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I. Define the following.

1. Motion

2. Distance

3. Displacement

4. Speed

5. Velocity

6. Acceleration

7. Deceleration

II. Answer the following word problems and box the final answer.
1. A toy car moves in a straight line with a speed of 3.0 m/s in 2.0 minutes. What is the
distance it covered?
2. An object speeds up from 12.0 m/s to 36.0 m/s within 3.0 seconds without changing its
direction. What is its acceleration? What distance did it cover while speeding-up?
3. A person walks 5.0 m to the south in 2.0 seconds:
a. What is his speed?
b. What is his velocity?
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4. A particle initially at rest started to accelerate at 7.2 ft/s under the influence of an
unknown force. What will be its velocity after it moved 24 ft away from its initial location?
5. The cheetah, the fastest of land animals, can run a distance of 0.28 km in 8.81 seconds
at its top speed. What is the cheetah’s top velocity?
6. The maximum speed limit for cars in the Philippines is 100 km/h. What is the distance, in
meters, traveled by a car moving continuously at this speed for 2.5 hours?
7. The ocean liner, S.S. United States crossed the Atlantic Ocean on July 7, 1952. The
ship travelled 4,727 km in 82.6 hours.
a. How many days did the ship travelled?
b. What was the average velocity of the ship?
8. The American track and field athlete, Florence Griffith-Joyner, set a world record by
running 20,000 centimeters in 21.34 seconds. How fast did she run in meters per
seconds?
9. Sound travels at a speed of 430 m/sec. If a lightning bolt strikes the ground 3.1 km away
from you, how long will it take for the sound to reach you?
10. A sports car can accelerates in third gear from 13.43 m/s to 22.36 m/s in 3.29 seconds.
What is the average velocity of the sports car?

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