Physics Unit 2 Quiz 2

The definition of an object's _____ is the change in distance over time.

• speed

• motion

• vector

• scalar

A quantity that has only magnitude is a _____ quantity.

• scalar

• vector

• simple

• complicated

Speed does not involve the element of _____.

• direction

• magnitude

• time

• distance

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Movement of an object that results in displacement due to an unbalanced force is _____.

• motion

• speed

• acceleration

• force

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The speed at which an object is moving at any given time is called the _____.

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• minimum speed

• maximum speed

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If an object's speed does not vary over a given time interval, is called _____ speed.

• interval

• instantaneous

• fractional

• uniform

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The actual distance traveled by a car divided by the total time of travel is the _____ speed.

• instantaneous

• average

• minimum

• maximum

To compute speed we use _____.

• v = d/t

• t = s/d

• d = m/v

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To compute distance we use _____.

• s = d/t

• v = d/t

• t = s/d

• d = vt

In a chase to catch prey, a cheetah, the world's fastest land mammal, covered 500m in 15 seconds. What was its speed?

• 33 m/s

• 500 m

• 7500 s

• 0.03 m/s

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