Motion Notes Quiz

If you were standing by a road and a truck drives by at 30 mph, how would it appear to you?

• It appears stationary

• It appears to move at 30 miles per hour

• It appears to move backward

What is the effect of changing your position?

• You remain stationary

• You are in motion

• You change size

What is instantaneous speed?

• The speed at a specific moment

• Average speed over a journey

• The speed at the start

What does the term "velocity" refer to in physics?

• Speed in a given direction

• Speed without direction

• Time taken

If you jog at 2 meters per second and then turn around and jog at 2 meters per second in the opposite direction, what happens to your velocity?

• It remains the same.

• It doubles.

• It changes direction.

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What does the diagram with arrows labeled "2 meters/second" and "-2 meters/second" illustrate?

• Constant speed.

• Change in direction.

• Increase in speed.

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Which of the following is NOT a way an object can accelerate?

• Speeding up

• Slowing down

• Changing direction

• Staying still

If an object is slowing down, what is happening to its acceleration?

• It is positive

• It is negative

• It is constant

What does positive acceleration indicate about an object's motion?

• The object is speeding up.

• The object is moving in reverse.

• The object is stationary.

What does negative acceleration mean for an object's speed?

• The object is speeding up.

• The object is slowing down.

• The object is maintaining speed.