Unit 5: Forces and Motion

Identify the reference point:
A student walked by the chair in the classroom.

• The student
• walked
• the chair
• the classroom.

The basic SI unit for length is the...

• Foot
• Gram
• Meter
• Inch

A student walks from point B to C to D and ends at point A.  What is the total distance that the student traveled?

• 8 meters
• 12 meters
• 20 meters
• 4 meters

A student walks from point B to C to D and ends at point A.  What is the total displacement of the student?

• 20 meters
• 4 meters North
• 4 meters South
• 20 meters East

A student walks from point B to C to D to A and back to point B.  What is the student's displacement?

• 0
• 4 meters North
• 24 meters
• 24 meters West

What is the correct formula for speed?

• Speed = Distance / Time
• Speed = Mass / Volume
• Speed = Distance * Time
• Speed = Time / Distance

What is the correct formula for time?

• Time = Distance * Speed
• Time = Distance / Speed
• Time = Speed / Distance
• Time = Speed * Distance

What is the correct formula for distance?

• Distance = Speed / Time
• Distance = Time / Speed
• Distance = Speed * Time
• Distance = Length * Width * Height

What is the speed of a race car that travelled 200 km in 4 hours?

• 50 km
• 800 km/hr
• 0.02 km/hr
• 50 km/hr

How much time will it take to get from Newark, New Jersey to Los Angeles, California on an airplane is the plane travels at a speed of 500 km/hr and the distance between the two cities is 3000 km?

• 6 hours
• 4 hours
• 4 days
• 3 hours