Chp 1 Quiz  (w/ Answers)                                                                                Name____________

                                                                                                                             Section _______

                                                                                                                             Date ________

 

1.     The most common frame of reference is ________________.

2.     What is the frame of reference?

a.     The sun rising over the horizon. _____________

b.     Your friend walks by you on the sidewalk. _______________

3.     Colin skateboards down the sidewalk in front of the school, traveling at 24 km/h. How much time would it take him to travel 6.0 km? (Show your work!)

 

 

 

Text Box:               Answer: .44 hours or 26 2/3 minutes Text Box:               Answer: 10.17m/s and 36.61km/hr Text Box:               Answer: .25 hours or 15 minutes

 

4. Marcy doesn't want to be late for class (No . . . never . . . not Marcy) so she rushes to Tim Horton's at lunch. How much time would it take Marcy to walk 2 km to Tim's for an apple fritter if she walked at a rate of 4.5 km/h? (Show your work!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Riley chucks a water balloon at a big, mean looking guy in the smoking area. Running for his life, he travels 100m in 9.83s. What was his average velocity in "m/s" and "km/h"?

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

6. Instead of doing his work, Cripps throws a textbook at Devine. After just 2.0 sec, the book is moving at 10.4 m/s. Find its acceleration.

Text Box:               Answer: 5.2 m/s/s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Text Box:   Answer: 340 kg*km/hr

 

7. A bowling ball with a mass of 17kg is hurled down the hallway at 20 km/hour threatening to takeout a hallway full of 6th graders. What kind of momentum will this ball have? Do you think you can stop it?