Physics Motion & Forces Quiz
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This quiz will test you on motion and forces. There will be 33 questions and every question is worth 3. 030303030303%.
- 1.What is a frame of reference?
- A.
An ability to change the size of motion
- B.
Object or background from which movement is compared
- C.
A thing that rotates with the sun
- D.
Object or background which is compared with another object
- 2.Looking at the Pacific Ocean, when the sun drops below the horizon of California is the sun falling or are you moving?
- A.
The sun is falling
- B.
You are moving
- 3.The most common frame of reference is the __________.
- A.
Earth
- B.
Sun
- C.
Outer Space
- D.
Gravity
- 4.Change in position in a certain amount of time is called __________.
- 5.When you describe motion, you are comparing it with some frame of reference.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The rate at which an object moves is __________.
- 7.What is distance?
- A.
The length between two places
- B.
The length between two points
- C.
The length between two areas
- D.
How far I am from somewhere
- 8.How do you calculate the speed?
- A.
Divide time by distance
- B.
Divide distance by time
- C.
Multiply speed by time
- D.
Multiply time by distance
- 9.A car travels 440 miles in 11 hours. The speed of the car is __________ miles per hour. (Answer in number(s) only)
- 10.If the speed of something is given and the time is also given, how can you calculate the distance traveled?
- A.
Multiply time by distance
- B.
Divide distance by speed
- C.
Divide speed by time
- D.
Multiply speed by time
- 11.If the distance of something is given and the speed is also given, how can you calculate the time?
- A.
Multiply distance by speed
- B.
Divide distance by speed
- C.
Divide speed by time
- D.
Multiply time by speed
- 12.Constant speed is the type of speed that changes in a given amount of time.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Average speed is the type of speed that does not change in a given amount of time.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Velocity is speed in a given direction.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Velocity measures speed and acceleration.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.The rate of change in velocity is acceleration
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Acceleration is speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Why is velocity in circular motion continuously changing?
- A.
Acceleration is continuously changing
- B.
Direction is continuously changing, not velocity
- C.
Speed is continuously changing
- D.
Velocity is continuously changing, as well as direction
- 19.The more __________ an object has, the harder it is to stop.
- 20.The formula for momentum is mass times velocity.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.How is momentum conserved?
- A.
When both objects collide. Momentum is lost.
- B.
The objects getting inertia.
- C.
When both objects collide. None of the momentum is lost.
- D.
Only the fast and heavy objects have momentum.
- 22.A force is a __________.
- A.
Push
- B.
Pull
- C.
The ability to change directions
- D.
All of the other answers
- 23.A(n) __________ force is when two forces act in the same direction
- 24.A(n) __________ force is when forces are moving in different directions.
- 25.An unbalanced force is calculated by using addition/subtraction.
- A.
Addition
- B.
Subtraction
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