Motion

A car is driven for 3 hours. What else do you need to know to describe this car’s speed?

• the road the car in driven on
• the time of day
• the distance the car is driven
• the number of passengers in the car

What is the speed of a runner who runs 400 meters in 40 seconds?

• 10 meters/second

• 40 meters/second

• 100 meters/second

• 1,600 meters/second

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Which information is needed to determine how fast a truck is traveling?

• direction and mass
• distance and time
• size and speed
• time and weight

Calculate the speed of a sprinter who ran 200 meters in 20 seconds.

• 10m/s
• 10km/s
• 10m/hr
• 10km/hr

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Michelle drove 300 miles in 6 hours. What was Michelle’s speed?

• 30 miles per hour

• 50 miles per hour

• 60 miles per hour

• 80 miles per hour

_______ is the length of the path between two points.

• distance

• reference

• statistic

• law

A ______ is a place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion.

• reference point

• potent potable

• cross interestion

• slope

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

• The sun

• Mars

• Jupiter

• The Moon

An object is _____ if its position changes relative to another object.

• in motion
• at reset
• a frame of refence
• magical

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All motion is described as relative because

• how do you ever really know if something is in motion
• motion means different things to different people
• everything in the universe is constantly in motion, so it depends on your frame of reference