Con Physics-Semester 1 Final Review

What does the speedometer in your car tell you?

• instantaneous speed

• instantaneous acceleration

• average speed

• average acceleration

Suppose you take a trip that covers 500 km and takes 10 hours. What is your average speed?

• 50 km/h

• 50 m/s

• 5000 km/h

• 5000 m/s

An object is in freefall for 4 seconds, during which time interval is the object falling the fastest?

• Between 0 and 1 second

• Between 1 and 2 seconds

• Between 2 and 3 seconds

• Between 3 and 4 seconds

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What is the difference between distance and displacement?

• There is no difference, they are the same.

• Displacement is the total path taken added together.

• Distance is a straight line between point A and point B.

• Displacement is a straight line between point A and point B.

How far has a car gone that starts from rest and accelerates at 31m/s² for 10 seconds?

• 310m

• 1550m

• 3.1m

• 0m

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A ball is thrown straight up. At the top of its path its velocity is:

• 0m/s

• 5m/s

• 10m/s

• cannot be determined by the information given.

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A ball is thrown straight up. At the top of its path, its acceleration is:

• 0m/s²

• 5m/s²

• 10m/s²

• cannot be determined by the information given.

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Desiree runs with a velocity of 7m/s. How much time would it take her to run 400m?

• 60s

• 50s

• 57.1 s

• 44.12 s

A ping pong ball and metal ball are dropped at the same time. With no air resistance, which ball would hit the ground first?

• metal ball

• ping pong ball

• They both hit at the same time

• No way of knowing with the information given

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A ball is thrown up in the air, and falls back to earth. During this time the acceleration is...

• directed upward.

• directed downward.

• opposite its velocity.

• in the direction of motion.

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