Types of Motion for Grade 3

What is the term for the movement of an object from one place to another?

• relocation

• migration

• displacement

• transportation

What type of motion occurs when an object spins around an axis?

• Translational motion

• Periodic motion

• Linear motion

• Rotational motion

What do we call the back-and-forth movement of an object?

• Rotation

• Translation

• Vibration

• Oscillation

Which type of motion involves a straight line movement?

• Circular motion

• Linear motion

• Oscillatory motion

• Rotational motion

What is it called when an object moves in a circular path?

• Linear motion

• Centrifugal force

• Circular motion

• Rotational speed

What type of motion do we see when a pendulum swings?

• Periodic motion

• Random motion

• Rotational motion

• Linear motion

What is the term for the motion of an object that is falling?

• Air resistance

• Free fall

• Gravity pull

• Terminal velocity

What kind of motion does a car make when it turns a corner?

• Circular motion

• Linear motion

• Rotational motion

• Random motion

What do we call the motion of an object that vibrates?

• Linear motion

• Rotational motion

• Vibrational motion

• Translational motion

What type of motion is demonstrated by a rolling ball?

• Purely translational motion

• Combined translational and rotational motion

• Purely rotational motion

• Oscillatory motion