Science Quiz

Two cars are in motion for the same amount of time. What will determine which car covers more distance?

• the starting position of each car

• the speed of each car

• the direction in which each car moves

• the length of each car

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What is speed?

• how much an object's position changes

• how far an object moves

• how long an object moves

• how far an object moves in a certain amount of time

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

• the road the car is driven on

• the time of day

• the distance the car is driven

• the number of passengers in the car

Wind pushes a toy sailboat across a pond. The boat moves in a straight path. What is changing?

• the boat's direction

• the boat's path

• the wind's direction

• the boat's position

The position of a runner in a race changes as time passes. What could be a reference point to describe the change in position?

• the starting line

• the runner's speed

• the runner's right foot

• another runner

Which of these affects the motion of an object?

• the position of nearby objects

• The force acting on the object

• the object's lenght

• the age of the object

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A student uses a bat to hit a softball with a certain force. Then she hits a heavier ball with the same force. How does the heavier ball move compared with the lighter softball.

• faster and farther

• faster and not as far

• more slowly and farther

• more slowly and not as far

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Which of these is a force?

• a spring scale

• an object's mass

• a push upward

• an object's matter

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A student pulls four classroom objects with the same amount of force. On which object's motion will the pull have the greater effect?

• desk

• chair

• pencil

• textbook

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What is gravity?

• the amount of matter that makes up an object

• a measure of how far an object moves in a certain amount of time

• a force that pulls things toward each other

• a force that pushes things away from each other

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