AP Physics Kinematics

Displacement

• Vector

• Scalar

Which of the following quantities are vectors?

• speed, velocity, acceleration

• velocity, acceleration, force

• force, acceleration, mass

• length, mass, time

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Which of these is not a vector quantity? 

• displacement 

• time

• velocity 

• acceleration

Which statement describes a vector?

• It has magnitude but no direction

• It has direction but no magnitude

• It has both direction and magnitude

• It has constant magnitude but no
   direction

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The acceleration of objects falling on Earth due to gravity is

• 9.8 m/s

• 9.8 m/s²

• 9.8 g/mL

• 9.8 g/m/m

Symbol for acceleration due to gravity

• g

• m/s/s

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By what factor will the kinetic energy of an object increase if the velocity of the object is tripled?

• The kinetic energy will stay the same.

• 3

• 6

• 9

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A force of 50-N is applied to a 4 kilogram mass. The acceleration of the object is:

• 200 m/s²

• 12.5 m/s²

• 54 m/s²

• 46 m/s²

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An object is thrown vertically upward with an initial speed of 15 m/s. What is the total time in the air?

• 3 second

• 1.5 seconds

• 5 seconds

• 3.5 seconds

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A rocket of mass m begins to ascend vertically at v m/s. The work that gravity does on the rocket is:

• Negative

• Zero

• Positive

• Undefined

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