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Chapter 11 Motion Quest
Directions: Using your packet/textbook, complete the following “quest”
questions!
Chp 11-1
1. What is a frame of reference (or reference point):
2. What is motion?
3. What is distance?
4. What is displacement?
5. What is speed?
6. What is velocity?
7. How do you combine velocities of objects going in opposite directions?
8. Give an example of adding velocities?
9. What two quantities do you need to calculate speed?
10. What is the formula for speed or velocity? (SI units too)
11. What is instantaneous speed?
12. What is constant speed?
13. What is slope on a graph and how do you find it?
14. What does a steep slope, less steep slope and horizontal line mean on a
distance-time graph?
15. What does a distance-time graph look like if the object is changing speed?
Chp 11-2
1. What is acceleration?
2. What are the two components of acceleration?
3. What is the difference between positive and negative acceleration?
4. What is it called when an object slows down? How do you write that?
5. Why is changing direction and turning considered to be acceleration?
6. Can you accelerate yet be going a constant speed? If so, when?
7. What is centripetal acceleration?
8. What is the formula for acceleration (and SI units too)?
9. What does delta ∆ mean?
10. What is constant acceleration?
11. On a speed-time graph, what does constant acceleration look like?
12. In nature, does anything accelerate at a constant rate for an extended periods of
time? Why not?
13. What does a positive slope (
) indicate on a speed-time graph?
14. What does a negative slope (
) indicate on a speed-time graph?
15. What does a horizontal (flat) line indicate on a speed-time graph?
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Chp 11-3
1. What is a force?
2. State the four fundamental forces in nature?
3. What is the strong nuclear force?
4. What is the weak nuclear force?
5. What is the electromagnetic force?
6. What is gravity?
7. What are contact forces and list an example:
8. What are field forces and list an example:
9. What is a net force? Give an example of:
10. What are balanced forces? Give an example of:
11. How is motion affected by balanced forces?
12. What are unbalanced forces?
13. How is motion affected by unbalanced forces?
14. What is friction? What causes it?
15. How does a rough surface affect friction?
16. Define kinetic friction and what are the two main types?
17. Describe is sliding friction?
18. Describe is rolling friction?
19. What is static friction?
20. LOOK UP: What is fluid friction?
21. When is friction helpful?
22. When is friction harmful?
23. What is a lubricant?
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