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Intro Motion

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?
a)
3 feet/sec
b)
6 feet/sec
c)
10 feet/sec
d)
2 feet/sec
2.

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

a)

65 mph

b)

600 mph

c)

600 mph west

d)

600 mph

3.
You are riding your bike at 9 km/h. Ten minutes later, your speed is 6 km/h.
a)
Acceleration occurred because speed increased.
b)
Acceleration occurred because speed decreased.
c)
Acceleration occurred because you changed directions.
4.
When you know both the speed and direction of an object's motion, you know the
a)
average speed of the object
b)
acceleration of the object
c)
distance the object has traveled
d)
velocity of the object
5.
It took 3.5 hours for a train to travel the distance between two cities at a velocity of 120 miles/hr.  How many miles lie between the two cities? 
a)
34 miles 
b)
420 miles
c)
120 miles 
d)
360 miles 
6.
A car accelerates from a standstill to 70 m/s in 10 seconds.  What is the acceleration?
a)
0.7m/s2
b)
7m/s2
c)
14m/s2
d)
none of the above
7.
You ride your bike in a straight line at a constant speed of 10 km/h.
a)
Acceleration occurred because speed increased.
b)
Acceleration did not occur because neither speed nor direction changed.
c)
Acceleration occurred because you changed directions.
d)
Acceleration occurred because speed decreased.
8.
What is the velocity of an object that travels 20 meters in 4 seconds North?
a)
80 m/s North
b)
5 m/s
c)
5 m/s North
d)
24 m/s
9.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
10.
Changes in our speed, direction or both are called _________.
a)
gravity
b)
changes
c)
acceleration
d)
displacement
11.

What does the term displacement mean?

a)

The direction of motion

b)

The distance traveled divided by time

c)

The change of position of an object

12.
A place or object used for comparison to determine if another object is in motion is called a
a)
comparison point
b)
reference point
c)
point of view
d)
motion detector
13.

If a car passes you going 90 km/hr north while you are driving 80 km/hr north, how fast is the car moving relative to your car

a)

170 km/hr N

b)

170 km/hr S

c)

10 km/hr S

d)

10 km/hr N

14.

The SI (metric) unit for length or distance is

a)

foot (ft)

b)

inch (in)

c)

mile (mi)

d)

meter (m)

15.

The SI Metric) unit for time is

a)

second (s)

b)

minute (min)

c)

hour (hr)

d)

year (yr)

16.

The distance traveled by a moving object per unit of time is called

a)

speed

b)

velocity

c)

acceleration

d)

force

17.

The formula for calculating speed is

a)

distance X time

b)

time / distance

c)

distance / time

d)

velocity / 2

18.

What is our most common frame of reference?

a)

the sun

b)

the moon

c)

the Earth

d)

Mars

19.

Which of the following would be a valid unit for speed?

a)

seconds/mile

b)

centimeters

c)

meters/second

d)

kilometers

20.

The sum of all movements from start to the end of motion is best described as____.

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

motion

d)

donkey

21.

The change in an objects position from the final position to initial position.

a)

displacement

b)

distance

c)

motion

d)

reference point

22.

A man walks 5 miles forwards, 6 miles backwards and then 2 miles forwards. What is his displacement?

a)

1 mile forward

b)

13 miles

c)

3 miles forward

d)

1 mile

23.

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total distance?

a)

2 km

b)

5 km

c)

8 km

d)

10 km

24.

The amount of ground that is covered is known as _____.

a)

distance

b)

displacement

25.

The overall change in position is know as _____.

a)

distance

b)

displacement

26.

The displacement of the skier at the 3 min mark is (a)   m.

27.

The distance the skier traveled at the 3 min mark is (a)   m.

28.

Velocity is different from speed because...

a)

Velocity is distance/time. Speed is displacement/time.

b)

Velocity is speed in a certain direction and can be positive or negative.

c)

Speed is velocity in a certain direction. Both can only be positive.

d)

Velocity is how much speed changes over time.

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