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Motion Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 2hrs 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

speed of an object in a particular direction

a)

motion

b)

velocity

c)

speed

d)

acceleration

2.

What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

3.

Billy runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Billy's distance?

a)

0 meters

b)

400 meters

c)

800 meters

d)

1600 meters

4.

Billy runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Billy's displacement?

a)

0 meters

b)

400 meters

c)

800 meters

d)

1600 meters

5.

Two people walk across a parking lot. Their paths are shown in the image. Who traveled with a larger displacement?

a)

Person A

b)

Person B

c)

They both had the same displacement.

6.

The change in an objects position from the final position to initial position.

a)

displacement

b)

distance

c)

motion

d)

reference point

7.

Which is the length of the path an object has traveled?

a)

displacement

b)

distance

c)

motion

d)

reference point

8.

The distance an object moves in a unit of time

a)

speed

b)

force

c)

velocity

d)

acceleration

9.

What is the speed of the International Space Station if it travels 300 miles in 60 seconds?

a)

5 miles/second

b)

0.2 miles/second

c)

5 seconds/mile

d)

18,000 miles/second

10.

The SI unit for speed is_______.

a)

meters per second

b)

miles per hour

c)

miles per second

d)

meters per hour

11.

16 km east would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacements

c)

speed

d)

velocity

12.

35 m/s would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

13.

5 m/s west would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

14.

Sound travels at a speed of 330 m/s. If Alice hears an ambulance siren 165 meters away, how long will it take for the sound to travel from the siren to her ear?

a)

0.5 seconds

b)

5 seconds

c)

2 seconds

d)

20 seconds

15.

A hot air balloon traveled 2.5 hours at a speed of 450 km/h. What distance did it travel?

a)

1125 km

b)

180 km

c)

900 km

d)

540 km

16.
A negative acceleration means that your object is _____. 
a)
not accelerating
b)
not moving
c)
speeding up 
d)
slowing down 
17.

A roller coaster accelerates from an initial speed of 6.0 m/s to a final speed 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

18.
Acceleration only takes place when things speed up. 
a)
True
b)
False
19.
The SI unit for acceleration is
a)
mph
b)
ft/sec2
c)
m/s2
20.
What is the velocity of an object that travels 20 meters in 4 seconds North?
a)
80 m/s North
b)
5 m/s
c)
5 m/s North
d)
24 m/s
21.

A child sleds down a steep, snow-covered hill with an acceleration of 2.82 m/s2 . If her initial speed is 0.0 m/s and her final speed is 15.5 m/s, how long does it take her to travel from the top of the hill to the bottom?

a)

5.5 s

b)

0.19 s

c)

42 s

d)

8 s

22.

John was driving at 35 m/s when he saw a cop and slowed down to 31 m/s. He did this in 3 seconds, what was his acceleration?

a)

1.33 m/s2

b)

-1.33 m/s2

c)

44 m/s2

d)

-44 m/s2

23.

A car with an initial velocity of 1.3 m/s accelerates at 0.5 m/s2 for 8 seconds. What is the car's final velocity?

a)

5.3 m/s

b)

8 s

c)

1.3 m/s

d)

4 m/s

24.

When are you undergoing an acceleration in a car? (Choose all that are correct)

a)

speed up

b)

slow down

c)

make turns

d)

constant speed

25.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
26.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
27.
How long did it take this object to travel 10 m?
a)
0 s
b)
10 s
c)
15 s
d)
20 s
28.
Which section of the graph shows decreasing velocity?
a)
CD
b)
DE
c)
EF
d)
GH
29.
Which section of the graph shows constant velocity?
a)
AB
b)
BC
c)
EF
d)
GH
30.

Select the description of motion from A - B.

a)

Slowing down away from the origin

b)

Speeding up away from the origin

c)

Constant velocity away from the origin

d)

Constant velocity towards the origin