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Review 7.P.1.1, 1.2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What best describes motion?

a)

Change of speed over time

b)

Change in position over time

c)

Change of acceleration over time

d)

Change in velocity over time

2.

Why do scientists use a reference point?

a)

To determine if an object is in motion

b)

To find information in the library

c)

To know where they are

d)

To measure speed

3.

Which best explains why the cyclists (#3) cannot be used as a good reference point?

a)

It is heading in the wrong direction

b)

It is moving too slow

c)

It is moving too fast

d)

A good reference point should not move

4.

A mother is on the train. To the boy, she looks like she is moving. To the mother, she isn’t. Why are the perspectives different?

a)

Distance

b)

Frame of reference

c)

Reference point

d)

Speed

5.

What is the average speed of a cheetah that sprints 100m in 10s?

a)

1m/s

b)

10mph

c)

10m/s

d)

100m/s

6.

The rollercoaster travels at 100mph. How long will it take to travel 200 miles?

a)

1 hour

b)

2 hours

c)

0.5 hours

d)

4 hours

7.

You are riding your bike, from point A to B and then to C. Which number shows the displacement from your starting point to point C?

a)

3 m

b)

4 m

c)

5 m

d)

7 m

8.

When one force in a pair is greater than the other, we call this:

a)

Balanced force

b)

Unbalanced force

c)

Magnitude

d)

Friction

9.

When Anna tells her father that her bicycle is hard to pedal, he oils the chain. How does this make her bike easier to ride?

a)

Friction on the bike has increased

b)

Friction on the bike has decreased

c)

Gravity on the bike has increased

d)

Gravity on the bike has decreased

10.

A person is pushing a lawnmower. Which best describes what is occurring?

a)

Inertia is being applied to the lawnmower

b)

Force is being applied to the lawnmower

c)

There is no friction acting on the lawn mower

d)

There is no gravity acting on the lawn mower

11.

Some students are playing tug of war. A team is pulling to the right with 400 N of force. B team is pulling to the left with 140 N of force. What is the net force and what direction will the rope move?

a)

260 N to the right

b)

260 N to the left

c)

540 N to the right

d)

540 N to the left

12.

Two girls are pulling on opposite ends of a thick rope. Both girls are pulling on the rope with the same force but in opposite directions. If both girls continue to pull with the same force, what will MOST likely happen?

a)

One girl will pull the other toward her

b)

Both girls will stay in the same place

c)

Gravity will cause the rope to sag

d)

The rope will break

13.

In magnets like poles ________ and opposite poles ________

a)

attract; attract

b)

attract; repel

c)

repel; attract

d)

repeal; repel

14.

John stands at the top of a steep cliff and pushes a ball over the edge with his foot. Which force causes the ball to fall off the cliff.

a)

Mass

b)

Gravity

c)

Friction

d)

Air resistance

15.

A train is moving along a track. If the forces acting on the train are balanced, how will its motion be affected?

a)

Change direction

b)

Continue, unchanged

c)

Speed up

d)

Stop