Kinematics 1D Motion Practice Test

Why does a car accelerate as it round a corner at a constant speed?

• Its direction changes
• It doesn't
• It slows down
• Its speeds up  

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Acceleration only takes place when things speed up. 

• True
• False

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Determine the motion of the car.

• at rest 
• moving at constant speed
• speeding up
• slowing down

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Determine the motion of the car.

• at rest 
• constant velocity 
• speeding up
• slowing down

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Which graph represents the greatest acceleration?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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An astronaut is on the moon.  He drops a hammer and a feather from the same height above the ground.  Which object impacts the moon's surface first?

• Hammer
• Feather
• Both impact at the same time
• Both float away into space

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If you throw a baseball straight up, what is its velocity at the highest point?

• 9.8 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s
• 0 m/s²
• 0 m/s

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The more mass an object has, the faster it will fall.

• True
• False

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Objects that are only under the influence of gravity are considered to be  ____

• in freefall
• flying
• in freefall only if they are moving downwards

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In the absence of air resistance, objects fall at constant

• velocity
• acceleration
• speed
• distance

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