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speed, velocity, distance, displacement, and momentum

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A runner races in the 100 meter dash. It takes her 10 seconds to finish. What is her average speed?

a)

10 m/s

b)

1000 m/s

c)

100 seconds

d)

10 seconds

2.

Velocity is speed with __________________________.

a)

a unicycle helmet

b)

direction

c)

fight

3.

A ping-pong ball rolls forward 6 meters, and bounces backward 3 meters. What was its displacement (distance from the origin)?

a)
9 meters
b)
6 meters
c)
3 meters
d)
0 meters
4.

A runner runs 2 laps around a track with a circumference of 400 m. What is their total displacement?

a)

800 m

b)

0

c)

400 m

d)

400 m North

5.
Find the distance Sara walks from A to B,  B to C then C to D?
a)
11m
b)
3m
c)
5m
6.

Joe rides his bike from point A to point B and then on to point C. What is the total distance traveled?

a)

12 m

b)

43 m

c)

7 m

d)

12 m

7.

Joe rides from point A to B to C. What is the displacement?

a)

7 m

b)

12 m

c)

5 m

d)

2 m

8.

35 m/s would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

9.

5 m/s west would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

10.
Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home.  What is Bill's distance?
a)
0 meters
b)
400 meters
c)
800 meters
d)
1600 meters
11.

If a puppy runs across a park at a speed of 15 m/s. The puppy has a time of 5 seconds. How far did the puppy run?

a)

75 m

b)

30 m

c)

45 m

d)

105 m

12.

Tyler ran 400 meters at an average speed of 20 m/s. How much time did it take to run the 400 meters?

a)

20 miles per second

b)

20 meters per second

c)

8000 seconds

d)

20 seconds

13.

An object travels 100 m North then 50 m South. What is its total displacement?

a)

150 m

b)

50 m North

c)

50 m South

d)

150 m North

14.

What form of the speed equation should you use to solve for time?

a)

t = dst\ =\ \frac{d}{s}

b)

t = sdt\ =\ \frac{s}{d}

c)

t = d⋅st\ =\ d\cdot s

d)

t = s⋅dt\ =\ s\cdot d

15.

Which of the following units should you use for speed?

a)

ms\frac{m}{s}

b)

m

c)

s

d)

kg⋅ms\frac{kg\cdot m}{s}

16.

What units do you use for momentum?

a)

ms\frac{m}{s}

b)

mm

c)

kg⋅ms\frac{kg\cdot m}{s}

17.

What form of the momentum equation should you use to solve for mass?

a)

p = m⋅vp\ =\ m\cdot v

b)

m = pvm\ =\ \frac{p}{v}

c)

v = pmv\ =\ \frac{p}{m}

18.

What is the difference between distance and displacement?

a)

Distance counts all the motion, displacement is only how far you are from where you started.

b)

Displacement counts all the motion, distance is only how far you are from where you started.

c)

Distance is how far you've moved, displacement is how fast you move.

19.

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

a)

Speed has a direction, velocity doesn't.

b)

Velocity has a direction, speed doesn't.

c)

Velocity and speed are measured with different units.

20.

Mr. Austin is driving to work and they look down at their speedometer, which says they're driving at 45 miles per hour.

What is true about their speed?

a)

Their average speed is 45 miles per hour

b)

Their instantaneous speed is 45 miles per hour

c)

Both their average and instantaneous speeds are 45 miles per hour

d)

Neither their average nor instantaneous speeds are 45 mile per hour

21.

What is the total distance traveled here?

(a)  

22.

What is the displacement pictured here?

(a)  

23.

When looking at a distance vs. time graph, what is on the x-axis?

a)

Distance

b)

Time

c)

Speed

d)

Acceleration

24.

When looking at a distance vs. time graph, what is the slope?

a)

Distance

b)

Time

c)

Speed

d)

Acceleration

25.

Which of the following include a direction? [Select ALL that apply!]

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Momentum

d)

Acceleration

26.

If a snail crawls a distance of 15 cm in 5 seconds, what is its speed?

(a)  

27.

If a snail has a speed of 2 cm/s, how far can it travel in 10 seconds?

a)

5 cm

b)

0.2 cm

c)

20 cm

28.

What is the momentum of a 100 kg zombie shambling towards you at a speed of 2 m/s?

a)

200 kg*m/s

b)

50 kg*m/s

c)

0.02 kg*m/s

29.

What is the speed of a 1 kg block that has a momentum of 5 kg*m/s

(a)  

30.

A change in an object's position relative to a reference point.

a)

motion

b)

displacement

c)

momentum

d)

acceleration

31.

The distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point.

a)

displacement

b)

motion

c)

velocity

d)

momentum

32.

The speed and direction of a moving object.

a)

velocity

b)

momentum

c)

acceleration

d)

motion

33.

Property of a moving object that equals its mass times its velocity.

a)

momentum

b)

acceleration

c)

motion

d)

displacement

34.

Identify which of the following quantities would be scalars:

a)

Mass

b)

Temperature

c)

Length

d)

Gravity

35.

Identify which of the following quantities would be vectors:

a)

Distance

b)

Speed

c)

Velocity

d)

Displacement

36.

Identify which of the following quantities would be vectors:

a)

Displacement

b)

Speed

c)

Momentum

d)

Time

e)

Force

37.

Identify which of the following quantities would be scalars:

a)

Displacement

b)

Speed

c)

Distance

d)

Time

e)

Gravity

38.

Identify which of the following quantities would be scalars:

a)

Acceleration

b)

Mass

c)

Temperature

d)

Displacement

e)

Speed

39.

Identify which of the following quantities would be vectors:

a)

Acceleration

b)

Mass

c)

Weight

d)

Velocity

e)

Speed

40.

A quantity which has both magnitude and units is called a (a)   ?

(Watch your spelling!)

41.

A quantity which has direction, magnitude and units is called a (a)   ?

(Watch your spelling!)

42.
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
43.

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

44.
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.
45.

At what speed would a car have to move in order to travel 20 kilometers in 2 hours.

a)

5 km/hr

b)

10 km/hr

c)

20 km/hr

d)

40 km/hr

46.
If a bicyclist travels 30 km in 2 hours, her average speed is
a)
30 km/h
b)
60 km/h
c)
15 km/h
d)
2 km/h
47.
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 
48.
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
49.

Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?

a)

400 minutes

b)

100 minutes

c)

100 seconds

d)

.25 seconds

50.

Traveling to Austin from Dallas takes 4 hours to go 200 miles. What is the average speed?

a)

50 mph

b)

20 mph

c)

200 mph

d)

50 kmh

51.

How long does it take to go from Dallas to Chicago, if it is 1,000 miles and you drive 80 mph?

a)

12 hours

b)

10 hours

c)

12.5 hours

d)

80 hours.

52.
Momentum is a ____________________ quantity
a)
science
b)
scalar
c)
vector
d)
energy
53.

The momentum of an object depends upon the object's ___________&_____________.

a)

size and shape

b)

mass and speed

c)

mass and veloctiy

d)

mass and energy

54.
Which of the following images has more momentum?
a)
Object A
b)
Object B 
c)
They are the same
55.
If two objects have the same mass, then the faster moving object has ____________ momentum.
a)
more 
b)
less
c)
the same
56.

Two identical cars are travelling along EDSA. Car A is travelling at 80 km/hr , while Car B is travelling at 60km/hr. Which of the two cars would have a greater momentum?

a)

Car A

b)

Car B

c)

both have the same momentum

d)

cannot be determined

57.

8. Two identical cars are travelling along EDSA. Which of two cars would have greater momentum?

a)

the slower car

b)

the faster car

c)

both have the same momentum

d)

cannot be determined

58.
A 50 kg ball rolls down the street at 5 m/s. Calculate the momentum of the ball. 
a)
55 kg*m/s
b)
100 kg*m/s
c)
250 kg*m/s
d)
500 kg*m/s
59.
Which object listed below has the greatest momentum?
a)
A 0.05 kg object rolling at 0.2 m/s.
b)
A 0.15 kg object rolling at 2 m/s.
c)
A 0.15 kg object rolling at 1 m/s
d)
A 0.4 kg object rolling at 2 m/s.
60.
Determine the momentum of 1000-kg car moving northward at 20 m/s......... 
a)
20000 N
b)
20000 Joules
c)
20000 Kg * m/s
d)
20000 kg * m/s north
61.
A 0.250 kg cart moving at 0.400 m/s has how much momentum?
a)
0.1 kg-m/s
b)
1 kg-m/s
c)
10 kg-m/s
d)
100 kg-m/s
62.
A person on a stationary skateboard throws a bowling ball with a velocity of 5.0 m/s. What is a possible speed of the person after the throw? 
a)
0 m/s
b)
1.5 m/s
c)
5.0  m/s
d)
7.5 m/s
63.
Two football players with mass 75 kg and 100 kg run directly toward each other with speeds of 6 m/s and 8 m/s respectively. If they grab each other as they collide, the combined speed of the two players just after the collision would be:
a)
2 m/s 
b)
3.4 m/s 
c)
4.6 m/s 
d)
7.1 m/s
64.
A biker with a mass of 75 kg moves along the path with a constant velocity of 5 m/s. What is the biker's momentum?
a)
25 m/s
b)
375 m/s
c)
25 kg m/s
d)
375 kg m/s
65.
The purpose of crumble zones on a car is to
a)
decrease time of impact.
b)
increase force of impact.
c)
increase the time of impact.
d)
decrease the impulse during impact.

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