WorksheetsSpeed & Motion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In order to determine whether an object is moving and in what direction, you need to compare its motion to...
Another moving object
An arbitrary reference point
A graph
The sun
This is the total length of a path travelled.
Displacement
Speed
Distance
Velocity
The shortest length between an object's starting and stopping point in a given direction.
Speed
Velocity
Distance
Displacement
The distance an object travels in a given amount of time is known as....
Displacement
A reference point
Speed
Velocity
An object's speed at a given instant in time is known as....
Instantaneous Speed
Average Speed
Velocity
Displacement
Speed in a given direction is also known as...
Average Speed
Instantaneous Speed
Displacement
Velocity
During a race, a runner travels four times around a circular track and finishes back at the starting line. If the track is 400 meters long, what is the runner's DISTANCE?
0 meters
400 meter
800 meters
1600 meters
During a race, a runner travels four times around a circular track and finishes back at the starting line. If the track is 400 meters long, what is the runner's DISPLACEMENT?
0 meters
400 meters South
800 meters Northwest
1600 meters East
What is the speed formula?
speed = displacement/distance
speed = distance/time
speed = time/distance
speed = distance/displacement
It takes a car 4 hours to travel 360 km. What is the car's speed?
90 km/hr
0.01 km/hr
364 km/hr
1440 km/hr
On a distance vs. time graph, the slope of the line represents the object's ____________
Distance
Time
Speed
Displacement
According to this graph, what is the speed of the object?
10 m/s
5 m/s
0.5 m/s
2 m/s
According to this graph, what is true about the motion of this object? Check all that apply.
It is travelling at a constant speed.
Its speed is increasing.
It is getting further away from its reference point.
The object is not moving.
According to this graph, what is true about the object's motion between 5 & 15 seconds?
The object is not moving.
The object is speeding up.
The object is slowing down.
The object is getting closer to their reference point.
According to this graph, what is happening to the object's motion between 15 & 30 seconds?
The object is not moving.
The object is speeding up.
The object is slowing down.
The object is getting closer to its reference point.
