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Kinametics_CT

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The unit we use to measure speed is ___.

a)

m/s

b)

m

c)

s

d)

m/s2

2.

What is vector quantity?

a)

Quantities that have only magnitude

b)

Quantities that have magnitude and direct

c)

Quantities that have only direct

d)

None of the above

3.

What are units of physical quantities in the following?

a)

Time

b)

Displacement

c)

Length

d)

Speed

e)

Velocity

4.

the difference between the initial, or starting, position and the final position

a)

reference point

b)

motion

c)

position

d)

displacement

5.

a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time.

a)

velocity

b)

motion

c)

speed

d)

vector

6.

the speed and the direction of a moving object

a)

velocity

b)

acceleration

c)

speed

d)

vector

7.

What does this graph mean?

a)

no velocity (at rest)

b)

uniform velocity

c)

uniform speed

8.

What is shown in this displacement vs time graph?

a)

uniform velocity

b)

uniform speed

c)

no speed (at rest)

d)

acceleration

9.

What is shown in this graph?

a)

uniform velocity and initial displacement 10m

b)

uniform velocity and initial velocity 10m

c)

acceleration

10.

What is happening between C and D in this graph?

a)

constant acceleration

b)

uniform velocity

c)

at rest

11.

What is happening in this graph?

a)

constant positive velocity

b)

constant negative velocity

c)

negative acceleration

d)

gravity

12.

What is happening from A to B?

a)

acceleration

b)

uniform velocity

c)

uniform acceleration

13.

A dog walks from +4 m to +2 m. Which of the following statements is true about the dog’s motion?

a)

xi = +2 m     

b)


Δ\Delta   x = +2 m

c)

 xf = +2 m  

d)

vavg = 2 m/s

14.

Rank in decreasing order the distances traveled by objects having the following pairs of average velocity and time of motion.
I. vavg = +2.0 m/s, Δ\Delta  t = 2.0 s
II. vavg = +3.0 m/s, Δ\Delta  t = 2.0 s
III. vavg = -3.0 m/s, Δ\Delta  t = 3.0 s

a)

I, II, III  

b)

II, III, I  

c)

II, I, III

d)

III, II, I

15.

The motions of Objects A, B, and C are represented on a position-time graph. Observe their lines and rank the speeds of Objects A, B, and C from slowest to fastest.

a)

A, B, C

b)

B, A, C

c)

A, C, B

d)

C, B, A

16.
Which graph shows a car that is moving at a constant velocity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
none of them
17.

You arrive in my class 35 seconds after leaving english which is 80 meters away. How fast did you travel?

a)

45 m/s

b)

2.3 m/s

c)

115 m/s

d)

35 m/s

18.

Define motion.

a)

Rate of motion measured in distance over a period of time.

b)

A change in velocity over a certain amount of time. Can be positive or negative.

c)

A change in position relative to a frame of reference.

d)

Quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.

19.

Define speed.

a)

A change in position relative to a frame of reference.

b)

A change in velocity over a certain amount of time. Can be positive or negative.

c)

Rate of motion measure in total distance over total time in a specific direction.

d)

Rate of motion measured in distance over a period of time.

20.
 Ray runs 30 feet north, 30 feet west, and then 30 feet south. What is the distance?
a)
90 feet
b)
30 feet
c)
60 feet
d)
0 feet
21.
A person walks 10 miles east, then 5 miles west, and then 10 miles east.  What is the person's displacement?
a)
25 miles east
b)
20 miles west
c)
15 miles east
d)
10 miles west
22.
What is the length and direction of a straight line between starting and ending points?
a)
displacement
b)
distance
c)
frame of reference
d)
vector
23.
Distance and displacement are never the same.
a)
true
b)
false
24.
Ms. Bush drives 50 miles. What does Ms. Bush need to figure out her speed?
a)
The type of car she drives
b)
Her heart rate as she drives
c)
The time she has driven
d)
The direction she was going
25.

An old lady flew down the highway 600 miles in a side car. The journey in the side car took 10 hours. What was the velocity of the old woman in the side car?

a)

6000 miles/hour

b)

610 miles per hour

c)

60 miles/hour

d)

10 miles/hour