Chapter 1 motion quiz

What is the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position?

• start

• starting point

• orgin

• reference point

If I run around the the entire baseball diamond what is my displacement?

• 0

• 100

• 360

• 90

What is an object's distance and direction from a reference point?

• position
• motion

• acceleration
• displacement

What is the process of changing position?

• speed

• motion

• velocity

• position

What is the measure of the distance an object travels per unit of time?

• speed

• velocity
• distance
• acceleration

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What is the rate at which an object's velocity changes over time?

• speed

• acceleration

• distance

• displacement

What is the term for the speed of an object and direction?

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed

• displacement

What is the difference between an object's final position and its initial position?

• distance

• speed

• displacement

• velocity

How do you find average speed?

• Subtract the total distance traveled from the total time taken.
• Multiply the total distance traveled by the total time taken.
• Divide the total distance traveled by the total time taken.
• Add the total distance traveled to the total time taken.

What is constant speed?

• the rate of the same distance traveled

• the car accelerates

• The speed at which an object decelerates over time.

• The speed at which an object changes its direction over time.