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Linear Motion in Sport

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sport is an example of displacement?

a)

Long jump

b)

Golf

c)

Cycling

d)

Weightlifting

2.

What is the unit of measurement for acceleration?

a)

meters per second (m/s)

b)

meters per second squared (m/s²)

c)

kilogram meters per second (kg·m/s)

d)

meters

3.

Which sport is an example of deceleration?

a)

Sprinting

b)

Baseball

c)

Swimming

d)

Formula 1

4.

What is the unit of measurement for distance?

a)

meters per second (m/s)

b)

meters per second squared (m/s²)

c)

kilogram meters per second (kg·m/s)

d)

meters

5.

What is the formula to calculate speed?

a)

v = Δd / Δt

b)

a = Δv / Δt

c)

s = Total Distance / Total Time

d)

p = m * v

6.

What is the formula to calculate acceleration?

a)

a = Δv / Δt

b)

p = m * v

c)

Δd = Final Position - Initial Position

d)

v = Δd / Δt

7.

What is the unit of measurement for speed?

a)

meters per second (m/s)

b)

meters per second squared (m/s²)

c)

kilogram meters per second (kg·m/s)

d)

meters

8.

Which sport is an example of acceleration?

a)

Sprinting

b)

Baseball

c)

Swimming

d)

Formula 1

9.

What is the unit of measurement for force?

a)

Newton (N)

b)

Kilogram (kg)

c)

Meter per second squared (m/s²)

d)

Joule (J)

10.

What is the formula to calculate momentum?

a)

p = m * v

b)

a = Δv / Δt

c)

s = Total Distance / Total Time

d)

v = Δd / Δt

11.

Select the correct definition of displacement

a)

the straight-line distance between the start and finish positions of a moving object

b)

the diagonal distance between the start and finish positions of a moving object

c)

the straight-line distance between the middle and finish positions of a moving object

d)

the straight-line distance of a moving object

12.

The path an athlete travels during a 100m sprint is mostly an example of

a)

linear motion

b)

curvlinear motion

c)

rectlinear motion

d)

speed

13.

MOMENTUM is defined as the product of mass (m) and .......

a)

velocity

b)

weight

c)

mass

d)

acceleration

14.
You are competing in a 100m race in the pool.  Each length of the pool is 50m.  What is your displacement?
a)
0m
b)
50m
c)
100m
15.

Acceleration: is the rate of change in

a)

velocity

b)

speed

c)

displacement

d)

direction