WorksheetsPhysics Kinematics Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the symbol for time?
a)
s
b)
hours
c)
t
d)
x
2.
What is the unit for velocity?
a)
v
b)
m/s
c)
x
d)
m
3.
A cat is chasing a mouse at 5.5 m/s.
What is the "given" here?
What is the "given" here?
a)
xf = 5.5 m
b)
a = 5.5 m/s2
c)
5.5 m/s
d)
v = 5.5 m/s
4.
A dog ran 13 m to chase a cat.
What is the "given" here?
What is the "given" here?
a)
Δx = 13 m
b)
xi = 13 m
c)
v = 13 m/s
d)
t = 13 m
5.
A car travels 14 meters in 7 seconds. How fast was the car going?
a)
v = 0.5 m/s
b)
v = 14.7 m/s
c)
v = 21 m/s
d)
v = 2 m/s
6.
A boat is sailing down the river at a constant 5 m/s for 20 seconds. How far did the boat sail?
a)
Δx = 25 m
b)
Δx = 100 m
c)
Δx = 4 m
d)
Δx = 0.25 m
7.
A car sped up from a stop sign and reached 10 m/s in 3 seconds. What was the car's acceleration?
a)
a = 20 m/s2
b)
a = 3.33 m/s2
c)
a = 10.3 m/s2
d)
a = 20 m/s2
8.
An apple falls from a tree. It takes 1.5 seconds to reach the ground. How high did the apple start from?
a)
Δx = 11.25 m
b)
Δx = 7.5 m
c)
Δx = 1.5 m
d)
Δx = 10 m
9.
A car starts at the origin, travels 4 m east, and then 7 m west. What is the cars displacement?
a)
Δx = 3 m
b)
Δx = -3 m
c)
Δx = 12 m
d)
Δx = -12 m
10.
A bicyclist moves at a constant velocity of 4 m/s. How long will it take to move 36 m?
a)
t = 3 s
b)
t = 6 s
c)
t = 9 s
d)
t = 12 s
11.
An object starts at the origin and goes 8 km east and then 5 km west. Which of the following is true?
a)
Δx = 3 m East
b)
Δx = 3 m West
c)
d = 3 m
d)
d =14 m
12.
An object is dropped and falls (without air resistance). Which of the following is true?
a)
its acceleration is zero
b)
its acceleration is constant
c)
its velocity is constant
d)
its acceleration is increasing
13.
What is true about the acceleration of the object at location B (highest point)?
a)
acceleration is zero
b)
acceleration is 10m/s2 (9.8 m/s2)
c)
acceleration is increasing
d)
acceleration is decreasing
14.
A popper toy is timed to take 1.5 seconds in the air, how high did the popper go? (use g=10m/s2)
a)
0.75m
b)
11.25m
c)
2.8m
d)
1.125m
15.
A fox starts running and speeds up to 20 m/s in 4 seconds. How fast did the fox accelerate?
a)
a = 5 m/s
b)
a = 5 m/s2
c)
v = 5 m/s
d)
v = 5 m/s2
16.
A car is traveling at 21.0 m/s. It slows to a stop at a constant rate over 5.00 s. How far does the car travel during those 5.00 seconds before it stops?
a)
4.20 m
b)
52.5 m
c)
105 m
d)
158 m
17.
A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s over 4 seconds. What's the acceleration?
a)
24 m/s2
b)
18 m/s2
c)
16 m/s2
d)
16 m/s
18.
An object with an initial velocity of 3.50 m/s moves east along a straight and level path. The object then undergoes a constant acceleration of 1.80 m/s2 east for a period of 5.00 s. How far does the object move while it is accelerating?
a)
6.30 m
b)
17.5 m
c)
27.2 m
d)
40.0 m
19.
An airplane lands on a runway with a velocity of 150 m/s. How far will it travel until it stops if its rate of deceleration is constant at -3 m/s2?
a)
525 m
b)
3750 m
c)
6235 m
d)
9813 m
20.
Which statement describes a vector?
a)
It has magnitude but no direction
b)
It has direction but no magnitude
c)
It has both direction and magnitude
d)
It has constant magnitude but no
direction
direction
21.
A ball is thrown downward from the top of a roof with a speed of 25 m/s. After 2 s, its velocity will be:
a)
19.6 m/s
b)
-5.4 m/s
c)
-44.6 m/s
d)
44.6 m/s
22.
Which of the following is an example of a Vector quantity?
a)
acceleration
b)
mass
c)
volume
d)
time
23.
A ball is thrown upwards and caught when it comes back down. In the absence of air resistance, the speed of the ball when caught would be
a)
less than the speed it had when thrown upwards.
b)
more than the speed it had when thrown upwards.
c)
the same as the speed it had when thrown upwards.
24.
An object dropped from the top of a cliff takes 2.85 s to hit the water in the lake below:What is the cliff's height above the water?
a)
3.98 m
b)
398 m
c)
39.8 m
d)
3.98 km
25.
A unit of velocity is the meter.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The rate at which velocity changes with time is called acceleration.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
When a car rounds a corner at a constant speed, its acceleration is zero.
a)
true
b)
false
28.
A ball is thrown into the air. At the highest point, the ball has zero velocity and zero acceleration.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Suppose you are in a car that is going around a curve. The speedometer reads a constant 30 miles per hour. Which of the following is NOT true?
a)
You and the car are accelerating.
b)
Your acceleration is constantly changing.
c)
Your velocity is constant.
d)
Your speed is constant.
30.
A train travels 6 meters in the first second of travel, 6 meters again during the second second of travel, 6 meters again during the third second. It's acceleration is __ m/s^2?
a)
0
b)
6
c)
12
d)
18
31.
If a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer, its speed reading would increase each second by
a)
about 5m/s
b)
about 10m/s
c)
about 15m/s
d)
a variable amount
32.
An object accelerates at 2 m/s2. Assuming the object starts from rest, how much time does it need to accelerate to a speed of 16 m/s?
a)
4 s
b)
8 s
c)
16 s
d)
1/16 s
33.
The rate at which velocity changes is called _______.
a)
motion
b)
average speed
c)
instantaneous speed
d)
acceleration
34.
In order to accelerate you must _______.
a)
Change direction
b)
Slow down
c)
Speed up
d)
Change velocity
35.
Describe the motion
a)
Slow to fast; Negative direction
b)
Fast to slow; Negative direction
c)
Fast to slow; Positive direction
d)
Slow to fast; Positive direction
36.
The picture of the position vs. time graph shows an object that is...
a)
accelerating/speeding up
b)
moving at a constant speed
c)
not moving
d)
accelerating/slowing down.
37.
Which graph represents zero acceleration (constant velocity)?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
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