Linear Motion (POP)

What is the most common frame of reference?

• Earth
• Mars
• Moon
• Sun

What is the length of the curved path traveled by an object?

• Displacement
• Distance

• Frame of Reference
• Vector

What is the straight line length from the starting point to the ending point and the direction traveled?

• Displacement
• Distance
• Frame of Reference
• Vector

What is the unit of displacement?

• Ampere
• Gram
• Liter
• Meter

John walks 5 km east, and then turns around and walks 8 km west. What is John's displacement?

• 3 km; East
• 3 km; West
• 13 km; East
• 13 km; West

What is the equation for speed?

• s = d + t
• s = d x t
• s = d/t
• s = t/d

What does the slope of a distance-time graph represent?

• Displacement
• Distance
• Velocity
• Time

What do you need to know to determine an object's VELOCITY?

• Only the distance
• Only the time
• The distance and time
• The distance, time, AND direction

What is a runner's speed if he travels 12 meters in 4 seconds?

• 0.33 m/s
• 3 m/s
• 16 m/s
• 48 m/s

Which of the following is a vector?

• Distance
• Speed
• Time
• Velocity