Physics Quiz

Two boys walked a 200-meter distance path. It takes 5 minutes for Boy A to finish while 10 minutes for Boy B. How do you compare their speed?

A. Boy B is faster than Boy A

B. Boy A is slower than Boy B

C. They have the same speed

D. Boy A is twice faster than Boy B

Answer explanation

D.

If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed of the football?

What is my average speed when it takes me 2 minutes to ride my bicycle all the way around a circular track with a radius of 65 meters?

This refers to the rate of change in velocity of an object.

• A. Acceleration

• B. Motion

• C. Speed

• D. Velocity

A ___________slopes imply a state of rest.

• a. at rest

• b. constant

• c. scalar

• d. Zero

The shortest distance between the objects initial and final position.

• A. Motion

• B. Displacement

• C. Velocity

• D. Speed

Refers to the total distance travelled divided by the total time .

• a. motion

• b. distance

• c. Average speed

• d. time

______ is defined as the change in velocity in a time interval.

• a. acceleration

• b. reference point

• c. speed

• d. velocity

Motion is a change in __________ with respect to a reference point.

• a. Position

• b. speed

• c. speedometer

• d. accelerate

Measures instantaneous speed/velocity.

• Constant speed

• b. instantenous speed

• c. speedometer

• d. graph