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Unit 4 Forces & Motion

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    An antelope is being chased across the savannah by a hungry lion. The lion runs at a constant speed. How might the antelope use its velocity to escape the lion? Choose the three statements that apply.

    It can run at the same speed but change direction.

    It can run in the same direction but increase its speed.

    It can both increase speed and change direction.

    It can decrease speed but continue running in the same direction.

  • 2. Multiple Choice
    30 seconds
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    The bumpy pattern on the soles of shoes is called the tread. Melanie and Keisha are at the store looking at the treads on different basketball shoes. They want new shoes so that they do not slide around on the basketball court. Which of these situations produces the most friction between the shoes and the floor?

    a girl with less mass wearing shoes with more tread

    a girl with less mass wearing shoes with less tread

    a girl with greater mass wearing shoes with more tread

    a girl with greater mass wearing shoes with less tread

  • 3. Multiple Choice
    30 seconds
    1 pt

    Anna hits a golf ball, and it soars through the air toward the green. It travels in an arc over the ground. Which statement does not describe the ball’s acceleration before it stops?

    It increases speed.

    It decreases speed.

    It changes its overall direction.

    It moves in the same direction.

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