1- The speed you compute by dividing your car's mileage by the time of travel is the___?__speed of the car, whereas the speed your speedometer reads is the car's _____?____speed.
2-Scalar and vector quantities both have magnitude, but only vector quantities have...
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3- ____?_____ is the rate at which distance is covered, as opposed to ______?______ , which is that plus a direction.
4-A high school sprinter can cover 100 m in 10.87 s. What is the sprinter's average speed? Record the number in this question and choose the unit in the following question.
5-The speed of the sprinter in the above question would be in what units?
A. m/s/s
B. m
C. s
D. kg
E. m/s
6. Many Amtrak trains can travel at a top speed of 48.3 m/s. Assuming a train maintains that speed for several hours, how far will the train have traveled after 3.07 hours? Record the number in this question and choose the unit in the following question.
7. The distance traveled by the Amtrak train in the above question would be in what units?
A. m/s/s
B. m
c. s
d. kg
e m/s
8. A cheetah runs at 28.0 m/s. At this speed, how long would it take the cheetah to cover 300 m? Record the number in this question and choose the unit in the following question.
9. The time for the cheetah to cover the distance given in the above question would be in what units?
A. s
b. m/s/s
c. m/s
d. m
e. kg
10. On a particularly busy workday, I might need to drive back and forth between ASUN's Newport and Jonesboro campuses, which are 37 miles apart. It takes me 59 min to make the drive from the Newport campus to the Jonesboro campus. On the return trip from Jonesboro to Newport, I decide to speed by maintaining an average speed that is 10 mi/hr faster than my average speed going from Newport to Jonesboro.
To the nearest minute, how many minutes of travel time would I save by speeding
11. Acceleration is the rate at which velocity changes, which means you accelerate anytime you speed up, slow down, or change.
12. Can something move at a constant speed AND also be accelerating? If so, what would the path taken look like?
13. The acceleration of automobiles is often given in terms of the time it takes to go from 0 mi/h to 60 mi/h. One of the fastest street legal cars, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, goes from 0 to 60 in 2.49 s. To the nearest integer, what is its acceleration in m/s2?
14. A motorboat is moving at 5.0 m/s when it begins to accelerate at 1.0 m/s2. How long does it take for the boat to reach a speed of 24.0 m/s? Record the number in this question and choose the unit in the following question.
15. The time to accelerate for the motorboat in the above question would be in what units
A. m/s
b. kg
c. m
d. m/s/s
e. s
16. An airplane starts its takeoff by moving at 1.6 m/s. The plane must then accelerate at 4.0 m/s2 for the next 30 s to reach its final takeoff speed. How far does the plane travel while accelerating to its takeoff speed? Record the number in this question and choose the unit in the following question.
17. The distance traveled by the airplane in the above question would be in what units?
a. m
b. m/s/s
c. kg
d. m/s
e. s
18. A motorcycle is moving at 12 m/s when its brakes are applied, bringing the cycle to rest in 4.3 s. How far does the motorcycle travel while coming to a stop? Record the number in this question and choose the unit in the following question.
19. The distance traveled by the motorcycle in the above question would be in what units?
A. m
b. s
c. m/s/s
d. kg
e. m/s
20. To two digits, the acceleration of gravity in US units has a value of _____?____ ft/s2. To two digits, its value in SI units is _____?_____ m/s2. Either way, the direction of the acceleration is _____?____ ward.
21. If there were no air resistance, a penny dropped from the top of a skyscraper would reach the ground 8.5 s later. To the nearest integer, what would the penny's speed be right as it reaches the ground if it was dropped from rest? Record the number in this question and choose the unit in the following question.
22. The speed of the penny in the above question would be in what units?
A. s
B. kg
C. m
D. m/s
E. m/s/s
23. To determine how deep it is, a pebble is dropped from rest off the edge of a well. 1.8 s after being released, the sound of splashing is heard as the pebble hits the water. How deep is the well? Record the number in this question and choose the unit in the following question.
24. The depth of the well, as determined by the distance fallen by the pebble, in the above question would be in what units?
A. kg
B. m
C. s
D. m/s/s
E. m/s
25. A small stone and a giant boulder are dropped off the edge of a cliff. Which should hit the ground first, and why?
26. Air resistance causes objects in freefall to eventually cease accelerating and reach a constant...