Motion Lesson- 2024/25

Multiple Choice

The best reference points are stationary (not moving).

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

An object's change in position over time when compared with a reference point is known as ________

• force
• motion
• friction
• acceleration

Multiple Choice

Calculate speed if an object travels 40 m in 5 seconds.

• 8 m/s

• 35 m/s

• 200 m/s

• 0.125 m/s

Multiple Choice

If a car travels 400 m in 20 seconds, how fast is it going?

• 20 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 32 m/s

Multiple Choice

Which runner was the fastest?

• A
• B
• C

Multiple Choice

Hurricanes are measured by wind speed. Wind speeds of 100mph would be a __________ hurricane.

• Category 2

• Category 1

• Category 3

• Category 4

Multiple Choice

This image shows _____________.

• Constant velocity

• Positive acceleration (speeding up)

• Negative acceleration (slowing down)

• Centripetal acceleration (in a circle)

Multiple Choice

What is the velocity of an object that travels 75 mph east on Interstate 64?

• 75 mph east

• 75 mph

• 11 mph east

• 139 mph

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

The rate at which velocity changes is known as __________

• acceleration
• net force
• speed
• velocity

Multiple Choice

A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity 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

Match

Match the following graphs to the right description. (Notice that these are speed vs time graphs.)

Speeding up

No acceleration (constant speed)

Slowing down

• Speeding up

• No acceleration (constant speed)

• Slowing down

Multiple Choice

This speed graph (distance/time) shows _____.

• An object stopped

• An object slowing down

• An object speeding up

• An object moving at constant speed

Multiple Choice

When calculating the speed for the object in this graph, the units will be 

• m/s
• km/h
• mph
• m/h

Multiple Choice

All are units of speed except

• m/s
• miles per hour
• km/hour
• m/s/s

Multiple Choice

This graph shows

• An object stopped
• An object speeding up
• An object slowing down
• An object moving at constant speed

Multiple Choice

This graph shows

• An object stopped
• An object slowing down
• An object speeding up
• An object moving at constant speed

Multiple Choice

Which Newton's law explains why you need to wear a seat belt?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Gravity

Multiple Choice

 What is the unit called that measures force?

• Isaac
• Yee
• Newton
• kilogram

Multiple Choice

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

Multiple Choice

The harder you hit a baseball, the faster it accelerates.

• Newton's

  1st

  Law of Motion

• Newton's

  2nd

  Law of Motion

• Newton's

  3rd

  Law of Motion

Multiple Select

Which of the following is an example of friction?

• Brakes used on a bike

• Tires from a car on the road

• Dragging across a carpet

• All are examples of friction

Multiple Choice

Which law best explains why more force must be applied to the bowling ball to make it accelerate at the same rate as the tennis ball. 

• Newton's Law of Inertia

• Newton's Law of F=ma

• Newton's Law of Force Pairs

Multiple Choice

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

Multiple Choice

Letting go of a balloon full of air is demonstrating Newton's ______ _______ ________ _________ because the air comes out of the back and the balloon moves forward.

• 1st law of motion

• 2nd law of motion

• 3rd law of motion

Multiple Choice

Which of Newton's Laws is: force = mass x acceleration?

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

Multiple Choice

Which of Newton's Laws is: rest stays at rest or motion stays in motion unless acted on by an outside force?

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

Multiple Choice

Which of Newton's Laws is: action force = reaction force?

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

Multiple Choice

Which of Newton's laws is illustrated when a magician pulls a tablecloth out from under the dishes without disturbing them?

• first
• second
• third 
• fourth

Multiple Choice

What is the net force?

• 17 N Right
• 3 N Right
• 3 N Left
• 17 N Left

Multiple Choice

What is the net force on the box?

• 10 N right

• 0 N

• 20 N

• 10 N left

Multiple Choice

If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force.  Describe their force.

• Unbalanced.

  0 N

• Balanced.

  0 N

• Unbalanced.

  100 N

• Balanced.

  100 N

Multiple Choice

As the moon orbits the earth, what keeps the moon moving in a circular motion?

• Gravity
• Inertia
• Centripetal Force
• Friction

Multiple Choice

The force that pulls objects towards Earth.

• Gravity
• Friction
• Inertia
• Force

Multiple Choice

Which objects have a STRONG force of gravity?

• Objects with GREATER mass, like elephants
• Objects with LESS mass, like mice

Multiple Choice

The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.

• mass
• matter
• weight 
• friction 

Multiple Choice

The amount of matter in an object is 

• pressure
• weight
• mass
• force

Multiple Choice

What does this tool measure?

• weight
• meters
• mass
• force

Multiple Choice

Is it work?

• YES, force and motion are in the same direction

• NO, force and motion are in different directions

Multiple Select

What has to be true for WORK to be done? Choose 2!

• The object must move

• The Force and Motion are different directions

• The Force and Motion are the same direction

• The object does NOT move

Multiple Choice

If a student uses 10 Newtons of Force to push a chair 5 meters, how much is work is being done?

• 2 Joules
• 0.5 Joules

• 50 Joules
• 15 Newtons

Multiple Choice

Using the formula provided, calculate the power generated when a person performs 100 J of work for 10 seconds.

• 10 Watts

• 10 Joule

• 1000 Watts

• 1000 Joule

Multiple Choice

If a person does the same amount of work as someone else in half the time, which of the following is true?

• they did twice the work

• they did half the work

• they have twice the power

• they have half the amount of power

Multiple Select

Simple machines make work easier by ____ (Choose all correct answers)

• changing the effort needed

• changing the direction of the force

• changing the distance of the force

• changing the speed the resistance moves

Multiple Choice

What type of simple machine is this?

• wheel and axle
• gear
• lever
• inclined plane

Multiple Choice

Name this simple machine. 

• Pulley
• Wheel and Axle
• Inclined Plane
• Lever

Multiple Choice

A simple machine that can split things apart or hold a door open.

• wedge
• screw
• lever
• hand

Multiple Choice

This is an example of what simple machine?

• pulley
• wedge
• inclined plane
• lever

Multiple Choice

This is an example of what simple machine?

• wheel and axle
• wedge
• pulley
• screw

Multiple Choice

This is an example of what simple machine?

• pulley
• lever
• screw
• inlined plane

Multiple Choice

This is an example of what simple machine?

• pulley
• wedge
• inlined plane
• screw