Physics Quiz

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

• greater than

• equal to

• less than

• can’t determine

Motion is a change in ____.

• time

• speed

• velocity

• position

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The speed you read on a speedometer is ____.

• instantaneous speed

• constant speed

• average speed

• velocity

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

• speed

• velocity

• position

• acceleration

A merry-go-round horse moves at a constant speed but at a changing ____.

• velocity

• balanced force

• inertia

• unbalanced force

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Acceleration is the rate of a change in ____.

• position

• time

• velocity

• force

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If you ride your bike up a hill, then ride down the other side, your acceleration is ____.

• all positive

• all negative

• first positive, then negative

• first negative, then positive

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Draw a picture to help you answer this question. A sprinter runs 20 meters west and 10 meters east. Her displacement is _________

• 10 meters west

• 10 meters east

• 30 meters east

• 30 meters west

Forces that are equal in size and opposite in direction that result in no movement are called

• static

• balanced

• unbalanced

• air resistant

The force that resists the motion of two surfaces that are in contact is _______________

• friction

• gravity

• magnetism

• tension