IPC-Unit 1 Review

In each of the following cases, determine where the car has no acceleration ?

• A car shortly after a stoplight turns green

• A car approaching a red light

• A car with the cruise control set at 80 km/h

• A car turning a curve at a constant speed

If you ride your bicycle down a straight road for 500 m then turn around and ride back, your distance is ____ your displacement.

• Greater than

• Less than

• Equal to

• Can't determine

A student walked to his locker, stopped for a few seconds and then continued on the same path to class.

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Motion is a change in ____.

• Time

• Speed

• Position

• Velocity

Ms. Fowler runs 400 meters to her house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back to the school.  What is her total distance?

• 0 meters

• 400 meters

• 800 meters

• 1600 meters

Ms. Fowler traveled from A to B and then B to C. Which line represents her displacement?

• A to B

• B to C

• C to A

• None

The speed you read on a speedometer is ____.

• Instantaneous Speed

• Average Speed

• Velocity

• Speed

Which graph shows the object standing still?

• A

• B

• C

• D

3 m/s north is an example of a(n) ____.

• Velocity

• Speed

• Distance

• Displacement

The relationship among speed, distance, and time is ____.

• t = s/d

• d = t/s

• s = dt

• s = d/t