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Motion Quiz 2025

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A change in position compared to the starting location is which happens over time is which of your terms?

a)

Motion

b)

Speed

c)

Acceleration

d)

Distance

2.

The distance an object travels over a set period of time is known as what.

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

d)

Motion

3.

Speed in a specific direction is which term.

a)

Acceleration

b)

Velocity

c)

Slope

d)

Declaration

4.

Which of the following vocabulary terms is best defined as " the rate at which speed changes over a set period of time"?

a)

Acceleration

b)

Speed

c)

Velocity

d)

Relative Motion

5.

True or False, in order to determine if an object is in motion is to compare the object in motion to a reference point.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

55m/s is an example of which?

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

7.

Which of the following shows an example of velocity?

a)

48m/s

b)

72.4 m/s north

c)

12.3 cm/s2

d)

83 mm/s2 SE

8.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
S = t/d
b)
S = d/t
c)
S = d x t
d)
S = t x d
9.

What is the formula for "Time"?

a)

S= D/T

b)

D=T x V

c)

T= D/V

d)

T=D * V

10.

What is the formula for "Distance"?

a)

D=T x V

b)

D= V/T

c)

V= D/T

d)

A= V2-V1/T

11.

What is the formula for "Acceleration"?

a)

A=V2-V1/T

b)

A=V1-V3/ V2

c)

A=V1-V2/T

d)

V=D/T

12.

Malmar is running to get frozen. He is 15 meters away from Dilishi and it took him 5 seconds to get there. What is his speed.

a)

5m/s

b)

3m/s

c)

20m/s

d)

10m/s

13.
A different runner trains for a marathon for 6 months by eating nothing but bags of french fries from McDonalds. They run a 10 meter dash in 100 seconds. What is their speed?
a)
0.01 m/s
b)
0.1 m/s
c)
1 m/s
d)
10 m/s
14.

The Dark Lord is walking towards you for a duel. He moved north for 18m in 5.2 seconds. What is his velocity?

a)

3.46 m/s north

b)

3.46 m/s

c)

.28 m/s north

d)

.28 m/m

15.

What is the line on this graph showing?

a)

moving away from starting point at a constant speed

b)

moving back towards the starting point at a constant speed

c)

acceleration (getting faster)

d)

deceleration (getting slower)

16.

What is this line of this graph showing?

a)

moving away from starting point at a constant speed

b)

moving back towards the starting point at a constant speed

c)

acceleration (getting faster)

d)

deceleration (getting slower)

17.
What happened during C to D point?
a)
not moving
b)
increasing speed at a constant rate
c)
moving at a constant speed
d)
moving at 0 m/s2 acceleration
18.

What is the speed of segment D?

a)

4m/s

b)

5m/s

c)

.25m/s

d)

4m/m

19.
The picture of the position vs. time graph shows an object that is...
a)

accelerating/speeding up

b)

moving at a constant speed 

c)

not moving 

d)

decelerating/slowing down. 

20.
A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel
a)
90 miles
b)
10 miles
c)
600 miles
d)
90 km
21.
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 
22.
A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?
a)
220 miles
b)
2.2 km
c)
220 km
d)
22 km
23.

Units for acceleration is

a)

m/s

b)

m/s2

c)

m

d)

s

24.

Johnny was running at the velocity of 20m/s north and increased his velocity to 28m/s north over 4s. What is Johnny's acceleration?

a)

2m/s2

b)

4m/s2

c)

-2m/s2

d)

-4m/s2

25.
A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s over 4 seconds.  What's the acceleration?
a)
24 m/s2
b)
18 m/s2
c)
16 m/s2
d)
16 m/s