Physics Quiz on Motion

The speed you read on a speedometer is ____.

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• constant speed

• velocity

3 m/s north is an example of a(n) ____.

• speed

• time

• velocity

• acceleration

A car moves around a wide turn going 45 mi/hr the whole time. The car has a constant ____.

• speed

• direction

• velocity

• acceleration

If you ride your bicycle down a straight road for 500 m then turn around and ride back to your starting point, your distance is ______ your displacement.

• greater than

• less than

• equal to

• can’t determine

An indicator that orients you when describing motion is called the __________.

• time

• reference point

• speed

• point of motion

How long will it take an object traveling at 25 m/s to reach a distance of 125 meters?

• 5 s

• 5 m

• 0.2 min

• 0.2 s

What does the slope of a distance vs. time graph tell you?

• the total distance traveled

• the time it took for the object to travel

• the speed of the object

• the acceleration

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Acceleration is rate of change of ____.

• position

• velocity

• time

• speed

Find the acceleration of a car that goes from 32 m/s to 96 m/s in 8.0 s.

• 8.0 m/s²

• -8.0 m/s²

• 12 m/s²

• 4.0 m/s²

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Which statement about the movement of an object with zero acceleration could be true?

• the object is speeding up

• the object is slowing down

• the object is moving at a constant speed

• the object is changing direction