Velocity and Acceleration Calculation Worksheet
Velocity and Acceleration Calculation Worksheet
DIRECTIONS:Solvethefollowingsituationproblemsusingequationsforvelocityandacceleration.
1 Whatisthespeedofarocketthattravels9000metersin12.12seconds?
2 Whatisthespeedofajetplanethattravels528metersin4seconds?
3 Afteranimpactinvolvinganonfunctioningsatellite,apaintchipleavesthesurfaceofthesatelliteata
speedof96m/s.After17seconds,howfarhasthechiplanded?
4 ThespaceshuttleEndeavorislaunchedtoaltitudeof500,000mabovethesurfaceoftheearth.Theshuttle
travelsatanaveragerateof700m/s.HowlongwillittakeforEndeavortoreachitsorbit?
5 Howlongwillyourtriptake(inhours)ifyoutravel350kmatanaveragespeedof80km/hr?
6 Howmanysecondswillittakeforasatellitetotravel450kmatarateof120m/s?
7 Whatisthespeedofawalkingpersoninm/sifthepersontravels1000min20minutes?
8 Howfar(inmeters)willyoutravelin3minutesrunningatarateof6m/s?
10In0.5seconds,aprojectilegoesfrom0to300m/s.Whatistheaccelerationoftheprojectile?
11Ameteoroidchangedvelocityfrom1.0km/sto1.8km/sin0.03seconds.Whatistheaccelerationofthe
meteoroid?
12Thespaceshuttlereleasesaspacetelescopeintoorbitaroundtheearth.Thetelescopegoesfrombeing
stationarytotravelingataspeedof1700m/sin25seconds.Whatistheaccelerationofthesatellite?