Motion

If a magician pulls a table cloth from under a table of dishes, what should happen based on Newton's 1st law?

• The dishes will stay in place on the table.

• The dishes will fall to the ground.

• The dishes will accelerate and then slow down.

Pushing a child on a swing is harder than pushing an adult on the same swing.

• True

• False

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When an object’s distance from another object is changing,

• it is in motion.

• it is speeding.

• it has a high velocity.

• it is accelerating.

Wind pushes a toy sailboat across a pond. The boat moves in a straight path. What is changing?

• the boat’s direction

• the boat’s path

• the wind’s direction

• the boat’s position

The position of a runner in a race changes as time passes. What could a reference point to describe the change in position? 

• the starting line

• the runner’s speed

• the runner’s right foot

• another runner

Motion is measured as _____

• rate.

• velocity

• feet

• mph

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Distance and direction of an object's change in position from a starting point

• displacement

• distance

• motion

• reference point

David walks 3 km north, and then turns east and walks 4 km. What is the distance?

• 7 km

• 3 km

• 4 km

• 1 km

The movement of a swing is known as ............

• transitional motion

• wave motion

• oscillatory motion

• (a) and (b)

What Kind of motion is this?

• Oscillatory Motion

• Osilatory Motion

• Ocilatory Motion

• Oscillatry Motion

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