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Forces & Motion

Unit Test
Study Guide Review

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1 A snail travels 10 m in 3000 seconds.

What is the snail's average speed?

A 60000 m/s
B .02 m/s
C 600 m/s

Answer
D .003 m/s
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2 A blimp travels at 3 m/s for 1000 s. What

distance does the blimp cover in that
time?

A 500 m/s
B 3000 m/s

Answer
C 4500 m
D 500 m
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3 When your teacher times your mile run at 8.2 minutes,

that means your speed was 8.2 mi/min. Was this your
average speed or your instantaneous speed?
A Average Speed
B Instantaneous Speed

Answer
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4Does a speedometer measure the average speed or the

instantaneous speed?
A Average Speed
B Instantaneous Speed

Answer
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5Aswordfish travels for two hours. The first

hour he covers 110 kilometers, and the
second hour he covers 110 kilometers.
What is the average speed of the
swordfish?
A 55 km/h

Answer
B 84 km/h
C 110 km/h
D 194 km/h
Hint: Remember that Average speed is total
distance travelled divided by total time
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6Adog walks outside to go the bathroom every

day. She is small and not very quick. If she
walks outside at a speed of 3 meters per
second and walks 150 meters before she is
ready, how long does it take her?

A 50 seconds

Answer
B 2 minutes
C 188 seconds
D 90 seconds
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7 Carlos and Gina are riding on their horses

to go into town. They travel 140 meters in
14 seconds going west. What is their
velocity?
A 490 m/s west
B 10 m/s west
C 490 m/s

Answer
D 10 m/s
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8Acar travels 200 km/h west for 2 hours. The

car then travels 150 km/h east for one hour.
What is the car's position relative to its
starting position?

A 50 km west
B 150 km west

Answer
C 250 km west
D 50 km east
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9A nitro-methane powered top fuel

dragster launches from rest to race
against an opponent. Why did the car
accelerate?

A increased speed

Answer
B decreased speed
C changed direction
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10Adriver hits the brakes to slow down at an intersection.

As the car's speed is decreasing it has

A positive acceleration

B negative acceleration

Answer
C no acceleration

D more information is needed

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11Whichof the following graphs depicts the acceleration of

a runner speeding up to pass someone.

Y B Y
A
Speed (m/s)

Speed (m/s)
x x
Time (s) Time (s)

Answer
Y Y
C
Speed (m/s)

Speed (m/s)
x x
Time (s) Time (s)
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12Which of the following speed vs time graphs

depicts the position vs time graph
shown in the graph below?

Answer
[This object is a pull
tab]

A C

B
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13Aball is traveling down a hill at 4 m/s. If the

ball increases in speed to 8 m/s in 4
seconds, what is the acceleration of the
ball?

A 4 m/s
B 4 m/s/s

Answer
C 1 m/s
D 1 m/s/s
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14Forces are all around us. Which of the

following do you think are examples of
forces? (choose all that apply)

A Gravity

Answer
B Friction
C Muscles
D Wind
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15What is the SI unit for force?

A Pounds

B Kilograms

Answer
C Newtons
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16A +20 N force acts on a car and at the

same time, a -30 N force acts on the car.
What is the net force acting on the car
and is it balanced?

A -30 N unbalanced
B -10 N unbalanced

Answer
C -10 N balanced
D + 30 balanced
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17The force of gravitation between an object

and a planet is increased as they move
away from each other:

True

False

Answer
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18A 100 kg kid is on the moon, where g =

1.67 m/s 2. What is the boy's weight?

A 83.5 kg
B 167 kg
C 167 N

Answer
D 29.9 N
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19Whatis the net force acting on the object

below?

-10 N

Answer
7N

-8 N
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20 Is the object in equilibrium?

Yes
No

-10 N

Answer
7N

-8 N
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21Whatis the net force acting on the object

below?

-10 N

Answer
25 N

-15N
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22 Is the object in equilibrium?

Yes
No
-10 N

Answer
25 N

-15N
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23Accelerationdue to gravity on Jupiter is

26.1 m/s 2. How much would a 25 kg
person weigh on Jupiter?

Answer
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24Acceleration due to gravity on Earth's Moon

is 1.67 m/s 2. How much would a 113 kg
person weigh on Earth's Moon?

Answer
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25Inertia is the reluctance any material

object has to change in its state
of motion.

True
False

Answer
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26The law of inetria applies to:

A moving objects
B nonmoving objects
C both moving and nonmoving objects

Answer
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27Which object has the greatest

inertia?

A Car
Tennis
B
Ball

Answer
C Freight Train
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28A ball will accelerate and increase its

velocity when it feels an unbalanced
force.
True
False

Answer
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29When the force acting on an object

decreases, the resulting acceleration will:

A remain constant
B increase
C decrease

Answer
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30When the objects mass is decreased but

the applied force stays the same, the
resulting acceleration will:

A remain constant
B increase
C decrease

Answer
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31You are riding your bicycle to the park

to meet a few friends. As you ride, you
apply a force of 40 N and accelerate
at a rate of 0.4 m/s 2. What is the total
mass of the bicycle and you?

A 75 kg

Answer
B 100 kg
C 120 kg
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32When you sit on a chair, the chair pushes

back with more force than your weight.

True
False

Answer
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33 Which of the following statements pertains

to the third law of motion?

Action and Reaction pairs always

A
act on the same object.
Mass is indirectly proportional to
B

Answer
acceleration.
An object at rest will remain at rest
C unless acted on by an unbalanced
force.
If a force occurs, action reaction forces
D
are present.
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34How can a small toy have the same

momentum as a large car?

A toy has large speed

B both car and toy are at rest
C toy has no mass
D A&B

Answer
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35If a 3 kg toy truck is moving at 4 m/s,

what is the toy's momentum?

A 3 m/s
B 2 kgm/s
C 12 kgm/s

Answer
D 12 m/s
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36What
two factors does
momentum depend on?

A mass and volume

B mass and acceleration

Answer
C mass and velocity
D mass and force