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The document discusses speed, velocity, and acceleration including equations and sample problems. It defines key terms like speed, velocity, acceleration, and frame of reference. Thirteen sample problems are provided to help understand and apply the concepts.

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Module 1speed Velocity Acceleration Test Practice

The document discusses speed, velocity, and acceleration including equations and sample problems. It defines key terms like speed, velocity, acceleration, and frame of reference. Thirteen sample problems are provided to help understand and apply the concepts.

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Module 1: Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration

EQUATIONS:
Speed: Velocity: Acceleration:
S=d/t V= d / t with direction a = (Vf – Vi) / t

Sample Problems:

A girl travels 20 miles on her bicycle. The trip takes 2 hours.  Express her speed in miles/hr. 
First, we identify the variables in our problem:
distance (d) = 20 miles
time (t) = 2 hours
We place the variables in their correct position in the speed formula
S = d/t
S = 20 mi/2 hour
Perform the calculation and express the resulting speed value with the appropriate unit:
S = 10 mi/hr

A car starts from a stoplight and is traveling with a velocity of 10 m/sec east in 20 seconds.  What is the
acceleration of the car?
First we identify the information that we are given in the problem:
vf - 10 m/sec
vo - 0 m/sec
time - 20 seconds
Then we insert the given information into the acceleration formula:
a = (vf - vo)/t
a = (10 m/sec - 0 m/sec)/20 sec
Solving the problem gives an acceleration value of 0.5 m/sec2.
Now try on your own:
1. What is the speed of a rocket that travels 9000 meters in 12.12 seconds?

2. What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds?

3. How long will your trip take (in hours) if you travel 350 km at an average speed of 80 km/hr?

4. How far (in meters) will you travel in 3 minutes running at a rate of 6 m/s?

5. A trip to Cape Canaveral, Florida takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km. Calculate
the average speed.

6. How many seconds will it take for a satellite to travel 450 km at a rate of 120 m/s?

7. What is the speed of a walking person in m/s if the person travels 1000 m in 20 minutes?

8. A ball rolls down a ramp for 15 seconds.  If the initial velocity of the ball was 0.8 m/sec and the
final velocity was 7 m/sec, what was the acceleration of the ball ?

9. A meteoroid changed velocity from 1.0 km/s to 1.8 km/s in 0.03 seconds. What is the acceleration of
the meteoroid?

10. A car going 50mph accelerates to pass a truck. Five seconds later the car is going 80mph. Calculate
the acceleration of the car.

11. The space shuttle releases a space telescope into orbit around the earth. The telescope goes from
being stationary to traveling at a speed of 1700 m/s in 25 seconds. What is the acceleration of
the satellite?

12. A ball is rolled at a velocity of 12 m/sec.  After 36 seconds, it comes to a stop.  What is the
acceleration of the ball?

13. A dragster in a race accelerated from stop to 60 m/s by the time it reached the finish line. The 
dragster moved in a straight line and traveled from the starting line to the finish line in 8.0
sec. What was the acceleration of the dragster?

Know ALSO the following vocabulary terms:

Constant speed – Speed that does not change

Velocity – Speed in a given direction

Frame of reference – A background used to judge motion or speed

Instantaneous Speed – Speed at a given moment in time

Speed – amount of distance traveled in a certain amount of time

Average Speed – total distance divided by total time

Time-Distance Graph – graph that shows speed of an object

Acceleration – change in velocity over time

Motion – an object changing position or distance in time

Rate of Change – amount of time it takes to change position or motion

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