...direction from where it came, traveling? A) Distance = 6 km; displacement = 6 km east
B) Distance = 8 km; displacement = 8 km west
C) Distance = 8 km; displacement = 4 km east
D) Distance = 6 km; displacement = 4 km west
2.If two displacement vectors are in the same direction in a straight line, how do you combine and calculate the displacement?
A) Add the magnitudes
B) Subtract the magnitudes
C) Multiply the magnitudes
D) Divide the magnitude
3.What is a factor of velocity and not speed?
A) Motion
B) Direction
C) Amount of time
D) Distance moved
4.Marjorie throws a basketball into the air. The ball travels up and decreases speed until it stops and begins to fall. Compare the basketball’s velocity with its acceleration as it traveled up.
A) Velocity increases; the basketball does not accelerate.
B) Velocity decreases; the basketball accelerates.
C) Velocity increases; the basketball accelerates.
D) Velocity decreases; the basketball does not accelerate.
5.A car is traveling 20 mph and is going south. The car reduces its speed to 15 mph while driving in the same direction. Compare the speed with the velocity of the car.
A) Speed decreases; velocity stays the same
B) Speed decreases; velocity changes
C) Speed stays the same; velocity stays the same
D) Speed stays the same; velocity changes
6.A car is traveling 40 mph and changes direction from driving south to driving east. Which of the following statements is true?
A) The speed of the car changes because the direction changed.
B) The velocity did not change when the direction changed.
C) The speed of the car decreased when the direction changed.
D) The velocity of the car changed because the direction changed.
7.Which factors show a change in acceleration?
A) A change in speed only
B) A change in direction only
C) A change in speed, direction, or a change in both speed and direction
D) A change in distance, time, or a change in both distance and time
8. What is the relationship between acceleration and velocity?
A) There is no relationship.
B) Acceleration is the rate of change in velocity.
C) Acceleration is a vector, and velocity is not a vector.
9. James left home and walked 1 block east to meet Franco. Then, James turned around and walked 3 blocks west, to school. The direct measurement from the starting point to the ending point is 2 blocks. What is James’s distance and displacement?
A) Distance = 2 blocks, displacement = 4 blocks west
B) Distance = 1 block, displacement = 4 blocks west
C) Distance = 4 blocks, displacement = 2 blocks west
D) Distance = 2 blocks, displacement = 0 blocks west
D) Acceleration is velocity divided by two.
10. A school bus travels 6 km east and then turns around to go back in the direction from where it came, traveling 2 km west. What is the distance and displacement of the school bus?
A) Distance = 6 km; displacement = 6 km east
B) Distance = 8 km; displacement = 8 km west
C) Distance = 8 km; displacement = 4 km east
D) Distance = 6 km; displacement = 4 km west
11. What is the length of a path between two points?
A) Displacement
B) Distance
C) Motion
D) Frame of reference
B) Distance = 8 km; displacement = 8 km west
C) Distance = 8 km; displacement = 4 km east
D) Distance = 6 km; displacement = 4 km west
2.If two displacement vectors are in the same direction in a straight line, how do you combine and calculate the displacement?
A) Add the magnitudes
B) Subtract the magnitudes
C) Multiply the magnitudes
D) Divide the magnitude
3.What is a factor of velocity and not speed?
A) Motion
B) Direction
C) Amount of time
D) Distance moved
4.Marjorie throws a basketball into the air. The ball travels up and decreases speed until it stops and begins to fall. Compare the basketball’s velocity with its acceleration as it traveled up.
A) Velocity increases; the basketball does not accelerate.
B) Velocity decreases; the basketball accelerates.
C) Velocity increases; the basketball accelerates.
D) Velocity decreases; the basketball does not accelerate.
5.A car is traveling 20 mph and is going south. The car reduces its speed to 15 mph while driving in the same direction. Compare the speed with the velocity of the car.
A) Speed decreases; velocity stays the same
B) Speed decreases; velocity changes
C) Speed stays the same; velocity stays the same
D) Speed stays the same; velocity changes
6.A car is traveling 40 mph and changes direction from driving south to driving east. Which of the following statements is true?
A) The speed of the car changes because the direction changed.
B) The velocity did not change when the direction changed.
C) The speed of the car decreased when the direction changed.
D) The velocity of the car changed because the direction changed.
7.Which factors show a change in acceleration?
A) A change in speed only
B) A change in direction only
C) A change in speed, direction, or a change in both speed and direction
D) A change in distance, time, or a change in both distance and time
8. What is the relationship between acceleration and velocity?
A) There is no relationship.
B) Acceleration is the rate of change in velocity.
C) Acceleration is a vector, and velocity is not a vector.
9. James left home and walked 1 block east to meet Franco. Then, James turned around and walked 3 blocks west, to school. The direct measurement from the starting point to the ending point is 2 blocks. What is James’s distance and displacement?
A) Distance = 2 blocks, displacement = 4 blocks west
B) Distance = 1 block, displacement = 4 blocks west
C) Distance = 4 blocks, displacement = 2 blocks west
D) Distance = 2 blocks, displacement = 0 blocks west
D) Acceleration is velocity divided by two.
10. A school bus travels 6 km east and then turns around to go back in the direction from where it came, traveling 2 km west. What is the distance and displacement of the school bus?
A) Distance = 6 km; displacement = 6 km east
B) Distance = 8 km; displacement = 8 km west
C) Distance = 8 km; displacement = 4 km east
D) Distance = 6 km; displacement = 4 km west
11. What is the length of a path between two points?
A) Displacement
B) Distance
C) Motion
D) Frame of reference