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Quiz 1: Motion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Speed is ...

a)

Distance x time

b)

Displacement x time

c)

Distance : time

d)

Displacement : time

2.

A train moves at 30 km/h for 3 hour. How far does the train moves?

a)

10,000 km

b)

90 km

c)

10 km

d)

90 m

3.

180 km/h = ...... m/s

a)

30

b)

50

c)

18

d)

9

4.

A car moves from point A to point B. The distance between point A and B is 60 m. The time required to move is 2 minutes. What is the car's speed?

a)

120 m/s

b)

30 m/s

c)

0.5 m/s

d)

30 km/h

5.

The distance between a moving object's final position and its starting position.

a)

speed

b)

reference point

c)

velocity

d)

displacement

6.

What is the displacement of a car that travels 1 lap on a 10 km track?

a)

10 mi

b)

5 km

c)

10 km

d)

0 km

7.

How is velocity different from speed?

a)

it includes the displacement of the object

b)

it includes the direction of the object

c)

it includes the distance of the object

d)

it includes the acceleration of the object

8.
A car driving 100 miles per hour hits the brakes and slows to 50 miles per hour. This is an example of negative acceleration. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
9.
A student jogging at 2 m/s picks up the pace until she is jogging at 4 m/s. This is an example of acceleration. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
10.

John is swimming at a speed of 1.6 m/s. He is swimming toward a boat floating on the water 500 m away. How long will it take John to reach the boat?

a)

312.5 seconds

b)

0.0032 seconds

c)

31.25 seconds

d)

0.032 seconds

11.
What is the object's position at 3 seconds?
a)
20m
b)
30m
c)
40m
d)
50m
12.
For which time period, is there a constant velocity of 10m/s?
a)
1-2 seconds
b)
2-5 seconds
c)
5-6 seconds
13.
Which of the lines represents a negative acceleration?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
14.

An object moves at a constant speed for some time, then begins to accelerate.

Which distance-time graph shows this motion?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

A car travels along the route PQRST in 30 minutes.

What is the average speed of the car?

a)

10 km/ hour

b)

20 km/ hour

c)

30 km/ hour

d)

60 km/ hour

16.

A car moves with constant speed and then constant acceleration.

Which graph is the speed-time graph for the car?

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

A rocket accelerates steadily from rest and reaches 8000 m/s after travelling 1,680,000 m.

Calculate the time, in minutes, it takes the rocket to reach this speed.

a)

7 minutes

b)

3.5 minutes

c)

420 minutes

d)

35 minutes

18.

Describe the motion at position A and B.

a)

A is slower than B

b)

B is slower than A

c)

A is the same as B

d)

Cannot be determined

19.

Choose the graph that matches the following scenario:


A student ran to the cafeteria, then stopped and looked around for his lunch kit, and then ran back to the class to get it.

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.
According to the graph how fast does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?
a)
2 m/s
b)
10 m/s
c)
12.5 m/s
d)
1 m/s