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Knowledge:

Unit 3: Motion Chapter 8 Velocity Quiz

Name: ____________Block: __________

Level 1/2

1. The rate of change of velocity is represented by which of the following?

(a)
s
(b)
m
(c)
m/s
(d)
m/s2
2. Which of the following describes magnitude?
(a)
a specific point or location relative to a reference point
(b)
the total length of a path between two points
(c)
change in or difference
(d)
the size of a measurement
Level 1/2

3. Identify each of the following as a scalar or a vector.

(a) 10kg _______
(b) 20 m [S] _______
(c) 5 hours driving in a car _______
(d) Swimming for 100 m [N] _______
(e) 15 C _______
4.

Given the position-time graph below, determine

segment of the graph represents each of the
following.
(a) zero velocity ___
(b) positive slope ___
(c) moving north with a uniform velocity ___
(d) zero slope ___
(e) moving south with a uniform velocity ___
(f) negative slope ___

which

Level 3/4

5. What is the average velocity of a snail that crawls 0.25 m forward in 150 s? (show all calculations)

6. A ball rolls across the floor with an average velocity of 6.0 m/s [S]. What is the balls
displacement after 12 s? (show all calculations)

Level 3/4

Use the following position-time graph of the motion of an object to answer the questions below.

7. During which time interval(s) is the object moving away from the origin?

8. What is the average velocity between 0.4 h and 0.6 h?

Level
5/6:

(show all calculations)

9. The Eurotunnel connects Great Britain and France, passing under the English Channel. A train
leaves France with an average velocity of 110 km/h and travels 37 km in the tunnel. How long is
the train in the tunnel? (show all calculations)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

20 min
68 min
244 min
4070 min

Level
5/6:

Level
7/8:

10. Use the position-time graph below to answer the following questions

(a)

Which jogger was travelling faster?

(b)

How do you know?

(c)

Did both jogger A and B travel the same distance?

11. When you plot a graph based on experimental data, the points seldom lie exactly on a straight
line. Sometimes, however, the points of a best-fine.
A) Why do scientists draw a best-fine instead of joining the points exactly?
B) What are the disadvantages of drawing a best-fine?