Mechanics Basics Practice With Answers

Anjana Vidya Kendra
Grade 9 Science Worksheets Physics Basics of Mechanics

Forces and Motion: Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration ANSWER KEY
Write the Equations with units:
Speed: Velocity: Acceleration: Force:
Sample Problems:
A girl travels 20 km on her bicycle. The trip takes 2 hours. Express her speed in
km/hr.
1. First, we identify the variables in our problem:
distance (d) = 20 miles
time (t) = 2 hours
2. We place the variables in their correct position in the speed formula
S = d/t
S = 20 mi/2 hour
3. 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?
1. First we identify the information that we are given in the problem:
vf - 10 m/sec
vo - 0 m/sec
time - 20 seconds
2. Then we insert the given information into the acceleration formula:
a = (vf - vo)/t
a = (10 m/sec - 0 m/sec)/20 sec
3. Solving the problem gives an acceleration value of 0.5 m/sec 2.
Try on your own:
4. What is the speed of a rocket that travels 9000 m in 12.12 seconds? 742.57
m/s
5. What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds? 132 m/s
6. How long will your trip take (in hours) if you travel 350 km at an average
speed of 80 km/hr? 4.38 h
7. How far (in meters) will you travel in 3 min running at a rate of 6 m/s?1080 m
8. A trip to Pune from Bangalore takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km.
Calculate the average speed. 81.6 km/h
9. How many seconds will it take for a satellite to travel 450 km at a rate of 120
m/s? 3,750 s What is the speed of a walking person in m/s if the person travels
1000 m in 20 minutes? 0.80 m/s
10. A ball rolls down a ramp for 15 sec. 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 ? 0.413 m/s²
11. 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? 26.7 km/ s²
Anjana Vidya Kendra
Grade 9 Science Worksheets Physics Basics of Mechanics
12. A car going 50kmph accelerates to pass a truck. Five seconds later the car is
going 80kmph. Calculate the acceleration of the car. 6 kmph/s
13. 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? 68 m/s²
14. 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? -0.33 m/s²
15. How much force is needed to accelerate a truck with a mass of 2,000 kg, at a
rate of 3 m/s²? 6,000 N
16. A car in a race accelerated from stop to 60 m/s by the time it reached the
finish line. The car 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 car? 7.5 m/s²
17. A 300 N force acts on a 25 kg object. The acceleration of the object is 12 m/s²
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
Inertia - tendency of a still object to stay still or miving object to keep
moving unless acted on by an unbalanced force
Force – push or pull
Centripetal Force – force keeping objects moving in a circle
Gravity – pull of objects in the universe – pull determined by mass and
distance
Newton’s Three Laws of Motion – 1st: Law of Inertia (see Inertia definition);
2nd: Force=mass x acceleration;
3rd: For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction

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