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Final Exam Motion Practice Worksheet

1) Motion is the change of _______________________________ compared to a reference point.
2) You are giving directions to your friend to the Regal 16 theaters from Rancho del Rey Middle School.
What is the reference point? _____________________________
3)

4) A car travels 85 km in the first hour of a trip. The car continues to travel another 2 hours and goes
200km. What is the average speed of the car? (Show all work, include formula you use)

5) What speed is the car going between points A and B?

6) Is the car moving between points C and D?

7) An airplane traveled 10 hours at a speed of 600km/hr from Los Angeles to Chicago. Calculate the
distance the airplane traveled.

8) Read each of the following and decide if there is a change in velocity (yes or no).
a. Running the mile around the track at a constant speed. Yes or No
b. Driving down a straight road at a constant speed. Yes or No
c. Riding your bike around the corner. Yes or No
d. A skydiver falling to Earth. Yes or No
e.
9) A motor boat is travelling along the San Diego river at a constant speed of 25 km/h for 2 hours. The boat
stopped for a 10 minute break. It started up again and went at 20 km/h for 50 minutes.
a. Which formula should you use to calculate average velocity?

b. What else do you need to know in order to calculate the average velocity?

c. What is the average velocity?

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During a river cruise down the Mississippi, Daphne recorded the following information:
Time Total Distance Travelled Daphne’s position
8:00 a.m. 0 km St. Louis, Missouri
12:00 p.m. 72 km New Madrid, Missouri
8:00 p.m. 232 km Memphis, Tennessee
12:00 a.m. 315 km Vicksburg, Mississippi

10) What was her average speed? (Show your work)

11) Between what parts of the trip was she going the fastest? (show work)

12) Describe the motion of the skateboarder for:

a. Line A-

b. Line B-

c. Line C-

d. Line D-

13) On the graphs below, draw two distance vs. time graphs. On graph one show two people going the same
speed but starting from a different place. On the second graph show two people starting at the same
place, but running at different speeds.

14) Write a story about Harry Helicopter and his journey to the Grand Canyon.