Motion Revision

Multiple Choice

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

• 8 miles

• 6 miles

Multiple Choice

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total displacement?

• 2 km

• 5 km

• 8 km

• 10 km

Multiple Choice

Find the distance Sara walks from A to B,  B to C then C to D?

• 11m
• 3m
• 5m

Multiple Choice

From the figure, what is the displacement?

• 20 meters

• 25 meters

• 15 meters

• 25 meters NE

Multiple Choice

The change in an objects position from the final position to initial position.

• displacement

• distance

• motion

• reference point

Multiple Choice

Two people walk across a parking lot. Their paths are shown in the image. Who traveled with a larger displacement?

• Person A

• Person B

• They both had the same displacement.

Multiple Choice

Speed is equal to 

• Distance/Time
• Time/Distance
• Time x Distance
• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

If a robot chases you down at a speed of 900 m/s for a distance of 200 m. How long has the robot been chasing you?

• 0.22 s
• 4.5 s
• 180000 s

Multiple Choice

A cross country racer runs at a speed of 550 m/s, with a time of 4 seconds. What is the distance that they ran?

• 2200 m
• 1375 m
• .5 m

Multiple Choice

If a man runs at a speed of 70 m/s, and has a time of 30 s. What is the distance he ran?

• 2100 m
• 0.233 m
• 2.33 m
• 300m

Multiple Choice

If a puppy runs across a park at a speed of 15 m/s. The puppy has a time of 5 seconds. How far did the puppy run?

• 75 m

• 30 m

• 45 m

• 105 m

Multiple Choice

What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object
• the location of an object
• acceleration
• speed in a specific direction

Multiple Choice

65 miles per hour North is an example of an objects what?

• Speed
  
• Velocity
• Average Speed
• Constant Speed

Multiple Choice

Speed is different from velocity because

• Velocity has a direction
• Speed uses Distance /Time
• Velocity doesn't include time
• Velocity doesn't include distance

Multiple Choice

An elevator traveled 15 floors (150 ft) at a speed of 4.5 m/s. What additional information is needed to determine the velocity of the elevator?

• the direction the elevator traveled
• how long the elevator was stationary
• how many times the elevator stopped
• the total distance the elevator traveled

Multiple Choice

On a distance vs. time graph, the steeper the slope _____

• the slower the speed
• the faster the speed
• less acceleration
• greater acceleration

Multiple Choice

In which of the following graphs (click the image) are both runners moving at the same speed (note that graph c is the bottom right graph, and graph d is the bottom left graph)? 

• Graph A
• Graph B
• Graph C
• Graph D

Multiple Choice

Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in 

• time of motion to another place. 
• velocity 
• distance 
• speed

Multiple Choice

A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s², changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?

• 750 seconds
• 35 seconds
• 0.3 seconds
• 3.3 seconds

Multiple Choice

A box sliding down an inclined plane attains a velocity of 27 m/s in 3 seconds from rest.  Find the acceleration.

• 30 m/s
• 24 m/s²
• 9 m/s²
• 81 km/hr

Multiple Choice

A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s over 4 seconds.  What's the acceleration?

• 24 m/s²
• 18 m/s²
• 16 m/s²
• 16 m/s

Multiple Choice

Why does a car accelerate as it round a corner at a constant speed?

• Its direction changes
• It doesn't
• It slows down
• Its speeds up  

Multiple Choice

Explain the motion from 0-1s

• Stationary

• Constant speed

• Constant acceleration

• Non-constant acceleration

Multiple Choice

Explain the motion from 3-5s

• Stationary

• Constant speed

• Constant acceleration

• Non-constant acceleration

Multiple Choice

Explain the motion from 7-8s

• Stationary

• Constant speed

• Constant acceleration

• Constant deceleration

Multiple Choice

Explain the motion

• Stationary

• Constant speed

• Constant acceleration

• Non-constant acceleration

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The deceleration from 5-7s is ______m/s².

Fill in the Blank

Calculate the total distance traveled in the first 3s.

Multiple Choice

A Car is moving at 10 m/s. The driver makes it accelerate at 2 m/s² for a distance of 11 m. What is the final velocity of the car?

• 12 m/s

• 16 m/s

• 18 m/s

• 20 m/s

Open Ended

A Motorcycle is moving at 10 m s⁻¹. The driver makes it accelerate at 2 ms⁻² for a distance of 11 m. What is the final velocity of the motorcycle?

Multiple Choice

A car accelerates uniformly from rest at 3.2 m/s². When the car has traveled a distance of 40. m, its speed will be

• 8.0 m/s
• 12.5 m/s
• 16 m/s
• 128 m/s