Test Chapter 2 Motion
1.
The change in an objects position relative to a reference point.
a. Acceleration
b. Displacement
c. Motion
d. Distance
2. The distance traveled per unit time is called what?
a. Speed
b. Acceleration
c. Velocity
d. Both A & B
e. Both A & C
3. Which of the following shows instantaneous velocity?
a. Speedometer
b. Barometer
c. Pedometer
d. None of the above
4. During a football game, a punter punts the ball standing on his own 20 yard line. A receiver catches the ball on his own 25
yard line and returns the punt to the 40. What is the displacement for the football?
a. 55 yds
b. 45 yds
c. 40 yds
d. 30 yds
5. In the scenario above, what was the total distance the football traveled?
a. 55 yds
b. 60 yds
c. 65 yds
d. 70 yds
6. In the scenario above, assuming the line of scrimmage for the punt team was the 35, what was the distance of the punt?
a. 30 yds
b. 35 yds
c. 40 yds
d. 45 yds
7. In the coordinate system, which direction is directly right?
a. North
b. South
c. East
d. West
8. This is defined as the distance and direction of an objects change in position.
a. Velocity
b. Motion
c. Displacement
d. Acceleration
9. A person walks 4 meters due west and then 3 meters south. What is the person’s displacement?
a. 4 m
b. 3 m
c. 5 m
d. 7 m
10. In the scenario above, what total distance did the person travel?
a. 4 m
b. 3 m
c. 5 m
d. 7 m
11. Which of the following moves at the speed of 16 m/s?
a. Olympic 100 m runner
b. Car on the city street
c. Car on the interstate highway
d. Airplane
12. A teacher, on a Saturday leaves her house and travels 5 km due east to school. She then goes to the store which is 4 km due
north. She forgets her cell phone at school and travels back to the school before returning home. What total distance did
the teacher travel?
a. O m
b. 9 m
c. 18 m
d. 36 m
13. What is the total displacement for the teacher?
a. O m
b. 9 m
c. 18 m
d. 36 m
14. A dog runs 15 meters in 5 seconds and stops. He then runs 20 more meters in 4 seconds and stops again. He runs another
16 meters in 4 seconds and stops. He finally runs 9 meters in 7 seconds. During which stage did the dog run the fastest?
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 3
d. Stage 4
15. What was the average velocity for the dog?
a. 2 m/s
b. 3 m/s
c. 4 m/s
d. 5 m/s
16. What type of motion does a merry-go-round show when the horses move at constant speed?
a. Acceleration
b. Variable Speed
c. Centripetal acceleration
d. Variable Velocity
17. A bullet is fired horizontally out of a rifle with a velocity of 3000 ft. per second. How far will the bullet drop after .20
seconds?(gravity = 32 ft/s)
a. 3 ft
b. 6 ft
c. 9 ft
d. 12 ft
18. How far will the bullet travel horizontally in that time?
a. 400 feet
b. 500 feet
c. 600 feet
d. 700 feet
19. What is the standard SI unit for distance?
a. Kilogram
b. Meter
c. Kilometer
d. Gram
20. What do we call areas of the Earth’s crust where plates slide across each other?
a. Fizzures
b. Faults
c. Fractures
21. Which of the following is the SI unit of acceleration?
a. s/km2
b. km/h
c. m/s2
d. cm/s
22. Which of the following do you calculate when you divide the total distance traveled by the total travel time?
a. Average speed
b. Constant speed
c. Variable speed
d. Instantaneous speed
23. In which of the following locations do the continental plates move the most?
a. California
b. Germany
c. Australia
d. Kentucky
24. Which of the following oceans gets larger because of Plate Tectonics?
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Arctic
25. What is your speed relative to the ground if while riding a train that is moving 60 km/h, you walk toward the caboose at a
speed of 1.6 km/h?
a. 60 km/h
b. 58.4 km/h
c. 61.6 km/h
d. 1.6 km/h
26. Which of the following would have the most momentum?
a. Golf ball with a mass of 200 grams moving at a speed of 60 m/s
b. Ping-pong ball with a mass of 10 grams moving at 5 m/s
c. Baseball with a mass of 500 grams moving 30 m/s
d. Softball with a mass of 700 grams moving 20 m/s
27. A battery powered car travels 5 meters in 2 seconds. Assuming the car continues to travel at a constant speed, how far will
it travel in 15 seconds?
a. 25 m
b. 32 m
c. 35 m
d. 38 m
28. Which of the following is most important in the game of bowling?
a. Speed
b. Mass
c. Acceleration
d. Momentum
29. The first American Aircraft Carrier, developed in 1922, was called the
a. Argus
b. Langley
c. Hosyo
d. None of the above
30. A ball experiences a constant acceleration such that it’s speed is 3 m/s after 1 second and 7 meters after 2 seconds. What
would you expect its speed to be after 4 seconds?
a. 11 m/s
b. 13 m/s
c. 15 m/s
d. 17 m/s
31. An object that has acceleration in two directions.
a. Instantaneous
b. Projectile
c. Centripetal
d. Displacement
32. A skateboarder increases his speed as he rolls down a hill from 3 m/s to 7 m/s in 2 seconds. What was his acceleration?
a. 1 m/s2
b. 2 m/s2
c. 3 m/32
d. 4 m/s2
33. At what rate do objects drop because of gravity?
a. 5.6 m/s2
b. 7.5 m/s2
c. 9.8 m/s2
d. 12.4 m/s2
34. A train leaves a station in Dallas and travels at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour. How long will it take to get to Houston
if the distance is 235 miles?
a. 3 hours 25 minutes
b. 3 hours 42 minutes
c. 4 hours 26 minutes
d. 4 hours 42 minutes
35. Which of the following refer to the word Pangaea?
a. Alfred Wegener
b. Supercontinent
c. 250 million years ago
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
36. A car moving 30 m/s suddenly slows to 15 m/s in 3 seconds. What is the car’s acceleration?
a. 3 m/s2
b. 5 m/s2
c. -3 m/s2
d. -5 m/s2
37. A flight travels 400 km south to New York. The same plane then travels 600 km west to Chicago, refuels and then travels
800 kilometers south to Dallas. What is the total distance the plane travels?
a. 1400 km
b. 1600 km
c. 1800 km
d. 2000 km
38. What is the total displacement for the airplane over the three flights?
a. 1000 km
b. 1200 km
c. 1400 km
d. 1600 km
39. Josh runs 5 laps around a 400 meter track. What distance has he traveled?
a. 800 m
b. 1200 m
c. 1600 m
d. 2000 m
40. What is Josh’s total displacement?
a. 0 m
b. 400 m
c. 800 m
d. 1200 m
41. Alex goes cruising on his bike. He rides 700 m north, 200 m east, 400 m north, 600 m west, 600 m south and finally 100 m
east. What total distance does Alex travel?
a. 2500 m
b. 2600 m
c. 2700m
d. 2800 m
42. What value below is closest to Alex’s total displacement?
a. 400 m
b. 500 m
c. 600 m
d. 700 m
43. What country first built an aircraft carrier in 1922?
a. Japan
b. United States
c. Germany
d. Britain