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Force and Motion

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
2.
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
240 m/s
b)
15 m/s
c)
0.067 m/s
d)
15 mph
3.
How long did it take this object to travel 10 m?
a)
0 s
b)
10 s
c)
15 s
d)
20 s
4.
At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled? 
a)
0 m
b)
10 m
c)
20 m
d)
40 m
5.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
6.
What is this graph showing?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration (speeding up)
c)
Deceleration (slowing down)
d)
No motion
7.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
8.
What is happening at C?
a)
Stationary
b)
Accelerating
c)
Fast steady speed; moving away from the starting position
d)
Slower steady speed; moving away from the starting position
9.
What is happening in this graph from point A to B?
a)
The object is accelerating.
b)
The object is not moving.
c)
The object is decelerating.
d)
The object is moving at a constant speed.
10.
What is happening in this graph from point B to C?
a)
The object is going down a hill.
b)
The object is returning to its starting location.
c)
The object is slowing down.
d)
The object is staying still.
11.
If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?
a)
10 mi/min
b)
15 mi/min
c)
50 mi/min
d)
2 mi/min
12.
Which of the following is NOT a correct unit for speed?
a)
miles per hour
b)
km/min
c)
seconds per hour
d)
cm/s
13.
Which runner won the race?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
14.
Which runner had a head start?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
15.
At what rate did the rain fall?
a)
2 cm per hour
b)
1/4 cm per hour
c)
1/2 cm per hour
d)
4 cm per hour
16.
In a duck race, a rubber duck travelled 400 meters in 10 minutes? What was the rubber duck´s speed?
a)
40
b)
40 minutes
c)
40mm/s
d)
40m/s
17.
A helicopter travels 150 miles in the first hour. It travels 100 miles the second hour. What is its speed?
a)
125 miles
b)
125 mph
c)
125 hours
d)
125
18.
The graph shows Ashley riding her bike to Maria's house. 
What was occurring from point B to point C?
a)
She was increasing her speed.
b)
She stopped for 4 minutes
c)
She was decreasing in speed
19.

What is the motion A to B?

a)

accelerating

b)

stationary

c)

steady speed

d)

decelerating

20.

what does accelerating look like on a distance time graph?

a)

A curve up

b)

A straight diagonal line

c)

A curve down

d)

A flat horizontal line

21.

What is the motion from E to F?

a)

accelerating

b)

decelerating

c)

stationary

d)

returning to start

22.

What is the speed of segment A?

a)

0.5 m/s

b)

2 m/s

c)

3 m/s

d)

0 m/s

23.

What is the speed of segment B?

a)

0.5 m/s

b)

2 m/s

c)

3 m/s

d)

0 m/s

24.

What is the total distance traveled? (Hint: Add the distance of each section)

a)

20 m

b)

30 m

c)

40 m

d)

50 m

25.

What is the total time traveled?

a)

20 s

b)

30 s

c)

40 s

d)

50 s

26.

What is the average speed for the entire trip? (Make sure to take the TOTAL distance traveled... by adding the distance of each section!)

a)

1.33 m/s

b)

4 m/s

c)

5 m/s

d)

7 m/s

27.

What is the motion of segment C?

a)

Moving towards observer constant speed

b)

Moving away from observer constant speed

c)

Moving towards observer changing speed

d)

Not moving

28.

What is the motion of segment D?

a)

Moving back to the starting point.

b)

Moving away from starting point

c)

Moving to Mars

d)

Not moving

29.

Which situation might this graph describe?

a)

Driving to raleigh, stopping, and coming back home.

b)

Running a mile, taking a break, running back home

c)

Running part way across a football field, picking up a football, running back to the start

d)

Biking to a friends house, stay the night, bike back home.

30.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
31.
If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?
a)
10 mi/min
b)
15 mi/min
c)
50 mi/min
d)
2 mi/min
32.
Marta rides her bike 10 miles in 5 hours. Joel rides his bike 11 miles in 5 hours. Avery rides her bike 15 miles in 5 hours. Which child rides her bike faster?
a)
Marta
b)
Avery 
c)
Joel