Physics Midterm Practice Test

A motorcycle speeds up from 0 to 36 m/s in 6 seconds. What is its acceleration?

• 6 m/s²

• 216 m/s²

• 0.17 m/s²

• 5.2 m/s²

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Stella runs 2 miles east in 1 hour. What is her velocity?

• 2 mi/h²

• 1 mi/h

• 2 mi/h

• 0.5 mi/h²

A toy rocket is launched straight upward. On the way up, what are the directions of its velocity and acceleration?

• Both upward

• Velocity upward, acceleration downward

• Both downward

• Velocity downward, acceleration upward

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An object moves in a straight line at 10 m/s. What’s true about its acceleration?

• Increasing constantly

• Decreasing constantly

• Constant non-zero

• Zero

Which is true about a freely falling object (neglect air resistance)?

• It has only vertical acceleration

• Its horizontal velocity increases

• It has a constant velocity

• It’s unaffected by gravity

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A car moves north at 60 mi/h in wind that moves north at 10 mi/h. What is the car’s resultant velocity?

• 50 mi/h

• 60 mi/h

• 70 mi/h

• 80 mi/h

Which of the following is a vector quantity?

• Displacement

• Speed

• Time

• Temperature

Two force vectors of 3 N east and 4 N north act on an object. What does the resultant vector look like?

• Straight north

• Diagonal between east and north

• Straight east

• Can't be determined

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What do scalar quantities always have?

• Magnitude only

• Magnitude and direction

• Direction only

• Neither magnitude nor direction

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Two velocity vectors are 8 m/s north and 6 m/s east. What's the resultant velocity?

• 10 m/s

• 14 m/s

• 7.2 m/s

• 12 m/s