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Cambridge Checkpoint Science 8:

Measuring Motion Class
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 26mins
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Instructor name: Mr. Edgar Fong

A person walked 10 miles. It took them 2 hours. How fast were they walking?

1.

a) 8 mph b) 5 mph
c) 2 mph d) 10 mph

What is the formula to calculate speed?

2.

a) S = t/d b) S = d/t

c) S = d x t d) S = t x d

When an object speeds up, slows down, stops, or starts is called?

3.

a) speed b) direction
c) acceleration d) time

4. Which of the following is a unit of speed?

a) km/hr b) hr
c) km d) sec

5. On a distance vs. time graph, the steeper the slope _____

a) the slower the speed b) the faster the speed

c) less acceleration d) greater acceleration

6. Total distance divided by total time is

a) average speed b) constant speed

c) instantaneous speed d) acceleration

A runner races in the 100 meter dash. It takes him 10 seconds to finish. What is his average speed?

7.

a) 10 m/s b) 1000 m/s

c) 100 seconds d) 10 seconds

How far will a person go if he jogs for 2 hours at a speed of 12 km/hr?

8.

a) 6 km b) 0.5 km
c) 10 km d) 24 km
 Joanna drives for 400km at an average speed of 80km/h. How long was her journey?

9.

a) Joanna's journey was 5hrs long b) Joanna's journey was 10hrs long
c) Joanna's journey was 20hrs long d) Joanna's journey was 15hrs long

10. The speed you read on a speedometer is ____.

a) average speed b) instantaneous speed

c) velocity d) constant speed

11. A soccer ball takes 20 s to roll 10 m. What is the average speed of the soccer ball?

a) 200 m/s b) 5 m/s

c) 2 m/s d) 0.5 m/s

12. What is the term for speed at a specific instant in time?

a) instantaneous speed b) variable speed

c) constant speed d) average speed

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

a) 2 m/s b) 3 m/s

c) 1 m/s d) 0 m/s

According to the graph, about how long did the object take to move 40 m?

14.

a) 2 s b) 3 s
c) 4 s d) 5 s

15. If a car is traveling at 55 mph and is not speed up or slowing down, then the car is moving at a(n) ______.

a) constant speed b) speed

c) instantaneous speed d) average speed

16. Jason walked a distance of 1,750 m in 30 min. Find his average speed in m/s.

a) 0.97 m/s b) 58 m/s

c) 17 m/s d) 3500 km/hr

17. A train travels 120 km in 2 hours and then 190 km in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the train?

a) 103.3 km/hr b) 60 km/hr

c) 63.3 km/hr d) 62 km/hr

What does the slope of the line between any two points represent?

18.

a) Speed of the student. b) Distance traveled by the student.

c) The students displacement. d) The students acceleration.

What is the total distance traveled by the student from point A to B?

19.

a) 17 m b) 10 m

c) 20 m d) 0 m

What would the correct units for speed of the student be?

20.

a) meters b) mph

c) m/s/s d) m/s
 What was the student's average speed from points A to B?

21.

a) 1.11 m/s b) 0.9 m/s

c) 1.67 m/s d) 10 m/s

What is going on between 6 and 11 seconds?

22.

a) The student is speeding up. b) The student is standing still.

c) The student is moving backwards. d) The student is slowing down.

What is the student's average speed over the entire journey?

23.

a) 0 m/s b) 1.0 m/s

c) 1.11 m/s d) 1.54 m/s

24. On a distance vs. time graph, a horizontal line shows _____

a) constant speed b) constant acceleration

c) the object has stopped moving d) someone forgot to start timing

The speed of the object at 6 seconds is

25.

a) 16/6 = 2.67 m/s b) (20-12) / (7-5) = 4 m/s

c) 6 m/s d) 16 m/s

26. A motorist travels 200 km.

After travelling along a fast road for 2 hours, the motorist uses a slow road for the remaining 1/2 hour of the journey.
What is the average speed of the car?

a) 50 km/hr b) 80 km/hr

c) 100 km/hr d) 400 km/hr

27. The winding distance between two towns is 210 km. A train moves at an average speed of 70 km/hr.
How long does the journey take?

a) less than 70/210 hours, because the journey is not in a straight line. b) exactly 70/210 hours
c) exactly 210/70 hours d) more than 210/70 hours, because the journey is not in a straight line.

28. In a race, a car travels 60 times round a 3.6 km track. It takes 2.4 hours.
What is the average speed of the car?

a) 2.5 km/h b) 90 km/h

c) 144 km/h d) 216 km/h

29. When the horn on a ship is sounded, the passengers hear an echo from a cliff after 4.0 seconds. If the speed of sound is 340 m/s, how far away is the cliff?
(Hint: It may help to draw a quick picture to understand what is happening)

a) 170 m b) 340 m

c) 680 m d) 1360 m

What is going on between 11 and 18 seconds?

30.

a) The student is speeding up. b) The student is standing still.

c) The student is moving backwards. d) The student is slowing down.