Quiz

Emma is cycling east on the trail at 15 mph. This describes her:

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

• momentum

Nora was driving to a meeting when she realized she left her presentation at home, so she made a U-turn to retrieve it. This describes her:

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

• momentum

Ms. Sloan drove her car at a constant speed of 65 mph on the highway. This constant rate of travel is her:

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

• momentum

When Grace and Nora are playing with toy cars and they collide, one car speeds up while the other slows down. This indicates a transfer of:

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Momentum

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Which of the following objects will have the Greatest Momentum?

• A truck parked on the side of the road

• A paper dart in the ceiling

• Mr. Paterno walking down the hall at 1.5 m/s

• Mr. Martin car driving down the street at 80 m/s

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William is riding his bicycle on a straight path. Which of the following accurately describes his motion as graphed below:

• William is decreasing his speed over time

• William is moving away from start at a constant speed

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Daniel and Ethan are participating in a race. Which of the following accurately describes their motion as graphed below:

• One object changing its speed

• Two objects traveling at a constant speed, one fast and one slow

• The object is moving away from start at a constant speed

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Jackson and Evelyn are playing tug-of-war. Jackson pulls with a force of 80N, and Evelyn pulls in the opposite direction with a force of 47N. What is the net force on the rope?

• 43 N

• 23 N

• 33 N

• 57 N

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Tyler noticed that when he suddenly stopped her electric scooter, her body tended to keep moving forward. This tendency of an object to resist a change in motion is called...

• inertia

• gravity

• acceleration

• friction

Brad is pushing a wheelchair at the hospital. What unit do we use to measure the force he applies to the cart?

• Joules

• Grams

• Newtons

• Meters