Motion Test

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Which of the following would reduce the resistance of a metal wire?

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A region that has a large number of atoms whose magnetic fields are lined up parallel to a magnet's field is

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Which wave causes the medium to vibrate only in a direction parallel to the wave's motion?

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A passenger in the rear seat of a car moving at a steady speed is at rest relative to

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Which distance can be most accurately measured with a ruler?

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A person walks 1 mile every day for exercise, leaving her front porch at 9:00 AM and returning to her front porch at 9:25 AM. What is the total displacement of her daily walk?

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A person drives north 3 blocks, then turns east and drives 3 blocks. The driver then turns south and drives 3 blocks. How could the driver have made the distance shorter while maintaining the same displacement?

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A ball is rolled uphill a distance of 3 meters before it slows, stops, and begins to roll back. The ball rolls downhill 6 meters before coming to rest against a tree. What is the magnitude of the ball's displacement?

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Speed is the ratio of the distance an object moves to

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Instantaneous speed is measured

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A car traveled 88 km in 1 hour, 90 km in the next 2 hours, and then 76 km in 1 hour before reaching its destination. What was the car's average speed?

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A horizontal line on a distance-time graph means the object is

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What is the speed of a bobsled whose distance-time graph indicates that it traveled 100 m in 25 s?

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The rate at which velocity changes is called

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Which example identifies a change in motion that produces acceleration?

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Objects in free fall near the surface of the Earth experience

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Suppose you increase your walking speed from 1 m/s to 3 m/s in a period of 2 s. What is your acceleration?

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An object moving at 30 m/s takes 5 s to come to a stop. What is the object's acceleration?

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The slope of a speed-time graph indicates

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Distance is a measure of length. What information does displacement give in addition to distance?

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What types of changes in motion cause acceleration?

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During a race, a runner runs at a speed of 6 m/s. Four seconds later, she is running at a speed of 10 m/s. What is the runner's acceleration? Show your work and please circle your answer.

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If you ride your bike at an average speed of 2 km/h and need to travel a total distance of 20 km, how long will it take you to reach your destination? Show your work and please circle your answer.

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A girl walks from her home to a friend's home 3 kilometers north. She then walks east 2 km to the post office, 1 km north to the library, and 1 km east to the park. From the park, she walks 2 km west to the movie theater. After the movie, she walks 4 km south to the pet store.

a. What is the girl's displacement from her starting point to the pet store?
b. Calculate the distance she walked in kilometers.

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Which graph in Figure 11-2 shows periods of constant speed? Explain your answer.

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Look at Figure 11-2. Describe the motion of the object in Graph A?

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Which graph in Figure 11-2 shows acceleration? How do you know?

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Using Graph A in Figure 11-2, calculate the average speed of the object in motion from 12 s to 20 s. Show your work and please circle your answer.

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Figure 11-3B illustrates the displacement of an object moving in a plane. Explain what information is provided by arrows A and B.

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Using vector addition, for the object represented in Figure 11-3B, calculate

a. the distance traveled by the object and
b. the displacement of the object.

Motion Test

Which of the following would reduce the resistance of a metal wire?

A region that has a large number of atoms whose magnetic fields are lined up parallel to a magnet's field is

Which wave causes the medium to vibrate only in a direction parallel to the wave's motion?

A passenger in the rear seat of a car moving at a steady speed is at rest relative to

Which distance can be most accurately measured with a ruler?

A person walks 1 mile every day for exercise, leaving her front porch at 9:00 AM and returning to her front porch at 9:25 AM. What is the total displacement of her daily walk?

A person drives north 3 blocks, then turns east and drives 3 blocks. The driver then turns south and drives 3 blocks. How could the driver have made the distance shorter while maintaining the same displacement?

A ball is rolled uphill a distance of 3 meters before it slows, stops, and begins to roll back. The ball rolls downhill 6 meters before coming to rest against a tree. What is the magnitude of the ball's displacement?

Speed is the ratio of the distance an object moves to

Instantaneous speed is measured

A car traveled 88 km in 1 hour, 90 km in the next 2 hours, and then 76 km in 1 hour before reaching its destination. What was the car's average speed?

A horizontal line on a distance-time graph means the object is

What is the speed of a bobsled whose distance-time graph indicates that it traveled 100 m in 25 s?

The rate at which velocity changes is called

Which example identifies a change in motion that produces acceleration?

Objects in free fall near the surface of the Earth experience

Suppose you increase your walking speed from 1 m/s to 3 m/s in a period of 2 s. What is your acceleration?

An object moving at 30 m/s takes 5 s to come to a stop. What is the object's acceleration?

The slope of a speed-time graph indicates

Distance is a measure of length. What information does displacement give in addition to distance?

What types of changes in motion cause acceleration?

During a race, a runner runs at a speed of 6 m/s. Four seconds later, she is running at a speed of 10 m/s. What is the runner's acceleration? Show your work and please circle your answer.

If you ride your bike at an average speed of 2 km/h and need to travel a total distance of 20 km, how long will it take you to reach your destination? Show your work and please circle your answer.

Which graph in Figure 11-2 shows periods of constant speed? Explain your answer.

Look at Figure 11-2. Describe the motion of the object in Graph A?

Which graph in Figure 11-2 shows acceleration? How do you know?

Using Graph A in Figure 11-2, calculate the average speed of the object in motion from 12 s to 20 s. Show your work and please circle your answer.

Figure 11-3B illustrates the displacement of an object moving in a plane. Explain what information is provided by arrows A and B.

Using vector addition, for the object represented in Figure 11-3B, calculate a. the distance traveled by the object and b. the displacement of the object.

Which of the following would reduce the resistance of a metal wire?

A region that has a large number of atoms whose magnetic fields are lined up parallel to a magnet's field is

Which wave causes the medium to vibrate only in a direction parallel to the wave's motion?

A passenger in the rear seat of a car moving at a steady speed is at rest relative to

Which distance can be most accurately measured with a ruler?

A person walks 1 mile every day for exercise, leaving her front porch at 9:00 AM and returning to her front porch at 9:25 AM. What is the total displacement of her daily walk?

A person drives north 3 blocks, then turns east and drives 3 blocks. The driver then turns south and drives 3 blocks. How could the driver have made the distance shorter while maintaining the same displacement?

A ball is rolled uphill a distance of 3 meters before it slows, stops, and begins to roll back. The ball rolls downhill 6 meters before coming to rest against a tree. What is the magnitude of the ball's displacement?

Speed is the ratio of the distance an object moves to

Instantaneous speed is measured

A car traveled 88 km in 1 hour, 90 km in the next 2 hours, and then 76 km in 1 hour before reaching its destination. What was the car's average speed?

A horizontal line on a distance-time graph means the object is

What is the speed of a bobsled whose distance-time graph indicates that it traveled 100 m in 25 s?

The rate at which velocity changes is called

Which example identifies a change in motion that produces acceleration?

Objects in free fall near the surface of the Earth experience

Suppose you increase your walking speed from 1 m/s to 3 m/s in a period of 2 s. What is your acceleration?

An object moving at 30 m/s takes 5 s to come to a stop. What is the object's acceleration?

The slope of a speed-time graph indicates

Distance is a measure of length. What information does displacement give in addition to distance?

What types of changes in motion cause acceleration?

During a race, a runner runs at a speed of 6 m/s. Four seconds later, she is running at a speed of 10 m/s. What is the runner's acceleration? Show your work and please circle your answer.

If you ride your bike at an average speed of 2 km/h and need to travel a total distance of 20 km, how long will it take you to reach your destination? Show your work and please circle your answer.

Which graph in Figure 11-2 shows periods of constant speed? Explain your answer.

Look at Figure 11-2. Describe the motion of the object in Graph A?

Which graph in Figure 11-2 shows acceleration? How do you know?

Using Graph A in Figure 11-2, calculate the average speed of the object in motion from 12 s to 20 s. Show your work and please circle your answer.

Figure 11-3B illustrates the displacement of an object moving in a plane. Explain what information is provided by arrows A and B.

Using vector addition, for the object represented in Figure 11-3B, calculate a. the distance traveled by the object and b. the displacement of the object.

Using vector addition, for the object represented in Figure 11-3B, calculate

a. the distance traveled by the object and
b. the displacement of the object.

Using vector addition, for the object represented in Figure 11-3B, calculate

a. the distance traveled by the object and
b. the displacement of the object.