Describing Motion
Measuring Motion
Relative Motion
Distance & Displacement
Misc
100

when distance of an object changes in relation to another object

What is motion?

100

the formula for calculating speed

What is:

Speed = Distance/Time

100

What is the car's motion relative to the bike (red)?

10 m/s

100

You walk from the math room to Mr. Kravig's room (25 meters) and then back to the math room.  What is your total distance traveled?

50 meters

100

Name the mascots of the original schools that make up Cross County Schools.

Benedict Eagles

Stromsburg Vikings

200

a place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion

What is a reference point?

200

the speed and direction of an object's motion

What is velocity?

200

What is the car's motion relative to the person standing? (red)

15 m/s

200

You walk from the math room to Mr. Kravig's room (25 meters) and then back to the math room.  What is your diplacement?

0 m

200

Voted Artist of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Taylor Swift

300

a system of measurement based on multiples of ten and on established measures of mass, length, and time

What is the International System of Units (SI)?

300

An object that continues to change its velocity is experiencing what type of motion?

acceleration

300

What is A's speed relative to B?

7 m/s

300

How can the displacement be solved?

Pythagorean Theorem

300

A native of Shelby, NE - This American physicist played key roles in the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bombs. He specialized in neutron physics, and did pioneering work in gaseous diffusion for isotope separation.

John Dunning



400

the basic SI unit of length

What is the meter?

400

While driving home from school, your foot is a little heavy and you look at the speedometer and notice you are going 75 miles/hour on the highway.  A cop clocks you at that speed and proceeds to give you a ticket.  


The speed at the instant the cop gets the radar reading is called what?

Instantaneous Speed

400

Why does the house seem to be moving to the lady in the train?

Because the train is moving

400

When are distance and displacement the same?

If the travel is in a straight line?

400

Who was the last Democratic President to pass away?

Lyndon B. Johnson

500

the distance an object travels in one unit of time

What is speed?

500
What is a car's acceleration if it starts from rest and reaches 20 m/s in 4 seconds?

5 m/s2

500

What happens to a person that jumps up while riding down the road on top of a moving vehicle?

The person will land on the bus.

500

What is the displacement of an object that travels 20 m west and then 30 m north?

36 m

500

Name at lease two of the 7 horcruxes in the Harry Potter series.


  1. 1 Harry Potter.
  2. 2 Voldemort's Snake Nagini. ...
  3. 3 Rowena Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem. ...
  4. 4 Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. ...
  5. 5 Salazar Slytherin's Locket. Destroyed by Ron Weasley. ...
  6. 6 Marvolo Gaunt's Ring. Destroyed by Albus Dumbledore. ...
  7. 7 Tom Riddle's Diary. Destroyed by Harry Potter. ...