Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 10 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Many pictures, fast): Animation = many still pictures (frames), each a little different, shown quickly. Persistence of vision: the eye holds each picture for a moment, so fast pictures blend into movement. Pictures each second = pictures on a zoetrope drum × spins each second.

1. 1.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
21. 21.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound

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