General Science Chapter 2 - Motion

Question 1

True or False: The San Andreas fault moves more each year than the Australian plate.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What are the correct units for speed?

Accepted Answer

m/s

Question 3

Negative acceleration means _________.

Accepted Answer

slowing down

Question 4

What is the speed of a horse that travels 100 m in 3 minutes?

Accepted Answer

33 m/min

Question 5

What is the correct unit for momentum?

Accepted Answer

kg-m/s

Question 6

True or False: Distance and displacement are not the same.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

"The distance and direction of an object's position."

Accepted Answer

displacement

Question 8

True or False: As the mass of an object increases, its momentum decreases.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What is a person's displacement if they go 7 miles north and three miles south?

Accepted Answer

4 miles north

Question 10

A car starts at 0 m/s and speeds up to 18 m/s in 6 seconds. What is its acceleration?

Accepted Answer

3 m/s2

Question 11

True or False: Momentum uses a direction.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What is the distance of a person if they go 12 miles east and 17 miles west?

Accepted Answer

29 miles

Question 13

Which of the following are correct for displacement? (There is more than one)

Accepted Answer

3 floors up, 20 m west

Question 14

True or False: Velocity uses the same units as speed.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

True or False: The velocity of an object can change even if its speed stays the same.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

When you change direction on a roller coaster, it causes __________.

Accepted Answer

centripetal acceleration

Question 17

"A change in an object's position relative to a reference point."

Accepted Answer

motion

Question 18

Which is required to determine the position of an object?

Accepted Answer

reference point

Question 19

On the speed time graph, which describes B?

Accepted Answer

Object is at a constant speed

Question 20

True or False: Anything that has momentum is moving.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Which of the following use directions along with units? (more than one)

Accepted Answer

velocity, displacement

Question 22

When displacements have the same direction you ____ them.

Accepted Answer

Add

Question 23

"The product of an object's mass and velocity."

Accepted Answer

momentum

Question 24

Which is not a way to accelerate?

Accepted Answer

go uphill

Question 25

What is the correct way to calculate speed?

Accepted Answer

distance divided by time

General Science Chapter 2 - Motion

Questions 25

General Science Chapter 2 - Motion

Questions 25