vocab
position and motion
Formula and Unit
math skills
100

Difference between initial position and final position of an object.

a. Distance

b. Displacement

c. Speed

b. Displacement

100

It is the change in position relative to a reference point.

A) Motion B) Distance  C) Speed D) Acceleration

A) Motion

100

v= d/t is the formula for _______

A) Acceleration  B) Motion  C) Speed  D) Position

C) Speed

100

It takes 400 seconds for Maria to walk to school with a distance of 400 meters. How fast is she?

A) 10m/s  B) 1m/s  C) 2m/s  D) 5m/s

 B) 1m/s

200

Speed is determined by 

A) volume and work
B) distance and time
C) inertia and weight
D) mass and matter 

B) distance and time

200

When an object is in motion, its distance and direction from the __________ changes.

A) Origin  B) Observer  C) Reference point  D) Destination


C) Reference point

200

km/h is a unit of measurement for measuring _____.

A) Acceleration  B) Motion  C) Speed  D) Position

C) Speed

200

It takes 200 seconds for Alvin to walk to school with a distance of 200 meters. How fast is he?

A) 10m/s  B) 1m/s  C) 2m/s  D) 5m/s

B) 1m/s 

300

Which of the following terms describes the speed at a specific instant in time?

A) Average speed  B) Constant speed

C) Instantaneous speed  D) Terminal speed

C) Instantaneous speed

300

Motion involves...

A) all of these
B) change in position
C) time
D) distance

A) all of these

300

What is the unit of Acceleration?

A) m  B) m/s  C) s/m^2  D) m/s^2

D) m/s^2

300

It takes James 50s in his bike to reach his friend's house 250m away. What is his average speed?

What is 5m/s?

400

Which of the following best describes the speed and direction of a moving object?

A) Velocity  B) Acceleration  C) Momentum  D) Inertia

A) Velocity

400

300 km/hr North is an example of

A) Velocity  B) Speed  C) Direction  D)Reference point


A) Velocity

400
The formula for ______ is v/t


A) Speed  B) Acceleration C) Velocity  D) Distance

B) Acceleration

400

A train traveled 350 km in 2.5 h. What was the average speed of the train?

What is 140 km/h?

500

Which term represents the measure of the change in velocity during a period of time?

A) Speed  B) Distance  C) Acceleration  D) Inertia

C) Acceleration

500

If you walk 2 km from your house to a store and back home, your displacement is ____

A) 1  B) 3  C) 0  D) 5

C) 0

500

A body covers a distance S in time t. What is its speed? 

A) S/t   B) t/S   C)  S*t   D) zero

A) S/t

500

A car starts from a stoplight and is traveling with a velocity of 10 m/sec east in 20 seconds.  

0.5 m/s²

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