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Motion Worksheet
Answer the following questions using your book and notes as a
reference. Make sure to use complete sentence and proper units and
directions where required. SHOW YOUR WORK ON ALL MATH
PROBLEMS FOR CREDIT.
1. To completely describe the motion of an object, you need
A. position
B. speed
C. direction of motion
D. All of the above
2. An object’s speed is a measure of
A. how fast the object is moving
B. the object’s direction
C. the object’s displacement per unit of time
D. All of the above
3. _________________ is a speed in a certain direction.
A. Acceleration
B. Friction
C. Momentum
D. Velocity
4. Peter participated in a 5 K race and finished the race in 17 min. A 5 k race is
5,000 m long. How would you calculate Peter’s average speed in m/min?
A. 5 K ÷ 17 min
B. 17 min ÷ 5 K
C. 5,000 m ÷ 17 min
D. 17 min ÷ 5,000m
5. Given the following the numbers use the contained units to tell if the number is
describing distance, speed, or velocity.
A. 150 km
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B. 65 m/s east
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C. 12 km/h
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D. 78 cm
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E. 34 cm/min to the left
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6. Your dog ran away from home at 1:00 this afternoon. It is now 1:30. You know
that he walks with an average speed of 1 m/s. Which of the following pieces of
information is most important for finding your dog?
A. whether the dog eaten recently
B. if the dog was chasing a squirrel
C. which direction the dog is going
D. whether the dog is alone
7. Determine whether each statement is true or false. If false, replace the underlined
term with the correct word or phrase.
A. Distance divided by time is a measure of average velocity.
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B. Displacement must be straight and must include direction.
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C. Displacement divided by time is a measure of speed.
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D. The SI unit of speed is miles per hour.
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8. Identify the following measurements as speed or velocity.
A. 88 km/h
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B. 19 m/s to the west
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C. 18 m/s down
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D. 10 m/s
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9. If you jog for 1 h and travel 10 km, 10 km/h describes your
A. momentum
B. average speed
C. displacement
D. acceleration
10. Which of the quantities below represents a velocity?
A. 25 m/s
B. 10 km/min
C. 15 mi/h eastward
D. 3 mi/h
11. At the end of a game, a basketball player on the winning team throws the
basketball straight up as high as he can throw it. At the top of its path, the
basketball’s velocity is
A. 0 m/s
B. 10 m/s up
C. 10 m/s down
D. Not enough information is given to determine its velocity
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12. When you graph displacement vs. time, velocity is represented by
A. the x-intercept of the graph
B. the y-intercept of the graph
C. the slope of the graph
D. the curve of the graph
13. If a track athlete runs an 800 m race at a constant speed of 2 m/s, how long will it
take her to win the race?
A. 6.7 min
B. 16 min
C. 26.7 min
D. 400 min
14. How are position and speed useful for describing the motion of an object?
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15. What is velocity, and how is it useful for describing an object’s motion?
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16. What is the difference between distance and displacement?
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17. Find the velocity in m/s of a baseball thrown 38 m from third base to first base in
1.7 s.
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18. Find the velocity in m/s of a swimmer who swims 110 m toward the shore in 72 s.
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19. An Olympic athlete runs a 400 m race in 50 s. What is her average speed?
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20. A hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico travels 360 km in 15 h. What is the average
speed of this hurricane?
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21. Baptiste walked 420 m in 17.5 min. What is his average speed in m/min? What
is his average speed in m/s? (Hint: There are 60 s in 1 min.)
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22. Calculate the displacement in meters a cyclist would travel in 5.00 h at an average
of 12.0 km/h to the southwest.
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23. An airplane traveling from San Francisco northeast to Chicago travels 1260 km in
3.5 h. What is the airplane’s average velocity?
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24. Heather and Matthew take 45 s to walk eastward along a straight road to a store
72 m away. What is their average velocity?
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25. Simpson drives his car with an average velocity of 85 km/h eastward. How long
will it take him to drive 560 km on a perfectly straight highway?
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