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Motion and time

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the comparison of an unknown quantity with some fixed quantity of the same kind ?

a)

Measurement

b)

Speed

c)

A standard unit

d)

Pendulum

2.

A simple pendulum is oscillating between two points A and B as shown in the figure . Is the motion of Bob non- uniform motion or uniform motion

a)

Uniform motion

b)

Non - Uniform motion

3.

A substance whose crystals can vibrate fast is known as ?

a)

Pendulum clock

b)

Sand clock

c)

Quartz

d)

Atomic clock

4.

The distance between Delhi and Chandigarh is 260 km . A bus takes 5 hours to travel from Delhi to Chandigarh . At what speed does it travels ?

(a)  

5.

What is the formula to find distance ?

a)

D=s×t

b)

D= t÷ s

c)

D= s÷t

6.

What is speedometer?

a)

Speedometer gives the distance travelled in kilometers .

b)

Speedometer gives the speed of the moving vehicle directly in km/h.

c)

Speedometer gives speed of the moving vehicle directly in m /s

7.

Which is the unit of temperature?

(a)  

8.

In earlier times what unit was used to measure time ?

(a)  

9.

10 decades =?

a)

1 century

b)

1 year

c)

1 decade

d)

1 millennium

10.

One complete to and fro movement of the pendulum is called an ?

a)

Time period

b)

Sandclock

c)

Speed

d)

Oscillation

11.

Which clocks vibration are very regular and are accurate to one second ?

a)

Stopwatch

b)

Quartz

c)

Atomic clock

d)

Pendulum clock

12.

Anything that occurs or appears at regular intervals can help us to ?

a)

Si unit

b)

Measure time

c)

Position of sun

13.

If a body travels in a straight line and covers equal distances in equal intervals of time ,what kind of motion is it said to be in ?

(a)  

14.

Which type of graph will u use for non uniform motion ?

a)
b)
15.

Which of these can only measure time interval and not the time of day ?

a)

Sand clock

b)

Sundial

c)

Pendulum clock

d)

Quartz clock

16.

The distance time graph of a car is plotted with time on the X - axis and distance on the Y-axis . The graph is a straight line parallel to the X-axis . Which of the following is true about the car ?

a)

It is in uniform motion

b)

It is in non uniform motion

c)

It is not in moving

d)

It is moving very fast

17.

What are quantities that can be measured called ?

(a)  

18.

The SI system is used all over the world in everyday measurements . True or false

(a)  

19.

In a mechanical wristwatch , which part works in the same way as a pendulum in a clock ?

a)

Balance wheel

b)

Long wheel

c)

Short wheel

20.

What is the term used for ' distance covered by a body in unit time?'

a)

Uniform motion

b)

Non uniform motion

21.

A cheetah runs a distance of 200 metres in 20 seconds . What is the speed of the cheetah in m /s?

a)

20 m/s

b)

10 m /s

c)

30 m /s

d)

120 m /s

22.

Which of these is not a standard unit ?

a)

Second

b)

Metre

c)

Hand span

d)

Gram

23.

How is Kelvin written in short form ?

(a)  

24.

Clocks that measure time accurately could be made only after the discovery of the simple pendulum by the ?

a)

Italian scientist

b)

Italian scientist Galileo Galilei

c)

Indian scientist Galilei Galileo

25.

A few hundred years ago who made a huge sundial at Jaipur ?

a)

Maharaja Jai Singh II

b)

Maharaja Singh

c)

Maharaja Jai

26.

A month was measured as the time between the slighting of one new moon and the next . True or False

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Other options

27.

A year was measured as the time taken by the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun .

a)

Yes it is right

b)

No it is wrong statement

c)

Both

28.

The largest sundial in Jaipur can measure time up to an accuracy of how many seconds ?

a)

3 seconds

b)

10 seconds

c)

2 seconds

d)

1 second

29.

Measuring time is more difficult than measuring length . Do u agree ? In earlier times .

a)

No , because length was tough to measure as we need to measure through hands and to measure time there were sundials and water clocks were available .

b)

Yes because that took lot of time .

30.

The SI system is the abbreviation of ?

a)

'Systeme International d Unites'

b)

System international

c)

Systematic interleaf

d)

System institution unites