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Study Review Guide
1.
What is motion –
2. What is a reference point –
3. Circle the examples of good reference points.
a. Sun
b. Biker
d. House
e. Dog
4. What is the metric unit for length?
c. Tree
f. Telephone Pole
5. What is speed –
6. What is the formula for speed?
7. Timmy has ran a distance of 2500m in a time period of 950 seconds. What is the speed that
Timmy is travelling? Use the 4 Step Method and do not forget UNITS!
8. Ronaldo threw a baseball a speed of 125ft/s. If the baseball was in the air for 5 seconds what
was the distance the ball was thrown? Use the 4 Step Method and do not forget UNITS!
9. A car is travelling 50mi/h. If the car travels 35 miles how long will it take the car to reach the
destination? Use the 4 Step Method and do not forget UNITS!
10. What is velocity –
11. Give an example of a velocity.
12. Answer the questions about the following Motion (Speed) Graph.
a.
Describe the motion of the object for the first 2 minutes.
b. Calculate the average speed of the object after 4 minutes using the 4 step method. Do
not forget UNITS!
c. Describe the motion of the object from minute 2 to minute 3.
13. What is acceleration –
14. What is the formula for acceleration?
15. What are 3 types of acceleration?
a.
b.
c.
16. A car goes from 0m/s to 48m/s in 4 seconds. Using the 4 step method calculate the cars
acceleration. Do not forget UNITS!
17. Answer the questions about the following acceleration graph.
a. In this acceleration graph what does the line from 0 to 2 seconds represent?
b. What happens to the speed of the ball the final 2 seconds of the graph?