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Speed can be defined as
a) acceleration divided by time.
b) change in position divided by change in time.
c) change in time divided by change in position
d) change in velocity divided by change in time

Which of the following is an example of distance?
a) A bird flies at 5 meters per second
b) A man is standing on a street corner
c) A cat travels 5 meters from the front door of a house to the street
d) A racecar increases its speed from 5 meters per seond to 10 meters per second

Position can best be described as
a) the speed of an object
b) the location of an object
c) the acceleration of an object
d) the time it takes an object to travel from one place to another

Which statement best describes the difference between speed and velocity?
a) Velocity is speed with a direction
b) Velocity is speed divided by time
c) Velocity is speed multipled by time
d) Velocity is measured in meters per second while speed is measured in meters?

The SI unit for speed is
a) m
b) m/s
c) m/s2
d) m/s west

In which situation is an object accelerating?
a) A car is parked on the side of the street
b) A bicycle travels at a constant velocity down the street
c) A rock's velocity increases from 5 m/s and to 10 m/s as it falls down a cliff.
d) The velocity of a paper airplane is 2 m/s. Four seconds late, the velocity is still 2 m/s.

A football player running at 2m/s dives towards a football with a velocity of 5m/s. What is the relative velocity of the football player and the football?
a) 0m/s
b) 2m/s
c) 5m/s
d) 7m/s

Relative motion can best be defined as
a) the motion of an object with a constant velocity.
b) the motion of one object as it appears to another object.
c) the change in position of an object divided by change in time.
d) the amount of motion that an object experiences over a given period of time.

Relative motion can best be defined as
a) the motion of an object with a constant velocity
b) the motion of one object as it appears to another object
c) the change in position of an object divided by change in time
d) the amount of motion that an object experiences over a given period of time

Why does a truck that is traveling in the opposite direction to you on the street appear to be moving faster that it would if you were not moving?
a) The truck increases its velocity with respect to the ground when you are moving too.
b) The relative motion will be greatest when the objects are both traveling in the negative direction.
c) The relative motion will be greatest when the objects are traveling in opposite directions.
d) The relative motion will be greatest when one object comes to a stop and the other object continues

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