Distance and Motion Quiz

The distance between an object and a reference point is the object's _______________.

• displacement

• position

• neutral point

• velocity

At 8:00 AM you leave home and walk 0.5 km to a friend's house. At 11:30 AM you return home, then travel by car to the mall, which is 10 km away, and arrive at 11:45 AM. What is the total distance traveled?

• 2.8 km/h

• 10 km

• 10.5 km

• 11 km

Earth's _____ causes projectiles to follow a curved path.

• gravity

• acceleration

• circumference

• mass

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Average speed is found by ______.

• multiplying total distance traveled by the total time

• multiplying the displacement by the total time spent

• dividing the displacement by the total time spent

• dividing total distance traveled by the total time

_____ is the speed of an object at any instant of time.

• Acceleration

• Average Speed

• Instantaneous Speed

• Velocity

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If a runner maintains a constant speed of 12 km/h, how long will it take to complete a marathon race of 26.2 miles?

• 2.18 h

• 3.14 h

• 3.52 h

• 5.3 h

What is Bill’s average running speed?

• 0.33 km/min

• 3.0 km/min

• 3.3 km/min

• 330 km/min

If an object has a constant velocity, then it ______________.

• has an acceleration of zero

• is moving in a circular path

• is experiencing a net force

• is changing its speed

The speed of light in a vacuum is 300,000.0 km/s. How long does it take light to travel 150,000,000 km from the Sun to Earth?

• 2100 seconds

• 8.3 minutes

• 4500 seconds

• 0.25 hour

A change in velocity means a change in _____.

• direction only

• speed only

• speed, direction, or both