Physics Quiz on Motion and Reference Frames

What does relative motion refer to?

• Motion compared to something else

• Motion in a straight line

• Motion that is always constant

• Motion that never changes

If you walk around a park and end up where you started, what is your displacement?

• 2 miles

• 1 mile

• Zero

• 3 miles

What is the main topic of Chapter 11.1?

• Speed and Velocity

• Distance and Displacement

• Time and Space

• Mass and Weight

What is the frame of reference when you are sitting on a bus?

• The road

• The bus

• The sky

• The trees

What is the term for how much ground something covers when it moves?

• Displacement

• Distance

• Speed

• Velocity

What do displacements have that makes them a vector?

• Only size

• Only direction

• Both size and direction

• Only distance

If you walk 3 miles north and then 4 miles east, what is the shortest distance from start to end called?

• Total distance

• Displacement

• Resultant vector

• Frame of reference

What describes motion based on a frame of reference?

• Distance

• Vector

• Relative motion

• Displacement

What is the total amount of ground covered when moving?

• Displacement

• Distance

• Vector

• Resultant vector

What is more helpful than just saying 'Drive 150 miles'?

• Saying 'Drive 100 miles north, then 50 miles east'

• Saying 'Drive 150 miles'

• Saying 'Drive 50 miles east, then 100 miles north'

• Saying 'Drive 200 miles'