PHYSICS: PHYSICS: REVIEWREVIEW WEEK WEEK

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• Susanna is 5.50 ft tall. What is her height in centimeters?

• How many milliliters are in 1 gallon of milk? (1 gal = 4 qt)

• Find the mass in grams of a 5.0-lb sack of potatoes.

• You decide to participate in a 10K (10 km) run for your favorite charity. How many feet long is the race?

• Find the mass in kilograms of a 2 ton truck?• How many teaspoons are in a 3 L bottle of

soda? (1 tsp = 5 mL)• How many feet long would a line of 75 ants

be? (1 ant = 0.3 cm)

• If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed (velocity) of the football?

• If it takes Ashley 3 seconds to run from the batters box to first base at an average speed (velocity) of 6.5 meters per second, what is the distance she covers in that time?

• Bart ran 5000 meters from the cops and an average speed (velocity) of 6 meters/second before he got caught. How long did he run?

• If Justin races his Chevy S-10 down Highway 37 for 2560 meters in 60 seconds, what is his average speed (velocity)?

• Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed (velocity) of 20 meters/second for 500 seconds, how far did he ride?

• A roller coaster car rapidly picks up speed as it rolls down a slope. As it starts down the slope, its speed is 4 m/s. But 3 seconds later, at the bottom of the slope, its speed is 22 m/s. What is its average acceleration?

• A cyclist accelerates from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 3 seconds. What is his acceleration ? Is this

• acceleration higher than that of a car which accelerates from 0 to 30 m/s in 8 seconds?

• A car advertisement states that a certain car can accelerate from rest to 70 km/h in 7 seconds. Find the car’s average acceleration.

• A lizard accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 seconds. What is the lizard’s average acceleration?

• If a Ferrari, with an initial velocity of 10 m/s, accelerates at a rate of 50 m/s/s for 3 seconds, what will its final velocity be?