Motion Unit 1 science test

There are 1,000 _____________ in a meter.

• grams

• millimeters

• centimetes

• kilometers

The SI unit for speed is meters per second or m/s

• true

• false

Which of the following is the best reference point for describing the motion of the planets in our solar system?

• the sun

• the earth

• the moon

• a hamburger

An object is in ___ if its position changes relative to another object.

• motion

• reference point

• doll

The SI unit for measuring distance is the ....

• meters

• motion

• distance

• speed

Jane is sitting in the family car. Her mother is driving her from their house to the library. Jane waves as she passes her friend Marina. Which of the following is not moving with respect to Jane?

• the family car

• The library

• the house

• marina

Jeff is in a stationary school bus. Which is the best reference point for him to use to determine when the bus starts to move?

• the front entrance of the school

• the school bus sitting next to him

• a student walking on the sidewalk

• a car waiting to pick up another student

On a distance-versus-time graph, a speed of zero would appear as a horizontal line.

• true

• false

A distance-versus-time graph will never show a horizontal line.

• false

• true

On a distance-versus-time graph, a diagonal straight line indicates that an object's speed is zero.

• false

• true

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1