Name _________________________ Form____________ Date _____________
Motion Worksheet
Answer the following questions using your book and notes as a reference. Make sure to use
complete sentence and proper units and directions where required. SHOW YOUR WORK ON ALL MATH
PROBLEMS FOR CREDIT. .
1. To completely describe the motion of an object, you need
A. position
B. speed
C. direction of motion
D. All of the above
2. An object’s speed is a measure of
A. how fast the object is moving
B. the object’s direction
C. the object’s displacement per unit of time
D. All of the above
3. _________________ is a speed in a certain direction.
A. Acceleration
B. Friction
C. C. Momentum
D. Velocity
4. Peter participated in a 5 K race and finished the race in 17 min. A 5 k race is 5,000 m long. How
would you calculate Peter’s average speed in m/min?
A. 5 K ÷ 17 min
B. 17 min ÷ 5 K
C. 5,000 m ÷ 17 min
D. 17 min ÷ 5,000m
5. Given the following the numbers, use the units to determine if the number is describing distance,
speed, or velocity.
A. 150 km __________
B. 65 m/s east __________
C. 12 km/h __________
6. Your dog ran away from home at 1:00 this afternoon. It is now 1:30. You know that he walks
with an average speed of 1 m/s. Which of the following pieces of information is most important
for finding your dog?
A. whether the dog eaten recently
B. if the dog was chasing a squirrel
C. which direction the dog is going
D. whether the dog is alone
7. Determine whether each statement is true or false. If false, replace the underlined term with the
correct word or phrase.
A. Distance divided by time is a measure of average velocity.
_____________________________________________
B. Displacement divided by time is a measure of speed.
_____________________________________________
C. The SI unit of speed is miles per hour.
_____________________________________________
8. Identify the following measurements as speed or velocity.
A. 88 km/h _________________
B. 19 m/s to the west _________________
C. 18 m/s down _________________
D. 10 m/s _________________
9. If you jog for 1 h and travel 10 km, 10 km/h describes your
A. momentum
B. average speed
C. displacement
D. acceleration
10. Which of the quantities below represents a velocity?
A. 25 m/s
B. 10 km/min
C. 15 mi/h eastward
D. 3 mi/h
11. At the end of a game, a basketball player on the winning team throws the basketball straight up as
high as he can throw it. At the top of its path, the basketball’s velocity is
A. 0 m/s
B. 10 m/s up
C. 10 m/s down
D. Not enough information is given to determine its velocity
12. When you plot the graph of displacement vs. time, velocity is represented by
A. the x-intercept of the graph
B. the y-intercept of the graph
C. the gradient of the graph
D. the curve of the graph
13. If a track athlete runs an 800 m race at a constant speed of 2 m/s, how long will it take her to win
the race?
A. 6.7 min
B. 16 min
C. 26.7 min
D. 400 min
14. Find the velocity in m/s of a baseball thrown 38 m from third base to first base in 1.7 s.
15. Find the acceleration of a swimmer who dives off a boat and swims 110 m toward the shore in 72
s reaching a top speed of 10m/s.
16. An Olympic athlete runs a 400 m race in 50 s. What is her average speed?
17. A race car driver is travelling at 240m/s when the car in front of him loses a wheel and start to spin
uncontrollably. The driver upon seeing this applies brakes and comes to a complete stop in 3.5
secs. Calculate the deceleration of the race car.
18. Baptiste walked 420 m in 17.5 min. What is his average speed in m/min? What is his average
speed in m/s? (Hint: There are 60 s in 1 min.)
19. Calculate the displacement in meters a cyclist would travel in 5.00 h at an average of 12.0 km/h to
the southwest.
20. An airplane traveling from San Francisco northeast to Chicago travels 1260 km in
3.5 h. What is the airplane’s average velocity?
