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Motion Quiz Retake

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

a)

distance

b)

velocity

c)

acceleration

d)

displacement

2.

Which of the following are vector quantities? Choose ALL that apply.

a)

Speed

b)

Acceleration

c)

Displacement

d)

Velocity

3.

In the phrase "five miles Northeast of the factory," what is the factory?

a)

a reference point

b)

a position

c)

a final destination

d)

a dimension

4.

Which describes the greater displacement?

a)

walking 3m north, then 3 m south, then 3m north

b)

walking 3m east, then 3m north, then 3m west

c)

walking 3m north, then 3m west, then 3m south

d)

walking 3m east, then 3m south, then 3m east

5.

If you ride your bicycle down a straight road for 200 m then turn around and ride back to your starting point, your displacement is ________ your distance.

a)

less than

b)

equal to

c)

greater than

d)

can't determine

6.

Radar tells an air traffic controller that a jet is slowing as it nears the airport. Which might represent the jet's speed?

a)

750 km/h

b)

750 km

c)

750 h/km

d)

750 h

7.

You need to get to science class in 90 seconds after leaving Mr. Williams class, which is 45 meters away. In order not to be tardy, how fast do you need to travel to make it on time in meters per seconds.

Speed = Distance/Time

a)

2.0 m/s

b)

0.5 m/s2

c)

0.5 m/s

d)

10 m/s2

8.

How long will it take an object traveling at 25 m/s to reach a distance of 125 meters?

Time = Distance/Speed

a)

0.2 seconds

b)

5.0 seconds

c)

0.2 minutes

d)

5.0 minutes

9.

Which have the same velocity?

a)

a dog walking west at 3 km/h and a cat walking west at 3 km/h

b)

a car standing still and a truck driving in a circle at 4 km/h

c)

a boy walking east at 2 km/h and a man walking east at 4 km/h

d)

a girl walking west at 3 km/h and a boy walking south at 3 km/h

10.

Which describes motion in which the person or object is accelerating?

a)

a girl runs along a straight path the same distance each second

b)

a dog walks at a constant speed along a straight sidewalk

c)

a truck moves around a curve with changing speed

d)

a bird flies straight form a tree to the ground without changing speed

11.

Find the acceleration of Mrs. Carroll when she goes from 32 m/s to 96 m/s in 8.0 seconds. A = Final Velocity - Initial Velocity/Time

a)

-8.0 m/s2

b)

8.0 m/s

c)

12 m/s2

d)

8.0 m/s2

12.
Which of the graphs shows that one of runners started 10 yards further ahead of the other (note that graph c is the bottom right and graph d is the bottom left)? 
a)
Graph A
b)
Graph B
c)
Graph C
d)
Graph D
13.

Which runner stopped for a rest?

a)

Albert

b)

Bob

c)

Charlie

14.
Which runner had a head start?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
none
15.
Which graph shows the object standing still?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
16.
Which graph is showing acceleration (getting faster)
a)
D
b)
E
c)
both D and E
d)
neither D or E
17.
Which line represents an object moving at a faster speed?
a)
A
b)
B
18.
What is this graph showing?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration (speeding up)
c)
Deceleration (slowing down)
d)
No motion
19.

Which graph represents an object that is decreasing in speed?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Which runner won the race?

a)

Albert

b)

Bob

c)

Charlie

21.

Which graph would be used to show an object that has a speed of zero for the entire time represented?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

In which of the following graphs below are both runners moving at the same speed?

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

At what point is the object moving back to the starting point?

a)

10 seconds

b)

5 seconds

c)

2 seconds

d)

7 seconds

24.

A negative acceleration means that your object is _____.

a)

doing nothing

b)

moving in circles

c)

speeding up

d)

slowing down