Chapter 2: Motion Test Review

The direction and speed of an object is described by its _____

• displacement

• average speed

• average displacement

• velocity

_____ is the change in velocity divided by the time needed for the change to occur.

• Average velocity

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Displacement

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Any change of distance over time is called _____.

• acceleration

• rate

• speed

• displacement

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The distance and direction between the final position and the starting position is the _____

• acceleration

• differential

• displacement

• velocity

The _____ of an object is the product of its mass and velocity.

• displacement

• momentum

• average speed

• constant speed

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NGSS.HS-PS2-2

Acceleration toward the center of a curved or circular path is called _____.

• centripetal acceleration

• motion

• velocity

• momentum

_____ is a change in an object's position relative to a reference point.

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Motion

If you travel 1.7 km north from your house at noon, and at 6:00 PM you travel 5.4 km south, what is your displacement?

• 3.7 km north

• 3.7 km south

• 7.1 km north

• 7.1 km south

As you turn around, you accidentally knock a book off of your desk. You pick up the book and place it in the same place on the desk. Has the book been displaced?

• Yes

• No

Average speed is found by _____

• dividing the displacement by the total time spent

• dividing total distance traveled by the total time

• multiplying the displacement by the total time spent

• multiplying total distance traveled by the total time