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Motion and Forces Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the description to the graph:

"The car is traveling at a constant speed."

a)
b)
c)
2.

Match the description to the graph:

"The car is stopped."

a)
b)
c)
3.

Match the description to the graph:

"The car is coming back."

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Segment A-B The bus is _________________.

a)

at rest

b)

returning (to original position)

c)

moving forward

5.

Match the description to the graph:

"The car is slowing down."

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
7.

Describe the motion in the graph:

a)

Constant Speed (positive slope)

b)

Stopped (at rest)

c)

Acceleration (increasing speed)

d)

Return Home (negative slope)

8.

Which is faster?

a)

walking

b)

skating

c)

biking

9.

Which scene matches the graph?

a)

Jonathon walked to his girlfriends house - stayed a while then walked home

b)

Justice rode her bike to the mall

c)

Yeshua walked home from school

10.
a)
b)
c)
d)
11.
At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled? 
a)
0 m
b)
10 m
c)
20 m
d)
40 m
12.
How long did it take this object to travel 10 m?
a)
0 s
b)
10 s
c)
15 s
d)
20 s
13.
Newton's first law that says an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force is also called the law of 
a)
acceleration
b)
inertia
c)
action and reaction
d)
may the force be with you
14.
Which force produces a change in motion?
a)
unbalanced force
b)
balanced force
c)
gravitational force
d)
frictional force
15.

A hockey puck sliding on ice eventually comes to a stop. Describe the forces involved.

a)

unbalanced

b)

balanced

c)

Fnet = 0

d)

None of these

16.

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

a)

There is no difference.

b)

Speed is calculated in a different way.

c)

Velocity is speed with a given direction.

d)

Both have the same units.

17.

A person walks 3 kilometers east, then 4 kilometers north. What is the total distance they have traveled?

a)

5 kilometers

b)

7 kilometers

c)

12 kilometers

d)

1 kilometer

18.

Which of the following has no acceleration?

a)

A motorcycle speeding up

b)

A school bus coming to a stop at a stop sign

c)

A mini van going a constant speed

19.

Determine how long it will take to drive 86 miles to a football game if you drive 55 miles per hour.

a)

4730 mins

b)

4730 hours

c)

1.56 mins

d)

1.56 hours

20.

How fast are you driving if you drive 150 km in 3 hours?

a)

450 km/hr

b)

450 km/min

c)

100 km/hr

d)

50 km/hr

21.
What causes a ball rolling across a rug to slow to a stop?
a)
The rug doesn't have enough force to hold the ball. 
b)
Friction resists the ball's forward motion.
c)
The rug doesn't have enough momentum to keep the ball rolling.
d)
The ball isn't rolling fast enough. 
22.
If an unbalanced force acts on an object, what will happen?
a)
It will not move at all. 
b)
It will accelerate in the same direction as the force. 
c)
It will accelerate in the direction opposite the force. 
d)
It will accelerate at an angle of 90 degrees to the force. 
23.
What is net force? 
a)
A force associated with the internet. 
b)
The combined forces acting on a particular object. 
c)
The same thing as inertia.
d)
The same thing is gravity. 
24.
An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless an ___ force acts on it.
a)
unbalanced
b)
balanced
25.
What kind(s) of objects have inertia?
a)
all objects with mass
b)
only objects at rest
c)
only objects in motion
d)
only objects whose motion is being changed
26.
Why is the net force 0 in the image?
a)
Because the elephants are the same size
b)
Because they are both pulling the same amount of force in opposite directions
c)
Because they are elephants
d)
Because they are pulling away from each other.
27.

An object's tendency to resist (not) change its state of motion.

a)

gravity

b)

force

c)

inertia

d)

friction

28.

If an object in motion is not acted on by an unbalanced force, it will continue with the same speed and direction.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

If an object is speeding up, it is accelerating.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

If a ball is in motion, how do balanced forces effect it?

a)

it will slow the ball down

b)

the ball will speed up

c)

the ball will continue to move at a constant speed & in the same direction

d)

the ball will stop

31.

Why does an 18-wheeler truck have more inertia than a bicycle?

a)

it has more mass

b)

it has more volume

c)

it is not as aerodynamic

d)

it has more space

32.
The law of inertia (Newton’s First Law) applies
a)
to both moving and nonmoving objects
b)
only to moving objects
c)
only to objects that are not moving
33.
If one object has twice as much mass as another object, it also has twice as much...
a)
inertia
b)
velocity
c)
acceleration due to gravity
d)
DO NOT PUSH ME
34.

An astronaut kicks a soccer ball in outer space at a location far from significant influences of gravity and air resistance. The soccer ball will _________.

a)

continue in motion with the same speed and direction

b)

eventually stop as its inertia slowly becomes used up

c)

eventually stop since all objects ultimately "lose their steam"

d)

either a, b, or c -- depending on whether the astronaut continues to kick it

35.

If an astronaut has a mass of 88 kg on the Earth, her mass up in orbit on the International Space Station would be:

a)

88 kg

b)

0 kg

c)

44 kg

d)

You can't tell because she would be weightless.

36.

An object moving rightward at a constant speed has a force pushing to the right

a)

True

b)

False

37.

A 20 kg object needs how big of a net force to keep moving?

a)

0 N

b)

20 N

c)

200 N

d)

2 N

38.

As a game of tug-of-war begins, the teams begin to tug, and the flag starts moving toward the team on the right.

Which statement best describes what is occurring in relation to Newton’s First Law?

a)
  1. The team on the right is applying less force to make the forces balanced.

b)
  1. The team on the right is applying more force to make the forces unbalanced.

c)
  1. The team on the right is applying more force to make the forces balanced.

d)
  1. The team on the right is applying less force to make the forces unbalanced.

39.

As a game of tug-of-war continues with the flag moving toward the team on the right at a constant speed, which statement best describes what is occurring in relation to Newton’s First Law?

a)
  1. The team on the right is applying less force to make the forces balanced.

b)
  1. The team on the right is applying more force to make the forces unbalanced.

c)
  1. The team on the right is applying more force to make the forces balanced.

d)
  1. Both team are applying equal forces in opposite directions.

40.
What is velocity?
a)
the quickness of an object
b)
the location of an object
c)
acceleration
d)
speed in a specific direction
41.

What is speed?

a)

It is how far you go

b)

It is the distance traveled over a period of time

c)

It is how fast you accelerate

d)

It is the change in the postilion of a object

42.
Displacement is distance combined with
a)
direction
b)
speed
c)
velocity
d)
magnitude
43.
Which of the following describes distance and displacement correctly?
a)
The blue arrow shows distance and the orange arrows show displacement
b)
The blue arrow shows displacement and the orange arrows show distance
c)
Both arrows show distance only
d)
Both arrows show distance and displacement
44.

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total distance?

a)

2 km

b)

5 km

c)

8 km

d)

10 km

45.

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total displacement?

a)

2 km

b)

5 km

c)

8 km

d)

10 km

46.

A runner races in the 100 meter dash. It takes her 10 seconds to finish. What is her average speed?

a)

10 m/s

b)

1000 m/s

c)

100 seconds

d)

10 seconds

47.

A ping-pong ball rolls forward 6 meters, and bounces backward 3 meters. What was its displacement (distance from the origin)?

a)
9 meters
b)
6 meters
c)
3 meters
d)
0 meters
48.

A runner runs 2 laps around a track with a circumference of 400 m in 100 seconds. What is their average velocity?

a)

80 m/s

b)

0

c)

40 m/s

d)

60 m/s

49.

Joe rides his bike from point A to point B and then on to point C. What is the total distance traveled?

a)

12 m

b)

43 m

c)

7 m

d)

12 m

50.

Joe rides from point A to B to C. What is the displacement?

a)

7 m

b)

12 m

c)

5 m

d)

2 m

51.

35 m/s would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

52.

5 m/s west would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

53.

What two things do you need to know to calculate velocity?

a)

direction and distance

b)

speed and distance

c)

speed and direction

d)

Distance and time

54.

Steve runs 20 m North in 4 seconds. What is his velocity

a)

5 m/s

b)

4 m/s south

c)

5 m/s south

d)

5 m/s north

55.
If I choose to walk to school at a speed of 3mph, it will take me 4 hours to arrive. How far away do I live?
a)
7 miles
b)
12 miles
c)
1 mile
d)
.75 miles
56.
How long would it take a bus traveling at 50 km/h to travel 125 km?
a)
6,250 hours
b)
2.5 km
c)
2.5 hours
d)
6,250 km
57.
Liza is swimming laps from one end of a 50 meter pool to the other. Going from one end to the other is considered one lap. If she swims four complete laps, which statement is TRUE?
a)
Her distance and displacement are both zero.
b)
Her distance is zero, but her displacement is 200 meters.
c)
Her distance is 200 meters, but her displacement is zero.
d)
Her distance and displacement are both 200 meters.
58.

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.

59.

At what point is the speed the greatest?

a)

C-D

b)

B-C

c)

A-B

d)

D-E

60.
Shona cycles at an average speed of 8km/h. How far has she traveled if she cycles for 4 hours?
a)
55km
b)
32km
c)
43km
d)
32miles