Kinematics Quiz

When an object’s distance from another object is changing,

• it is speeding.

• it has a high velocity.

• it is accelerating.

• it is in motion.

Kinematics is the science of

• describing the colors of the spectrum.

• describing the organisms of the geologic time scale.

• describing the process of heredity.

• describing the motion of objects using words, diagrams, numbers, graphs, and equations.

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Speed equals distance divided by

• velocity.

• size.

• motion.

• time.

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When you know both the speed and direction of an object’s motion, you know the

• average speed of the object.

• acceleration of the object.

• distance the object has traveled.

• velocity of the object.

You can show the motion of an object on a line graph in which you plot distance against

• velocity.

• time.

• acceleration.

• direction.

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The steepness of a line on a time/distance graph is called the

• rise.

• run.

• the vertical axis.

• slope.

If one of Earth’s plates moves 5 centimeters every year, how far will it move in 500 years? (Hint: You may need to convert your answer.)

• 25 kilometers

• 25 meters

• 250 meters

• 250 meters

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Average speed is

• equivalent to velocity.

• the rate at which an object is moving at a given instant.

• the rate at which a slope changes.

• the total distance traveled divided by the total time.

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

• a position.

• a reference point.

• a constant.

• velocity.

On a graph showing distance versus time, a horizontal line represents an object that is

• moving at a constant speed.

• increasing its speed.

• decreasing its speed.

• no motion.

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