Honors Physics Module 2-1: Displacement and Velocity

What is the speed on an object at rest?

• 0.0 m/s

• 9.8 m/s

• 9.81 m/s

• 1 m/s

Which of the following situations represents a negative displacement? (Assume positive position is measured vertically upward along the y-axis.)

• A cat stands on a tree limb.

• A cat jumps from the ground onto a tree limb.

• A cat jumps from a lower tree limb to a higher one.

• A cat jumps from a tree limb to the ground.

Speed and velocity are measured in the same SI unit

• True

• False

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Average speed is measured in

• meters per second (m/s)

• miles per day (m/d)

• kilograms per second (k/s)

• newtons per meters (n/m)

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In the graph above, a toy car rolls from +3 m to +5 m. Which of the following statements is true?

• x_f =+3m

• x_i =+3m

• x=+3m

• v_avg =3m/s

The slope of a line drawn tangent to a point on the curve of a position versus time graph describes what concept?

• acceleration

• instantaneous velocity

• displacement

• position

What type of unit is 30m/s

• displacement

• velocity

• acceleration

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Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude 

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Which graph shows the object standing still?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which graph demonstrates the greatest positive speed?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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