Real-World Examples of Motion for 4th Graders

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🍎 What is Motion? Motion is simply the act of changing position. If something moves from one place to another, it's in motion!
• 🚗 Speed: Speed tells us how fast something is moving. It's calculated as: $Speed = \frac{Distance}{Time}$
• ⏱️ Time: Time is how long it takes for something to move.
• 📏 Distance: Distance is how far something moves.
• ⬆️ Direction: Direction tells us which way something is moving (e.g., north, south, east, west).
• 🎢 Examples of Motion: Running, jumping, a car driving, a bird flying, and even the Earth spinning!

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. A bicycle travels 10 meters in 2 seconds. What is its speed?

   1. 20 meters per second
   2. 5 meters per second
   3. 12 meters per second
   4. 8 meters per second

2. Which of the following is an example of motion?

   1. A tree standing still
   2. A book on a table
   3. A bird flying in the sky
   4. A rock on the ground

3. What do you need to know to calculate the speed of an object?

   1. Its color and size
   2. Its distance and time
   3. Its weight and shape
   4. Its temperature and age

4. A car is traveling east. What does 'east' tell you about the car's motion?

   1. Its speed
   2. Its distance
   3. Its direction
   4. Its time

5. If a toy car travels 15 cm in 3 seconds, what is its speed?

   1. 3 cm/s
   2. 18 cm/s
   3. 5 cm/s
   4. 45 cm/s

6. What is the definition of motion?

   1. Staying in one place
   2. Changing position
   3. Having a color
   4. Being heavy

7. A runner completes a 100-meter race in 20 seconds. What is the runner's speed?

   1. 2000 meters per second
   2. 80 meters per second
   3. 5 meters per second
   4. 120 meters per second