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Position & Motion Graphs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which object has the greatest speed?

a)

C

b)

A

c)

B

2.

When was the object travelling the fastest?

a)

0 - 3 s

b)

3 - 4 s

c)

4 - 6 s

d)

6 - 10 s

3.

How many times was the object stationary in this graph?

a)

the object never stopped

b)

the object stopped once

c)

the objects stopped twice

d)

the object was never in motion

4.

Which statement about the object's motion in this graph is true?

a)

it is traveling at a constant speed

b)

it is accelerating

c)

it is not in motion

d)

it went up very high

5.

A car travels 50 meters north, then 30 meters south. What is the displacement of the car?

a)

20 meters north

b)

80 meters north

c)

50 meters south

d)

10 meters north

6.

Match the terms to their correct definitions

Average Speed

A specific location of an object

Position

An object changing its position

Reference Point

A fixed point used to determine position

Motion

The total time over the total distance

Constant Speed

Covering the same distance every second

7.

After completing one trip on a roller coaster, the roller coaster's ________ is zero.

a)
displacement
b)
distance
c)

length

d)

reference point

8.

Which would NOT be a good example of a reference point to describe the gentleman, in the red shirt, in motion?

a)

The buildings

b)

The crosswalk

c)

The street signs

d)

The bird

9.

What is an example of the best reference point to identify the car is in motion?

a)

The Clouds

b)

The sky

c)

The person in the car

d)

The trees

10.

Motion can be described through a change in _____.

a)

temperature

b)

distance

c)

position

d)

speed

11.

You need Distance, a reference point, and a reference direction to determine the position of an object

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is a reference point?

a)

A place or object that is staying still, that is used to determine if something else is moving.

b)

A place or spot where something is located

c)

The action of moving or being moved

d)

Shortest distance between starting position and ending position

13.

20 km/hr is an example of

a)

direction

b)

velocity

c)

speed

d)

distance

14.

where is the Ball ?

a)

on the table

b)

under the table

c)

in the table

15.

Unit of Distance

a)

Litres

b)

Tonnes

c)

Kilogram

d)

Kilometers

16.
Which graph shows the object standing still?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.

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)

18.

What happened during D to E point?

a)

not moving

b)

Constant speed away from reference point

c)

Constant speed towards the reference point

d)

Deceleration

19.

Give an example of a vector quantity.

a)

Speed

b)

Force

c)

Distance

d)

Temperature

20.

Is displacement a scalar or a vector quantity?

a)

Speed

b)

Acceleration

c)

Vector

d)

Scalar