Name: ________________________ IPC Bundle 9 – REVIEW Period: ______________

Distance, Displacement, Speed, Velocity and Acceleration

1. Differentiate between distance travelled and displacement.
Distance (d) is how far an object travels. Displacement (Δx) is the shortest path between
point A (initial) and point B (final). Δx = final position (xf) – initial position (xi)
2. Define speed. What is the formula used to calculate speed?
Speed is the rate at which an object is moving. Speed = distance/time
3. Define velocity. What is the formula used to calculate velocity?
Velocity is speed with direction, the change in position over time. Velocity =
displacement/time
4. Define acceleration. What is the formula to calculate acceleration?
Acceleration is the rate at which velocity changes over time. Acceleration = (VF-VI) / T
5. What does zero velocity mean?
Zero velocity is an object at rest or an object that has not changed its position even if
moving.
6. Compare and contrast speed and velocity.
Speed is rate at which an object has moved through space. Velocity is the rate at which
an object has moved relative to its initial position in space.
7. Your mom slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a squirrel in the road. She slows from
12.00 m/s to 0.00 m/s in 4 seconds. What was her acceleration? Is it positive or negative?
Why?
Negative, because her displacement is negative.
Acceleration = (VF-VI) / T
Acceleration = (0 m/s – 12 m/s) / 4s
Acceleration = - 3 m/s2

8. If you drive for 2 hours at 60 km/hr and for 2 hours at 100 km/hr, what is your average
speed?
2 hours @ 60km/hr
2 hours @ 100 km/hr
average speed = (2*60km/hr + 2*100 km/hr) / 4 hr
average speed = 80 km/hr

9. A bus is traveling at 79.7 kilometers per hour east. How far does the bus travel 1.45
hours?
79.7 km/hr
(79.7km/1 hr.) * 1.45 hrs. = 115.6 km.
 What is the distance travelled based on the graph?___________ Displacement?________

For E to D:
a2 + b 2 = c 2
42 + 42 = c2
32 = c2
sqrt(32) = 5.7m = c
Distance = 8m + 8m + 4m + 5.7m + 4m
Distance = 29.7m

Displacement:
Displacement = how far we are from the original position.
Displacement = 10m – 2m = 8m

FORCE

10. What is force? Push or Pull

11. What does the unit Newton measure? Force
12. What is net force? The combination of all forces acting on an object

13. Indicate which force pictured below is balanced and which is unbalanced.
14. _Unbalanced, Fnet = -3N______ b. ___balanced, F net = 0___

15. What do all three laws of motion explain? Movement of all objects in the universe
16. Define Inertia. An object’s tendency to resist a change in motion. All objects have inertia.
17. The greater the object’s mass, the _greater__ (greater, less) its inertia and the larger the
force needed to overcome inertia.
18. Which Newton’s law is described below? ____Newton’s First Law of Motion
An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by an __unbalanced__ (balanced,
unbalanced) force. An object in motion will stay in _____ motion____ at the same speed
and in the same direction unless acted on by an__unbalanced_______ (balanced,
unbalanced) force.
19. Which Newton’s law is described below? ___Newton’s Second Law of Motion
The acceleration of an object by a force is _inversely__(directly, inversely) proportional
to the mass of the object and _directly__ (directly, inversely) proportional to the force.
20. How are force, mass and acceleration related? Acceleration is proportional to Force but
inversely proportional to mass. If the acceleration increases, the force will increase. But
if the mass increases, the acceleration will decrease.
21. If mass increases, acceleration _decreases__ (increases, decreases)
22. If acceleration decreases, mass _increases__ (increases, decreases)
23. If mass decreases, force _decreases___ (increases, decreases)
24. If force increases, acceleration _increases_ (increases, decreases)
25. If mass doubles, acceleration __decrease 1/2_ (decrease ½, doubles too)

26. If F=ma, how would you solve for mass? Mass = __Force/acceleration_____
27. How would you solve for acceleration? Accel = Force/mass

28. What Newton Law of Motion does the following picture describe?
Newton’s Third Law of Motion

29. What is the way to cause acceleration? With the outside force
30. What is mass? The amount of matter (atoms) in an object. Never changes.
31. What unit is mass measured in? Kg
32. Gravitational pull on Earth: g = 9.8 m/s2

33. Will your mass be the same on earth as it is on the moon? Yes or No
34. Explain why: mass does not change (same number of atoms)

35. If you have a mass of 66 kg on Earth, you weigh _____F=ma = mg(gravity), F = mg =

66kg x 9.8m/s2= 646.8N
36. What is weight? A measure of gravity’s pull on an object. Changes due to gravity.
37. What is the SI unit for weight? Newton
38. Will your weight be the same on the earth as on the moon? Yes or No
39. Explain why: less gravity pull on the moon
40. What is the reaction force of a man pushing on a wall? Wall pushing back

41. What is the force on a 53 kg trailer that is accelerating at 4 m/s2. F= 53kg x 4m/s2 = 212N

42. MOMENTUM
43. What is the formula for momentum? p=mv Units? Kg*m/s
44. What does momentum depend on? Object’s mass and velocity
45. Law of conservation of Momentum: the total momentum of an isolated system remains
constant – momentum is conserved over time
46. States that any time objects collide, the total amount of momentum stays the _same __
47. What is an Elastic collision? When two or more objects bounce off of each other in the
collision. Momentum & kinetic energy are conserved.
48. What is an Inelastic collision? When two or more objects stick together after a collision.
Momentum is conserved, but kinetic energy is not conserved.
49. Edgar kicks a soccer ball that flies through the air with a speed of 34 m/s and a
momentum of 650 kg m/s. What is the mass of the soccer ball?
p = mv
p/v = m
p = (650 kg m/s) / (34 m/s)
p = 19.1 kg
50. If Bob’s wheelchair has a mass of 150 kg and Sally pushes him down a ramp at 30 m/s,
what is his momentum?
p = mv
p = (150kg) * (30m/s)
p = 4500 kg m/s
51. How fast is a man running if he has a momentum of 100kg m/s and a mass of 50 kg?
p = mv
p/m = v
(100 kg m/s) / (50 kg) = v
v = 2 m/s

52. A 0.5 kg ball with a speed of 5.0 m/s strikes a stationary 1 kg target. If momentum is
conserved, what is the total momentum of the ball and target after the collision?
p = mv
p (before) = p (after)
p (before) = 0.5 kg * 5m/s
p = 2.5 kg*m/s = p (after)