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?

a. 400 m/s c. 4 m/s

b. 5 m/s d. 5 m/s

____ 2. When an object is at rest, what is its speed?

a. 0 m/s c. 8 m/s

b. 3 m/s d. 10 m/s

____ 3. Speed is the rate of change in ____.

a. velocity c. direction

b. time d. distance

____ 4. Acceleration involves a change in ____.

a. time c. speed

b. direction d. both b and c

____ 5. When a ball rolls to a stop, it is ____.

a. accelerating c. decreasing its displacement

b. traveling at constant velocity d. changing direction

____ 6. A car is moving 50 km/h south. You have been given the car's ____.

a. constant speed c. velocity

b. acceleration d. average speed

____ 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?

a. distance = speed/time c. distance = acceleration/time

b. distance = speed x time d. distance = acceleration x time

____ 8. Which of the following best describes how constant velocity is shown in a speed-time
graph?

a. a line curving down c. a straight horizontal line

b. a line curving up d. a straight diagonal line

____ 9. When an object’s distance from another object is changing,

a. it is in motion.

b. it is moving at constant speed.

c. it has a high velocity.

d. it is accelerating.

____ 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?

a. The object’s speed changed during the 4 hours.

b. The object’s velocity did not change.

c. The object accelerated during the 4 hours.

d. The object decelerated during the 4 hours.

____ 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?

a. a bird taking off for flight

b. a roller coaster moving down a steep hill

c. a car approaching a red light

d. an airplane following a straight flight path

____ 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?

a. 600 m/s north. c. 1 m/s/s north.

b. 10 m/s north. d. 3 m/s north.

____ 17. You ride your bike north for 100 m at a constant speed of 5 m/s. Your acceleration is

a. 5 m/s/s c. 100 m/s/s

b. 20 m/s/s d. There is no acceleration.

____ 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?

a. 30 miles c. 10.5 miles

b. 20 miles d. 0.5 miles

Motion Practice Test

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

A That's not it.

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

A Give it another try.

B Remember, constant means no change.

C You're correct!

D Is the slope of a diagonal line zero?

PTS: 1

9. ANS: A PTS: 1 BLM: knowledge

10. ANS: B PTS: 1 BLM: knowledge

11. ANS: B PTS: 1 BLM: comprehension

12. ANS: B PTS: 1 BLM: analysis

13. ANS: C PTS: 1 BLM: knowledge

14. ANS: A PTS: 1 BLM: comprehension

15. ANS: B PTS: 1 BLM: comprehension

16. ANS: C PTS: 1

17. ANS: D PTS: 1

18. ANS: D PTS: 1 BLM: analysis

19. ANS: C PTS: 1

20. ANS: B PTS: 1