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Motion Study Guide

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is an example of VELOCITY?
a)
A dog running at 3 m/s
b)
A deer sprinting at 4 m/s
c)
A migrating bird headed south for the winter at 3 m/s
d)
A person not moving at all
2.
Which is an example of SPEED?
a)
5 SECONDS
b)
2 METERS PER SECOND
c)
4 METERS
d)
1 HOUR
3.
Speed=
a)
T/D
b)
D/T
c)
S x T
d)
D x T
4.
a)
Object not moving
b)
Object accelerating
c)
Object slowing down
d)
Object at a constant speed
5.
a)
Object not moving
b)
Object accelerating
c)
Object slowing down
d)
Object at a constant speed
6.
a)
Green object is faster than Red
b)
Red object is faster than Green
c)
Green object is slower than Red
d)
Red object is 2 times faster than Green
7.
turn left
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
8.
slow down
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
9.
72 m/s
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
10.
What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?
a)
20 miles/hr
b)
20 m/min
c)
800 m/min
d)
200 miles/hr
11.
A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?
a)
25 miles/hr
b)
5 miles/hr
c)
125 km/hr
d)
50 km/hr
12.
Which of the following is a unit of speed?
a)
km/hr
b)
hr
c)
km
d)
s
13.
Which of the following is a unit of time?
a)
km/hr
b)
hr
c)
km
d)
mi
14.
Which of the following is a unit of distance ?
a)
miles/hr
b)
hr
c)
km
d)
min
15.
What is speed?
a)
how much an object’s position changes
b)
how far an object moves
c)
how long an object moves
d)
how far an object moves in a certain amount of time
16.
A car is driven for 3 hours. What else do you need to know to describe this car’s speed?
a)
the road the car in driven on
b)
the time of day
c)
the distance the car is driven
d)
the number of passengers in the car
17.
Which term means speed with a direction?
a)
Speeding
b)
Acceleration
c)
Velocity
d)
Gravity
18.
The correct equation for acceleration is?
a)
a = d/t
b)
a = s/vf
c)
a = vf - vi / t
d)
p = m/v
19.
The Standard Units for Speed is ?
a)
m/s (meters per second)
b)
ms (meters times seconds)
c)
mskg (meters times seconds kilograms)
d)
m/s*kg (meters per second kilograms)
20.
Wind pushes a toy sailboat across a pond. The boat moves in a straight path. What is changing?
a)
the boat’s direction
b)
the boat’s path
c)
the wind’s direction
d)
the boat’s position
21.
The position of a runner in a race changes as time passes. What could a reference point to describe the change in position? 
a)
the starting line
b)
the runner’s speed
c)
the runner’s right foot
d)
another runner
22.

When an object’s distance from another object is changing,

a)

it is in motion.

b)

it is speeding.

c)

it has a high velocity.

d)

it is accelerating.

23.

Reference point can also be described as what?

a)

An ending point

b)

A starting point

c)

A description

d)

A location

24.

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

a)

scientific method

b)

recipe

c)

data collection

d)

metric system

25.

A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.

a)

data

b)

theory

c)

hypothesis

d)

fact

26.

This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist.

a)

dependent variable

b)

independent variable

c)

data

d)

control group

27.

Dependent variable means

a)

the scientist controls what to test

b)

educated guess

c)

ask a question

d)

what is being measured

28.
Acceleration occurs when an object changes its speed or ______.
a)
direction
b)
force
c)
inertia
d)
mass
29.
Which runner stopped for a rest?
a)
Albert
b)
Bob
c)
Charlie
30.
This is a velocity-time graph.  What is the object doing in segment A?
a)
Positive acceleration
b)
Negative acceleration
c)
Constant Velocity
d)
Not moving
31.
This is a velocity-time graph.  What is the object doing in segment C?
a)
Positive acceleration
b)
Negative acceleration
c)
Constant Velocity
d)
Not moving
32.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
33.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
34.
Acceleration of an object happens when things ________
a)
slow down
b)
go faster
c)
change direction (turn)
d)
All of the above
35.
Which of the following is the closest match to the definition of motion?
a)
An objects change in position relative to a reference point
b)
The change in position of an object
c)
Constant speed
36.
What is the definition of speed?
a)
Distance/Time
b)
Change in velocity/Time
c)
A change in momentum
37.

24km/hr South is an example of

a)

speed

b)

direction

c)

velocity

d)

acceleration

38.

Speed in a given direction

V=D/T+D

a)

Acceleration

b)

Velocity

c)

Speed

d)

Friction

39.

Speed depends on distance & time.

S=D/T

a)

Force

b)

Acceleration

c)

Velocity

d)

Speed

40.

Force of attraction between 2 objects.

Clue: Falling object

a)

Weight

b)

Gravity

c)

Mass

d)

Inertia

41.

The amount of Matter.

Tool: balance

a)

volume

b)

Inertia

c)

Weight

d)

Mass

42.

Bob ran the 50 meter dash. It took him 6.3 seconds. What was his average speed in meters/second?

a)

7.9 m/s

b)

0.1 m/s

c)

50 m/s

43.

Which of the following accurately contrasts velocity and speed?

a)

speed is distance traveled in a certain amount of time. Velocity is time traveled in a certain distance

b)

speed is distance traveled in a certain time. Velocity is speed in a specific direction

c)

Velocity is distance traveled in a certain time. Speed is velocity in a certain direction

d)

velocity is distance traveled in a certain time. Soeed is how fast you're going

44.

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

45.
Which of these is an example of negative acceleration (or deceleration)?
a)
a bird taking off for flight
b)
a baseball released by a pitcher
c)
a car approaching a red light
d)
an airplane following a straight flight path
46.

The distance traveled by an object divided by time is called ___.

a)

average time

b)

average speed

c)

average acceleration

d)

unscrupulous activity

47.

If a car accelerates from 0 to 60 km/h in 5 seconds, what is its acceleration?

a)

12 km/h 2^2

b)

12 m/s 2^2

c)

3 km/h 2^2

d)

3 m/s 2^2

48.
A unusually fast zombie was chasing after Carl to eat him. What was the zombie’s speed at 6 seconds if he traveled 36 meters?
a)
6 meters/seconds
b)
6 seconds/meters
c)
.17 meters/second
d)
None of the above

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