Quiz about Motion: Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Test Review

Question 1

What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

Accepted Answer

20 m/min

Answer

20 miles/hr

Answer

800 m/min

Answer

200 miles/hr

Question 2

What is the equation to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

speed = distance/time

Answer

speed = time/distance

Answer

speed = time x distance

Answer

speed = speed/time

Question 3

A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel.

Accepted Answer

90 miles

Answer

10 miles

Answer

600 miles

Answer

90 km

Question 4

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

Accepted Answer

km/hr

Answer

hr

Answer

km

Answer

s

Question 5

Which of the following is a unit of speed ?

Accepted Answer

m/s

Answer

sec

Answer

mi

Answer

min

Question 6

What is velocity?

Accepted Answer

speed in a specific direction

Answer

the quickness of an object

Answer

the location of an object

Answer

acceleration

Question 7

Velocity is both ____ and _____.

Accepted Answer

speed , direction

Answer

direction, mass

Answer

volume, density

Answer

direction, magnitude

Question 8

65mi/hr South is an example of...

Accepted Answer

Velocity

Answer

Speed

Answer

Acceleration

Answer

Direction

Question 9

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

Accepted Answer

600 mph west

Answer

65 mph west

Answer

6 mph west

Answer

6000 mph west

Question 10

88 m/s north

Accepted Answer

Velocity

Answer

Speed

Answer

Acceleration

Question 11

Velocity is

Accepted Answer

speed with a direction

Answer

speed

Answer

direction

Answer

none of the answers above

Question 12

What is speed?

Accepted Answer

how much distance is covered over a period of time

Answer

how far you go

Answer

how fast you accelerate

Answer

the change in the location of a object

Question 13

A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

Accepted Answer

10 m/s

Answer

1000 m/s

Answer

100 seconds

Answer

10 seconds

Question 14

How long would it take for you to swim across a lake that is 900 meters across if you swim at 1.5 m/sec?

Accepted Answer

600 sec

Answer

600 m/sec

Answer

0.00167 sec

Answer

0.00167 m/sec

Question 15

If an owl has a speed of 50 m/s, and has a time of 10 s. What is the distance that the owl traveled?

Accepted Answer

500 m

Answer

5 m

Answer

10 m

Question 16

A dog runs on the sidewalk 9 mi/hr.

Accepted Answer

Speed

Answer

Acceleration

Answer

Velocity

Question 17

While on a trip, a family travels east from San Antonio to Houston going 70 mph.

Accepted Answer

Velocity

Answer

Speed

Answer

Acceleration

Question 18

Polar bears are extremely good swimmers.  If a polar bear is swimming with an average of 2.6 m/s, how far will it have traveled after 120 seconds?

Accepted Answer

312 m

Answer

46.2 m

Answer

120 m

Answer

456.3 m

Question 19

Tree sloths are the slowest moving mammals. On average, their velocity is 0.743 m/s. How long does it take a tree sloth moving at this velocity to travel 22.3 m?

Accepted Answer

30.0 s

Answer

16.6 s

Answer

0.03 s

Answer

143.7 s

Question 20

Velocity is a

Accepted Answer

vector

Answer

scalar

Question 21

Speed is a

Accepted Answer

scalar

Answer

vector

Question 22

Any vector quantity has ____________

Accepted Answer

both magnitude and direction

Answer

magnitude

Answer

direction

Question 23

What is the speed of a car that traveled 32 m in 2 seconds?

Accepted Answer

16 m/s

Answer

64 m/s

Answer

34 m/s

Answer

0.0625 m/s

Question 24

Joanna drives for 400km at an average speed of 80km/h. How long was her journey?

Accepted Answer

Joanna's journey was 5hrs long

Answer

Joanna's journey was 10hrs long

Answer

Joanna's journey was 20hrs long

Answer

Joanna's journey was 15hrs long

Question 25

A runner races in the 100 meter dash (distance).  It takes her 10 seconds to finish (time).  What is her average speed?

Accepted Answer

10 m/s

Answer

1000 m/s

Answer

100 seconds

Answer

10 seconds

Question 26

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

Accepted Answer

Distance and time

Answer

Mass and time

Answer

Temperature and mass

Answer

Mass and distance

Question 27

m/s² is a unit of

Accepted Answer

acceleration

Answer

speed

Answer

velocity

Answer

time

Question 28

Which of the following could be a unit for Distance?

Accepted Answer

60 m

Answer

50 m/s

Answer

70 s

Answer

50 m/s/s

Question 29

Which of the following units could be used to measure time?

Accepted Answer

36 s

Answer

36 m

Answer

36 m/hr

Answer

36 m/hr2

Question 30

Which of the following units best represents an acceleration?

Accepted Answer

50 m/s/s

Answer

50 m

Answer

50 s

Answer

50 m/s

Question 31

You are walking in a straight line at a consistent speed. Do you have acceleration?

Accepted Answer

no

Answer

yes

Question 32

As you walk you make a right turn. Do you have acceleration?

Accepted Answer

yes

Answer

no

Question 33

You are walking and start to slow down. Do you have acceleration?

Accepted Answer

yes

Answer

no

Question 34

A roller coasters accelerates from an initial speed of 6.0 m/s to a final speed of 70 m/s over 4 seconds. What's the acceleration?

Accepted Answer

16 m/s2

Answer

24 m/s2

Answer

18 m/s2

Answer

16 m/s

Question 35

A car accelerates from a standstill to 70 m/s in 10 seconds.  What is the acceleration?

Accepted Answer

7m/s2

Answer

0.7m/s2

Answer

14m/s2

Answer

none of the above

Question 36

When are you undergoing an acceleration in a car?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

speed up

Answer

slow down

Answer

make turns

Question 37

Which graph shows the object standing still?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 38

Which graph demonstrates the greatest positive speed?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Question 39

Which graph represents the greatest acceleration?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 40

How long did it take this object to travel back to its reference/starting point?

Accepted Answer

100 s

Answer

20 s

Answer

30 s

Answer

60 s

Question 41

At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled?

Accepted Answer

40 m

Answer

0 m

Answer

10 m

Answer

20 m

Question 42

What does this graph represent?

Accepted Answer

Not moving

Answer

Constant speed

Answer

Acceleration

Question 43

What is happening at D?

Accepted Answer

Fast steady speed; moving away from the starting position

Answer

Stationary

Answer

Accelerating

Answer

Slower steady speed; moving away from the starting position

Question 44

How long did it take this object to travel 10 m?

Accepted Answer

20 s

Answer

0 s

Answer

10 s

Answer

15 s

Question 45

Which runner had a head start?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Question 46

Match the description to the graph:

"The car is coming back."

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

Answer

A.

Answer

C.

Answer

D.

Question 47

What kind of acceleration is shown here?

Accepted Answer

none

Answer

positive

Answer

negative

Answer

varies

Question 48

Is the speed constant or non-constant?

Accepted Answer

non-constant

Answer

constant

Question 49

Which section of the graph shows decreasing velocity?

Accepted Answer

EF

Answer

CD

Answer

DE

Answer

GH

Question 50

Which section of the graph shows increasing velocity?

Accepted Answer

AB

Answer

BC

Answer

DE

Answer

EF

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