1.1 - Motion Quiz

A golfer putts his ball 5.0 m toward the the hole. The ball rolls straight in the positive direction, but overshoots the hole by 1.2 m. The golfer then putts the ball back to the hole and makes the shot. What is the displacement of the ball?

• 5.0 m
• 7.4 m
• 3.8 m
• 6.2 m

You are riding a bus at 20 m/s. A car traveling at 40 m/s in the same direction passes you up. In your frame of reference, how fast is the car traveling?

• 60 m/s
• 40 m/s
• 20 m/s
• 0 m/s

You walk 40 meters to math class in 20 seconds. Your average speed is

• 2 m/s
• 0.5 m/s
• 200 m/s
• 5 m/s

If a boomerang is thrown 20 m in a straight line and returns exactly to the spot it was thrown what is its displacement?

• 20m

• 40m

• 0m

• -20m

What is the line on this graph showing?

• moving away from starting point at a constant speed

• moving back towards the starting point at a constant speed

• acceleration (getting faster)

• deceleration (getting slower)

Tags

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

A car accelerates from 15 m/s to 60 m/s in 30 seconds.  What is its acceleration?

• 2 m/s2
• 3 m/s2
• 1.5 m/s2
• 0.75 m/s2

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Jeff is in a stationary (still; not moving) 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 car next to him
• the bus next to him
• a student walking on the sidewalk

If a feather and a hammer are dropped at the same time on the moon, where there is no atmosphere, which one will hit the ground first?

• Neither, there is no gravity on the moon.
• hammer because it has more mass
• feather because it has less mass
• both will hit at the same time

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the acceleration due to gravity on earth?

• 5.2 m/s²

• 9.8 m/s²

• 3.14 m/s²

• 15 m/s²

Which of the following is NOT an example of acceleration?

• speeding up
• slowing down
• changing directions
• constant speed