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Modified True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase to
make the sentence or statement true.
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2. A person standing on a moving escalator is moving relative to another person standing on the
escalator. _________________________
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4. If one toy car is traveling at 10 cm/s and another toy car is moving at 10 cm/s in the opposite
direction, both cars have the same velocity. _________________________
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6. A slanted line on a motion graph means that the object is at rest. _________________________
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7. The upper layer of Earth is broken into more than a dozen continents that move very slowly in
various directions. _________________________
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9. The SI unit of velocity is the meter per second per second. _________________________
____ 10. A straight line on a graph of speed versus time means that the object has a constant acceleration.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 11. When an objects distance from another object is changing,
a. it is in motion.
b. it is speeding.
c. it has a high velocity.
d. it is accelerating.
____ 12. As Earth orbits the sun, it is moving about
a. 30 kilometers per hour.
b. 300 kilometers per second.
c. 3 kilometers per minute.
d. 30 kilometers per second.
____ 13. A place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion is called
a. a position.
b. a reference point.
c. a constant.
d. velocity.
____ 14. Liters, meters, and grams are all
a. distances.
b. reference points.
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c. units.
d. velocities.
The basic SI unit of length is the
a. meter.
b. foot.
c. inch.
d. mile.
The International System of Units is used
a. only in the United States.
b. only in France.
c. in most of Europe.
d. all over the world.
If you know the distance an object has traveled in a certain amount of time, you can determine
a. the size of the object.
b. the speed of the object.
c. the location of the object.
d. the velocity of the object.
Speed equals distance divided by
a. time.
b. velocity.
c. size.
d. motion.
If the speed of an object does NOT change, the object is traveling at a(n)
a. constant speed.
b. average speed.
c. increasing speed.
d. decreasing speed.
If a bicyclist travels 30 kilometers in two hours, her average speed is
a. 30 km/h.
b. 60 km/h.
c. 15 km/h.
d. 2 km/h.
If an object moves in the same direction and at a constant speed for 4 hours, which of the
following is true?
a. The objects speed changed during the 4 hours.
b. The objects velocity did not change.
c. The object accelerated during the 4 hours.
d. The object decelerated during the 4 hours.
If you know a car traveled 300 kilometers in 3 hours, you can find its
a. acceleration.
b. direction.
c. average speed.
d. velocity.
A train that travels 100 kilometers in 4 hours is traveling at what average speed?
a. 50 km/h
b. 100 km/h
c. 2 km/h
d. 25 km/h
When you know both the speed and the direction of an objects motion, you know the
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44. Suppose you are sitting in a car at a red light when a car moving toward the north begins to pass
you. If you use the passing car as a reference point, the direction in which you appear to be
moving is toward the ____________________.
45. The distance traveled by a moving object per unit of time is called ____________________.
46. The basic SI unit of length is the ____________________.
47. Speed that does not change is referred to as ____________________ speed.
48. The statement that the motion of a hurricane is 20 kilometers per hour in an easterly direction is a
description of the hurricanes ____________________.
49. A speed of 15 kilometers per hour is abbreviated as 15 ____________________.
50. If two lines appear on the same motion graph, the line with the steeper ____________________
indicates a greater speed.
51. According to the theory of plate ____________________, Earths plates move very slowly in
various directions.
52. The boundaries between the plates that make up the upper layer of Earth are cracks in Earths
____________________.
53. Acceleration is the rate of change in ____________________.
54. _________________________ occurs when an object slows down.
55. A golf ball ____________________ when either its speed or its direction changes.
56. The motion of a car stopping at a traffic light is an example of ____________________
acceleration, also called deceleration.
57. The abbreviation of the unit of acceleration (meters per second per second) is
____________________.
58. If a ship has an acceleration of 3 kilometers per hour per hour, its speed is expressed in the unit
____________________.
59. If a car is speeding up, its initial speed is ____________________ than its final speed.
60. If a train traveling north at 30 m/s brakes to a stop in 1 minute, its acceleration is
____________________ southward.
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F, stationary
F, 40 km/h
F, speed
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F, horizontal
F, plates
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F, acceleration
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stationary
motion
bicycle
south
speed
meter
constant
velocity
km/h
slope
tectonics
crust
velocity
Deceleration
accelerates
negative
m/s2
km/h
lower
0.5 m/s2