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Motion Forces Energy

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins

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Class
Date
1.

What do you need to know to be able to describe the location of an object?

a)

Its position and speed

b)

A reference point and its velocity

c)

The position of the object and a reference point

2.

__________ describes the location of an object by comparing it to the where another object is or to a place.

a)

location

b)

position

c)

reference point

d)

velocity

3.

Reference point________________________

a)

is a location to use to which to compare the location of other objects.

b)

decribes the location of an object.

c)

is the location of an object.

4.

Mrs. Horton is seated behind Ercy.

Which person is used as a reference point?

a)

Mrs. Horton

b)

Ercy

5.

Corina is seated at the table to the right of the room.

This is a way to describe Corina's____________________

a)

favorite place to sit

b)

position in the classroom

c)

reference point to other people

6.

What is motion?

a)

A measure of how far something moves in a given amount if time.

b)

Describes speed over time.

c)

A change of position over time.

7.

What is speed?

a)

A measure of how far something moves in a given amount if time.

b)

Describes speed over time.

c)

A change of position over time.

8.

What is the average speed formula used for?

a)

A way to measure how far something moves in a given amount of time.

b)

A way to calculate the speed of an object not moving at a constant speed.

c)

A way to calculate how fast an object is accelerating.

9.

What is this formula used to determine?

a)

An object's location

b)

To calculate average acceleration

c)

To calculate motion

d)

Tocalculate average speed

10.

What is the average speed of a car that travels 540 miles in 6 hours?

a)

100 miles per hour

b)

90 miles per hour

c)

80 miles per hour

d)

70 miles per hour

11.

If it takes 3 hours to drive a distance of 192km on a motorway, what would be your average speed in km/h?

a)

30 km/hr

b)

45 km/hr

c)

64 km/hr

d)

576 km/hr

12.

Speed in a specificdirection is___________________.

a)

motion

b)

location

c)

position

d)

velocity

13.

The car is traveling at 70 miles per hour on 95 south. Which term describes the car's velocity.

a)

70

b)

95

c)

miles per hour

d)

south

14.

What measures the rate of change in the velocity of an object?

a)

Motion

b)

Position

c)

Location

d)

Acceleration

e)

Velocity

15.

How is averge acceleration calculated?

a)
b)

= Final Velocity - Starting Velocity

_________________________

Time

16.

An object starts off moving at 200 ft/s and then slows down to 50 ft/s in 5 seconds. What is its average acceleration?

a)

30 ft/sec

b)

-30 ft/sec

c)

40 ft/sec

d)

10 ft/sec

17.

Quinn is riding her skateboard on a straght path. She starts off going 0 m/sec and accelerates to 4.5 m/sec in 2.5 seconds. What is her average acceleration?

a)

11.25 m/sec

b)

-11.25 m/sec

c)

1.8 m/sec

d)

-1.8 m/sec

18.

_______________________ is when an object increases its velocity.

a)

Average Acceleration

b)

Positive Acceleration

c)

Negative Acceleration

19.

_______________________ is when an object decreases its velocity.

a)

Average Acceleration

b)

Positive Acceleration

c)

Negative Acceleration

20.

Going from low velocity to high velocity is________________.

a)

Average Acceleration

b)

Positive Acceleration

c)

Negative Acceleration

21.

Going from high velocity to low velocity is________________.

a)

Average Acceleration

b)

Positive Acceleration

c)

Negative Acceleration