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Motion Check In

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Emma jogs to the park at a constant rate of 1.5 m/s from her house. It takes her 15 minutes to arrive. How far is her house from the park?

a)

22.5 meters

b)

10 meters

c)

600 meters

d)

1,350 meters

2.

Kelly is able to run at a velocity of 8 m/s forward. How long does it take her to run forward from an initial position of 100 meters to 200 meters?

a)

800 seconds

b)

12.5 seconds

c)

0.08 seconds

d)

0.08 seconds

3.

In a rock-climbing competition, your friend climbed up 325 m in 5 minutes. What was her velocity?

a)

65 m/min [up]

b)

65 m/min [down]

c)

320 m/min [up]

d)

320 m/min [down]

4.

Check all the quantities that can, for the purposes of this class, best be described as vectors.

a)

time

b)

distance

c)

velocity

d)

displacement

e)

speed

5.
Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
Wind blowing at 20 knots
a)
Scalar
b)
Vector
6.

What is the resultant of these two vectors?

a)

+17 m

b)

+3 m

c)

-17 m

d)

-3 m

7.

Adding which two vectors would give a resultant of zero magnitude?

a)

A + B

b)

A + E

c)

B + E

d)

C + F

e)

A + D

8.

Object #1 has a velocity of 2 m/s and object #2 has a velocity of -2 m/s. Which is true?

a)

They have the same speed

b)

They have the same velocity

c)

They travel in the same direction

d)

Object 1 is travelling faster than object 2

9.

How is displacement different from distance?

a)

displacement is a vector, it must have magnitude and direction

b)

displacement is a vector, it must have magnitude only

c)

displacement is a scalar, it must have magnitude and direction

d)

displacement is a scalar, it must have magnitude only

10.

A man walks 10 meters east and 5 meters west. What was his displacement?

a)

15 meters east

b)

15 meters west

c)

5 meters east

d)

5 meters west

11.

While jogging, student 1 runs the dashed course and student 2 runs the solid course. Both run from A to B in 25 minutes. Select all that are true.

a)

Student 1 ran a greater distance

b)

Student 1 ran a greater displacement

c)

Student 1 had a greater average velocity

d)

The students had the same average velocity

12.

If I walk from the tower to the airport and then to the bus station, what is distance travelled? Remember,

 d = ∣Δx∣d\ =\ \left|\Delta x\right|  

a)

25 km

b)

-25 km

c)

55 km

d)

85 km

13.

If I walk from the tower to the airport and then to the bus station, what is my displacement? Remember,

 Δx = xf − xi\Delta x\ =\ x_f\ -\ x_i  

a)

25 km

b)

-25 km

c)

55 km

d)

85 km

14.

From his house, Hayden drives 8 km east to school. After school, he drives 4 km south to the library to check out books on quantum physics. Finally, he drives 8.94 km northwest back to his home. What was Hayden's displacement for the day?

a)

0 meters

b)

12 meters

c)

16.94 meters

d)

22.94 meters

15.

This is a position vs time graph; a graph that shows the position of an object as time progresses. Which object, A, B or C, is the FASTEST?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

16.

Calculate the slope of the line.

a)

2500 m/s

b)

4 m/s

c)

0.25 m/s

17.

What is the speed of this object?

a)

10 m/s

b)

20 m/s

c)

50 m/s

d)

Can't tell, the speed is increasing

18.

How far did Marie go before she turned around?

a)

20 mi

b)

5 mi

c)

10 mi

d)

25 mi

19.

How far away is Marie's work from her house?

a)

40 mi

b)

25 mi

c)

20 mi

d)

5 mi

20.

What is the objects instantaneous speed at t = 7 seconds?

a)

25 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

5 m/s

d)

0 m/s