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Ch1 Lesson 1&2 TEST PREP

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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following sets of directions is most specific?
a. Rio City is across the river from here.
b. Rio City is 25 km Southwest of here.
c. Rio City is about 25 km from here.
d. Rio City is two hills over from the hill Southwest of here.
2. What is the term for speed at any instant in time?
a. variable speed
c. constant speed
b. instantaneous speed
d. average speed
3. The distance traveled divided by the time taken to travel the distance is
a. acceleration
c. average speed
b. momentum
d. mass

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

a. 3 m/s
c. 0 m/s
b. 1 m/s
d. 2 m/s
5.

is rate of change of position.

a. Displacement
b. Acceleration

c. Velocity
d. Speed

6. A soccer ball takes 20 s to roll 10 m. What is the average speed of the soccer ball?
a. 0.5 m/s
c. 5 m/s
b. 200 m/s
d. 2 m/s
7. To describe velocity you need to know
.
a. direction and acceleration
c. speed and time
b. speed and direction
d. speed and acceleration
8. 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 x time
b. distance = speed x time
d. distance = acceleration/time

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9. Motion is change in
a. velocity
b. force

10. Speed is the rate of change in

a. distance
b. velocity

c. speed
d. position
.
c. direction
d. time

11. You hear that a storm is moving 15 km/h north. You have been given the storm's
.
a. acceleration
c. velocity
b. constant speed
d. average speed
12. When a car slows down at a traffic light, it is
.
a. decreasing its displacement
c. traveling at constant velocity
b. changing direction
d. accelerating