Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Class: ______________
Motion Test
Vocabulary Matching:
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Meter
Speed
Average speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Postive acceleration
Negative acceleration
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Motion
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change in position
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A measurement of distance over time
including a direction
Distance/time
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Total distance/total time
1000
Speeding up
A change in direction or a change in speed
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Slowing down
1/10
The metric unit used to measure length or
distance
Metric Conversions:
15. 5462 m = _________________ km
20. 697.2 Dm= _______________hm
16. 134 cm =_________________ m
21. 10000 m = _______________ km
17. 9.2 km = ________________ hm
22. 1000 mm = ________________m
18. 47 mm = ________________ cm
23. 22 dm = _______________ km
19. 8 km = ________________ dm
24. 83 km = ______________ mm
Problems:
25. Jim rides his bike to work 5 km from his house in 45 minutes. What is his speed in km/hr?
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Class: ______________
26. A car travels at a speed of 45 km/hr for a total of 15 minutes. How far does the car travel during this time?
27. Contrast velocity and speed.
28. A train on a track travels east for 3.8 km, then backs up for 1.2 km.
a. What is the total distance the train travelled?
b. What is the train’s displacement?
29. You and your dog go for a walk to the park. On the way, your dog takes many side short trips to chase squirrels.
a. When you arrive at the park have you and your dog travelled the same distance?
b. Do you and your dog have the same displacement? Explain.
30. A bird dives with an average speed of 3.8 m/s for 2.3 seconds before hitting the water. What is the height from
which the bird dove?
31. During a thunderstorm, you see a flash of lightning. Five seconds later you hear the thunder. If the speed of
sound is 340 m/s, how far away did the lightning bolt strike?
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Class: ______________
32. Phineas travels around the world in 80 days. If the circumference of the earth is 40,075 km, what is his average
speed?
Use the graph to answer questions 33-35.
DISTANCE VS. TIME
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Ashley
James
Bob
Carolyn
DISTANCE (METERS)
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TIME (MINUTES)
33. If the graph shown above represents four runners in a race, which runner is winning the race at the end?
34. Describe Bob’s motion during the race.
35. What is Carolyn’s average speed during the race?
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Class: ______________
36. A commercial says that a car can go from 0 m/s to 26.8 m/s in 4.2 seconds. What is the average acceleration of
the car?
37. If a car decreases its speed from 35m/s to 25 m/s after 15 seconds, what is its acceleration?
38. How long will it take to bring a car to a complete stop if it’s initial speed is 22 m/s and it’s acceleration is -4.2
m/s2?
39. What is the difference between a negative acceleration and a positive acceleration?
40. An object has an average acceleration of 5.2 m/s2 for a total of 2.5 seconds. It’s initial velocity was 5.0 m/s. What
is its final velocity?
41. Carla drops her cellphone. It’s initial speed is 0 m/s and the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2. If the phone
falls for 3 seconds before hitting the ground, what is its final speed?
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Class: ______________
42. If a car slows down with from 64 m/s to 30 m/s with an acceleration of a -3.1 m/s2, how long will it take to slow
down?
Use the graph to answer questions 43-45.
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Speed (m/s)
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Speed (m/s)
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Time (seconds)
43. What is the acceleration of the object between 60 and 80 seconds?
44. What is the average acceleration of the object?
45. Is the object in the graph ever at rest? Explain.
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