Motion Practice Test
Motion Practice Test
Motion Practice Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. A ball takes 10 s to roll 40 m. What is the average speed of the ball?
b. 5 m/s d. 5 m/s
a. 0 m/s c. 8 m/s
b. 3 m/s d. 10 m/s
a. velocity c. direction
b. time d. distance
a. time c. speed
____ 6. A car is moving 50 km/h south. You have been given the car's ____.
____ 7. A jet plane traveled for 5 hours at 600 kilometers per hour. Which of the following
equations should be used to find the distance the jet plane traveled?
____ 8. Which of the following best describes how constant velocity is shown in a speed-time
graph?
a. it is in motion.
____ 10. A place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion is called
a. a position.
b. a reference point.
c. a constant.
d. velocity.
____ 11. If an object moves in the same direction and at a constant speed for 4 hours, which of the
following is true?
____ 12. A person travels 100 km in the first hour of a trip. The person then continues to travel for 2
more hours and travels 200 km. What was the average speed of the trip?
a. 28 km/h
b. 100 km/h
c. 300 km/h
d. 285 km/h
____ 13. Which of these is an example of deceleration?
____ 14. What kind of line on a distance-versus-time graph indicates that the object is accelerating?
a. curved
b. horizontal
c. diagonal
d. vertical
____ 15. What does the slope mean on a distance time graph?
a. distance.
b. speed.
c. acceleration.
d. time
____ 16.
A cyclist cycles north at a rate of 20m/s and then speeds up to 30m/s after 10 seconds. What is the
acceleration?
____ 17. You ride your bike north for 100 m at a constant speed of 5 m/s. Your acceleration is
____ 18. The rise of a line on a distance-versus-time graph is 400 km and the run is 50 hours. What is
the speed of the object represented by this graph?
a. 2000 km/h
b. 450 km/h
c. 350 km/h
d. 8 km/h
____ 19. Robbie runs at a speed of 8m/s and runs a total distance of 400 m. How long does Robbie
take to run this distance?
a. 4s c. 50s
b. 10s d. 0.02s
____ 20. Paul can run at a rate of 8 miles per hour. If he runs for 2.5 hours, how far has he run?
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: C PTS: 1
2. ANS: A PTS: 1
3. ANS: D PTS: 1
4. ANS: D PTS: 1
5. ANS: A PTS: 1
6. ANS: C PTS: 1
7. ANS: B
Students are given the formula speed (rate) = distance/time. They can derive a formula for either one of the
other measures by rearranging this formula. Multiply both sides by time, and you have derived the formula
distance = speed x time.
Feedback
B That's right!
C Try again.
D What information was given?
PTS: 1
8. ANS: C
A straight horizontal line in a speed-time graph indicates constant velocity (no change in speed over time).
Feedback
C You're correct!
PTS: 1