2009-2010 Homework 10: 1/4/10 - 1/8/10

Mr. Sam Harrelson

MS Room 312
Email: sam.harrelson@sdsgriffin.org
Tel: 828-515-1235
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Objective 1: Determine when an object is in motion.

1. What is the formal definition for motion?

2. If you are traveling in a car at 60 miles/hour, what would be a good reference point to
determine your motion?

3. Why is it important to choose a stationary object as a reference point?

4. Are you moving as you read this paper? How so or how not?

5. Why might ancient astronomers have been convinced that the sun, planets and stars
revolve around the earth?

Objective 2: Describe how scientists measure distance.

1. What is the SI unit of measure for distance?

2. How many meters is a standard paperclip?

3. How many cm is a standard paperclip?

4. How many mm is a standard paperclip?

5. How many km is a standard paperclip?

Objective 3: Calculate an object’s speed and velocity.

1. What is the difference between speed, average speed and instantaneous speed?

2. Suppose a cyclist travels 32 km in 2 hours. Then the cyclist travels 13km during the next
hour. What is the average speed of the cyclist?

3. What is velocity?

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4. Compare and contrast speed and velocity.

5. What are a few job locations where knowing the difference between speed and velocity
would be important?

Objective 4: Demonstrate how to graph motion.

1. How can you show the motion of an object on a line graph?

2. What is slope?

3. How do you calculate slope?

4. The rise of a line on a distance-versus-time graph is 600m and the run is 3 minutes. What
is the slope of the line?

5. Look at Figure 5 on page 316 in your book (at the top). Using the graph, please answer
this... On the first day, how far does the jogger run in 5 minutes?

Objective 5: Describe the motion of an object as it accelerates.

1. What kind of motion does acceleration refer to?

2. What are 3 ways the acceleration of an object can change?

3. Why does a car accelerate if you step on the gas?

4. Why does a car accelerate if you step on the brake?

5. Why does a car accelerate if you turn?

Objective 6: Calculate and graph the acceleration of an object.

1. How is acceleration calculated

2. As a roller coaster car starts down a slope, its speed is 4 m/s. But 3 seconds later, at the
bottom, its speed is 22 m/s. What is its acceleration?

3. A falling raindrop accelerates from 10 m/s to 30 m/s in 2 seconds. What is the raindrop’s
average acceleration?

4. A car can accelerate from 0 to 27 m/s in 9 seconds. Find the car’s average acceleration?

5. On a car ride with a parent, sibling, grandparent, nanny or adult licensed to drive,
observe the acceleration of their car from 0 to 20 mph. Record your results here.

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