Unit 2 A Motion
20 Questions
| Total Attempts: 39
Learning Goal: I can describe and calculate velocity. I know the difference between scalar and vector. I know the difference between distance and displacement.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Refers to a quantity or an amount.
- A.
Vector
- B.
Velocity
- C.
Speed
- D.
Scalar
- 2.Refers to a quantity or an amount and direction.
- A.
Scalar
- B.
Vector
- C.
Velocity
- D.
Speed
- 3.The length between two points.
- A.
Displacement
- B.
Distance
- C.
Velocity
- D.
Vector
- 4.When an object changes its speed and or direction.
- A.
Acceleration
- B.
Speed
- C.
Velocity
- D.
Displacement
- 5.The distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point.
- A.
Distance
- B.
Acceleration
- C.
Displacement
- D.
Velocity
- 6.A speed with a direction, such as 70 mph southbound.
- A.
Vector
- B.
Acceleration
- C.
Velocity
- D.
Displacement
- 7.Choose the correct answer 50 miles
- A.
Scalar
- B.
Vector
- 8.Choose the correct answer 75 miles northeast
- A.
Scalar
- B.
Vector
- 9.Choose the correct answer 16 GB
- A.
Scalar
- B.
Vector
- 10.If Joe traveled 75 miles east, the distance he traveled would be ________________.
- A.
75 feet
- B.
75 miles
- 11.If James traveled 50 miles from his house, what would his displacement be?
- A.
25 miles
- B.
50 miles
- C.
0 miles
- 12.If Kara walked 10 blocks to visit her friend, then headed back home and stopped after walking 6 blocks, the total distance she walked would be __________________
- A.
10 blocks
- B.
6 blocks
- C.
16 blocks
- 13.If Justis walked 12 blocks to his Grandma's house and then started walking towards home, but he stopped after walking 4 blocks he stopped at a friends house. What is Justis displacement?
- A.
12 blocks
- B.
8 blocks
- C.
16 blocks
- 14.If Sara left her house and drove 25 miles to town and then came back home on the same route, what would her displacement be?
- A.
25 miles
- B.
50 miles
- C.
0 miles
- 15.A train travels 200 miles in 4 hours. Calculate the train’s average velocity.
- A.
60 mph
- B.
50 miles
- C.
50 mph
- D.
60 miles
- 16.How long does it take a cheetah to run 180 meters, if its speed is 60 m/s?
- A.
3 m/s
- B.
3 seconds
- C.
3 meters
- 17.How far, in meters, will a bus travel in 200 seconds at an average speed of 15 m/s?
- A.
3000 miles
- B.
3000 seconds
- C.
40 minutes
- D.
3000 minutes
- 18.Calculate the average speed of a bus that travels 60 km in 5 hours?
- A.
300 km/h
- B.
300 km
- C.
12 h
- D.
12 km/h
- 19.A car travels at a constant speed of 50 mph and goes in the same direction is an example of acceleration.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.A young boy ramps his skateboard off the ramp. This is an example of acceleration.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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