Physical Science: Chapter 1: Motion

Total distance / Total time = ___

• average speed

• acceleration

• instantaneous speed

• velocity

Units

1: Speed, 2: Time, 3: Distance, 4: Acceleration

A: meters / second / second

B: meters C: seconds D: meters / second

• 1: D

  2: C

  3: B

  4: A

• 1: C

  2: D

  3: A

  4: B

• 1: B

  2: C

  3: D

  4: A

• 1: A

  2: D

  3: B

  4: C

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1: A car travels 1000 meters in 100 seconds. What was its average speed?

2: A car travels 1000 meters at a speed of 10 meters/second. How long did it take to complete the trip?

• 1: 10 m/s

  2: 100 s

• 1: 100,000 m/s

  2: 10,000 s

• 1: 10 m/s

  2: 10 m/s

• 1: 100 m/s

  2: 10 s

Definitions:

1: How far you are from your original position

2: How far you have traveled to get to your current position

• 1: Distance

  2: Displacement

• 1: Displacement

  2: Distance

Definitions:

1: Speed, 2: Velocity, 3: Acceleration

A: Speed and direction,

B: Change in velocity,

C: Distance divided by time

• 1: C

  2: A

  3: B

• 1: B

  2: C

  3: A

• 1: B

  2: A

  3: C

• 1: A

  2: C

  3: B

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There are 3 ways to accelerate. Which is NOT one of those ways?

• Change in speed

• Change in direction

• Change in both speed and direction

• Change in distance

A satellite orbits Earth with a constant speed. Is it accelerating?

• Yes

• No

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You get a speeding ticket from the police because of your ___ speed.

• instantaneous

• average

What is this a graph of?

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Velocity

• Distance

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What is this a graph of?

• Constant acceleration

• Constant speed

• Constant distance

• Constant time

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