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Motion Study Guide

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When is an object in motion?

a)

When it is affected by a force.

b)

When "The Rock" pushes it.

c)

When it changes position relative to a reference point.

d)

When the reference point stays the way it is.

2.

What is a reference point?

a)

A place or object used to determine if something is in motion.

b)

Speed at a given instant of time.

c)

Speed in a given direction.

d)

Point where all speed comes to an end.

3.

What is the SI unit for length and distance?

a)

Centimeter

b)

Meter

c)

Millimeter

d)

Kilogram

4.

How do you know when you're supposed to calculate speed?

a)

If you're holding a calculator.

b)

If you know the distance of an object travels in a certain amount of time, you can calculate speed.

c)

If you're on something that's moving and you're holding your phone you can use Google.

d)

You don't, it's not meant to be calculated.

5.

What is the formula to calculate speed?

a)

Speed x Distance

b)

Speed x Time

c)

Distance divided by Task

d)

Distance divided by Time.

6.

What is the formula to calculate Distance?

a)

Speed divided by Time

b)

Speed x Time

c)

Distance divided by Time

d)

Time divided by task

7.

What's the formula to calculate Time?

a)

Speed x Distance

b)

Time x Speed

c)

Distance divided by Speed.

d)

Task x Speed

8.

How do you find average speed?

a)

total speed divided by total time

b)

total distance divided by total time.

c)

total distance divided by total task

d)

total task divided by total speed

9.

What's Instantaneous Speed?

a)

Speed at a given instant of time.

b)

The slowest kind of speed on earth.

c)

The fastest kind of speed on earth.

d)

The most irregular kind of speed.

10.

What's Velocity?

a)

Motion in a given direction.

b)

Speed in a given direction.

c)

Distance in a given direction.

d)

A speed wave.

11.

How can you show motion on a graph?

a)

You can show motion of an object on a line graph in which you plot DISTANCE versus TIME.

b)

It's a theory, so you don't.

c)

A unit rate triangle.

d)

You can show motion of an object on a line graph in which you plot SPEED versus TIME.

12.

What's a slope?

a)

A straight line on a graph.

b)

The steepness of a line on a graph.

c)

A weird wavy line on a graph.

d)

Yer mom.

13.

What's the formula for slope?

a)

Speed divided by task

b)

Rise divided by run

c)

Distance divided by task

d)

Motion divided by run

14.

Not all motion is visible to the naked eye.

a)

No

b)

Not all motion is visible to the naked eye.

c)

Yeet

d)

Ok?

15.

Some motion takes place over many years.

a)

Yeety

b)

Some motion takes place over many years.

c)

Yer mom.

d)

WHO CARESSSSSSS

16.

The outer layer of earth consists of more than a dozen major pieces called plates.

a)

So?

b)

The outer layer of earth consists of more than a dozen major pieces called plates.

c)

Yup.

d)

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

17.

What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

a)

Just because...

b)

The theory that cheap plastic plates are slowly damaging the life cycle, so it decreases the amount of time we use our vehicle and slows down speed.

c)

It's a period of time where paper plates are popular at the supermarket.

d)

The theory that earth’s landmasses have changed position over time because they are part of plates that are slowly moving.

18.

Some plates move several centimeters each year while others only move a few millimeters.

a)

YAZZZZZZZ

b)

NOOO

c)

Some plates move several centimeters each year while others only move a few millimeters.

d)

yeet.

19.

What is Pangaea?

a)

A super continent.

b)

A restaurant.

c)

Another name for the theory of plate tectonics.

d)

A type of sticky honey.

20.

Distance=?

a)

Distance x speed

b)

Speed x time

c)

Speed x distance

21.

Speed=?

a)

distance divided by motion

b)

distance divided by speed

c)

distance divided by time

22.

time=?

a)

speed x time

b)

speed divided by time

c)

distance divided by speed

d)

peed x distance

23.

What is the ring of fire?

a)

...and it burned burned burned in the burning ring of fire i went down down down and the flames just went up higher...

b)

Ring of volcanoes that cause the plates to move.

c)

A circle of volcanoes that native Americans like to jump on.

d)

Spooder man!!!!!

24.

What is acceleration?

a)

a spooder

b)

Acceleration equals sonbfhejwk

c)

a pooderl

d)

In science acceleration refers to increasing speed, decreasing speed, or changing direction.

25.

How do you calculate acceleration?

a)

cfgdhsj

b)

gfdhsjk

c)

gfcbhdjskal

d)

Acceleration = final speed - initial speed/time