per hour for 4 hours time. What is the total distance traveled by the comet during this time? Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: Part 2 - Speed and Velocity Calculations:​ For problems 5 – 10 use the speed and velocity formulas to solve the following problems. Show your work (formula, numbers with correct units and answer with correct units). 4. Bob rides his bicycle on a bike path that is 75 kilometers long to get to his house that is due east of the bike path. If it takes Bob 15 hours then a. What is his speed? b. What is his velocity? Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: 5. Jessica jogs on a path that is 25 kilometers long to get to a park that is south of the jogging path. If it takes Jessica 2.5 hours then a. What is her speed? b. What is her velocity? Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: 6. If the velocity of a car is 45 km/h west, how far can it travel in 0.5 hours? (Hint: Plug in given ​s​, then solve for ​d​.) Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: Part 3 – Acceleration Calculations:​ For problems 11- 13 use the acceleration formula to solve the following problems. Show your work (formula, numbers with correct units and answer with correct units). 7. A driver starts his parked car and within 5 seconds reaches a speed of 60 km/h, as he travels east. What is his acceleration? Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: 8. A slug traveling at 3 mm/h, north decided to race the slug next to him increasing his velocity to 5 mm/h, north in one hour. What was the slug’s acceleration? Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: 9. In a summer storm, the wind is blowing with a velocity of 8 m/s north. Suddenly in 3 seconds, the wind’s velocity is 23 m/s north. What is the wind’s acceleration? Solving for: Answer w/ units: Equation: Show your work: