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WorksheetsG4: How things move
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
An object in motion always changes its position and may change its direction.
True
False
Fill in the blank: The speed of an object is determined by the ______ it travels in a unit of time.
distance
time
mass
volume
The drawing below shows Eric releasing two cars at the top of a ramp. Which statement best describes what happens to the cars as they leave the bottom of the ramp?
They speed up.
They stop moving.
They start spinning.
They change direction.
Which two measurements are needed in order to calculate the speed of a moving object?
height and mass
time traveled and mass
height and distance traveled
distance traveled and time traveled
Which of these is always changing with an object in motion?
direction
energy
position
speed
Marc is at the bowling alley and is wondering how he could figure out the speed of the ball as he rolls it down the lane toward the pins. Which two tools would he need to find the speed of the bowling ball?
ruler and thermometer
scale and thermometer
meter stick and stopwatch
graduated cylinder and scale
Kim and Heidi are playing marbles. Kim rolls her marble toward the target, but it suddenly moves to the left and misses the target. Heidi looks at the ground and sees a small pebble where the marble was rolling. Which change did the pebble cause in the marble?
The pebble caused the marble to speed up.
The pebble caused the marble to bounce up.
The pebble caused the marble to stop its motion.
The pebble caused the marble to change direction.
Eric is racing two toy cars down ramps. The ramps are the same height and the same distance, but one car is heavier than the other. Eric predicts the heavier car will travel faster than the lighter car. How can Eric determine which car has the greater speed?
measure the time it takes the cars to travel the same distance
measure the distance the cars travel
measure how long the cars travel
measure how far the cars travel in the same amount of time
Phillipe is playing baseball. The pitcher throws the ball, and Phillipe prepares to hit the ball with his bat. What is the ball doing right before Phillipe hits it?
It is speeding up.
It is slowing to a stop.
It is changing its position.
It is changing its direction.
Two cars are racing on a 1 mile track. The red car reaches the finish line after 45 seconds. The black car takes 37 seconds to reach the finish line. Which car had the greatest speed?
The red car had more speed.
The black car had more speed.
Both cars had the same speed.
You can't tell which car had more speed.
A batter hits a baseball with a wooden bat. Which of these is NOT likely to happen to the baseball after it is struck by the bat?
It could stay with the bat.
It could pop straight up in the air.
It could move forward and away from the batter.
It could deflect off the bat and continue moving behind the batter.
Three people travel in their cars toward the supermarket. All left at the same time, and each travels at the same speed the whole time. The speed and distance are shown in the diagram below. Which car will reach the supermarket first?
Car A will be first.
Car B will be first.
Car C will be first.
All the cars will reach the supermarket at the same time.
As Javier is riding a roller coaster, the coaster moves to the top of a big hill and stops. Javier can see that the track in front of him goes steeply downward and turns to the left. What is most likely to change as Javier continues his ride on the roller coaster?
only Javier's speed and position
Javier's position, but not his speed
Javier's speed, but not his direction
Javier's position, speed, and direction
Three students are in a race. The students are all running the same distance with the starting points and the finish line being shown in the diagram below. Based on the information provided, which runner is most likely to win the race?
Runner A will win the race.
Runner B will win the race.
Runner C will win the race.
It will be a three-way tie.
Brad and Chris are playing with a soccer ball at recess. As the ball rolls towards Chris, he kicks it. Which of these will NOT change after the ball leaves Chris's foot?
A) position
B) speed
C) direction
D) mass
A ball is rolling across the grass. Jeremy applies a force to the ball when he kicks it. Which of the following could change as a result of Jeremy's kick? Choose all that apply.
the ball's mass
the ball's speed
the ball's direction
the ball's position
A truck is traveling down a straight road at 30 mph. It slows down to stop at a stop sign. Which of the following changes in the truck's motion occurred as it slowed to a stop?
the truck's speed only
the truck's direction only
the truck's speed and direction
the truck's speed and position
Which of the following can cause the motion of an object to change? Choose all that apply.
a push
mass
weight
a pull
a force
Susan designed an experiment to determine how the height of a ramp affects the speed of a toy car. She plans to release the car from the top of different ramps and then measure the car's speed. Susan already has a meter stick. What other measuring tool will she need to determine the toy car's speed after each trial?
a balance
a stop watch
a spring scale
a thermometer
Two students are rolling a ball back and forth across the playground grass. Suddenly, the ball changes direction. When the students explore why this happened, they see that the ball hit a rock. Which of these caused the ball to change direction?
a change in force
a change in gravity
a change in mass
a change in volume
