Motion Quiz

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

• 8 miles

• 6 miles

Billy runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Billy's displacement?

• 0 meters

• 400 meters

• 800 meters

• 1600 meters

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

• 20 mi/hr
• 20 m/min
• 800 m/min
• 200 mi/hr

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What is the person doing from 5 seconds to 10 seconds?

• Walking at a constant speed
• Running fast
• Not moving
• Walking slow

What does this graph represent?

• Constant Speed
• Acceleration
• Decceleration
• Not moving

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The speedometer on your car tells you

• average velocity
• instantaneous velocity
• average speed
• instantaneous speed

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What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time
• Temperature and mass
• Mass and distance
• Distance and time

A description of the speed and direction of an object's motion

• Velocity
• Speed
• Acceleration
• Vector

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This velocity vs. time graph shows an object...

(Hint: For this graph, the velocity is 0 m/s!)

• not moving

• moving with constant velocity

• moving with changing velocity

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This velocity vs. time graph shows an object...

• not moving

• moving with constant velocity

• moving with changing velocity

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