Science 10 Speed Calculations Ke) ‘Speed of Light = 3.00 x 10° m/s Speed of Sound = 332 m/s Name: 1. Acar travels 20.0 m in 3.0s. What is the speed of the car? on. /s mis 2. Atrain is travelling 33.2 km/h. How far will the train travel in 3.5 h? /20 km 3. A baseball is thrown 99.8 mph. If it travels for 0.050 minutes, what distance will go? 0.083 miles 4. Abaseball is hit and an onlooker hears the crack of the bat 4.15 s later. How far is the looker fr he late? onlooker from homeplate (380m 5. Apperson is 1080 m from a construction site. If this person sees a hammer hit a nail, how long will it takes before they hear a sound? 3.255 6. The average distance from the sun to the Earth is 1.5 x 10° km. How long does it take for sunlight to reach the Earth? Saar 5.0 x lo%s 7. Light from the planet Uranus takes 14520s to reach the Earth. Calculate the distance from the Earth to Uranus. 2 4.36 x10%m 8. Aradar pulse traveling at the speed of light is sent to the moon, and after being reflected returns to the Earth. If the elapsed time is 2.5 s, how far is the moon from the radar transmitter? 3.8 x10%m 9. In communicating with an automatic space station, radio signals traveling at the speed of light must travel a distance of 8.7 x 10° m each way. How long does it take for a radio signal to travel to the station and back? 58s 10. The distance to the moon can be found with the help of mirrors left on the moon by astronauts. A pulse of light is sent to the moon and returns to Earth in 2.562 s. Using the defined speed of light, calculate the distance to the moon. erat BBY 108m