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Constant Acceleration - Honors PHysics

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 2hrs 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s2, changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?
a)
750 seconds
b)
35 seconds
c)
0.3 seconds
d)
3.3 seconds
2.
A ball of clay is thrown at a wall at a velocity of 28.0 m/s.  After it hits the wall, it takes 0.020 s to stop.  What is the acceleration of the clay when it hits the wall?
a)
1400 m/s2
b)
-1400 m/s2
c)
0.56 m/s2
d)
-0.56 m/s2
3.

Using the velocity vs time graph - what is the displacement of the car during the trip?

a)

800 m

b)

1400 m

c)

900 m

d)

1000 m

4.
What was Albert doing between 0 and 12 seconds?
a)
Traveling at a constant speed.
b)
Accelerating
c)
Stopped 
d)
Traveling back to start
5.

What does the area underneath this graph represent?

a)

displacement

b)

velocity

c)

position

d)

acceleration

6.

The graph at right describes the motion of a ball. At what point does the ball have an instantaneous velocity of zero?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

7.
What happens to the velocity of a ball as it is dropped off a cliff? 
a)
It decreases at a uniform rate 
b)
It increases at a uniform rate 
c)
It is constant 
d)
It increases at a non-uniform rate
8.
What happens to the total distance  that a ball travels as it falls off the side of a cliff?
a)
The distance remains constant 
b)
The distance increases at a uniform rate
c)
The distance increases at a nonuniform rate 
d)
The distance decreases at a uniform rate
9.

When there is no air resistance, objects of different masses dropped from rest

a)

fall with equal accelerations and with equal displacements.

b)

fall with different accelerations and with different displacements.

c)

fall with equal accelerations and with different displacements.

d)

fall with different accelerations and with equal displacements.

10.

How long will it take a running horse to travel 260 m and attain a speed of 12 m/s from rest?

a)

12 seconds

b)

52 seconds

c)

22 seconds

d)

43 seconds

11.
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
12.
Motion sensors recorded the following data about a runner during a cross-country race. During which segment of the race did the runner have the greatest speed?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
13.

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. What's the train's acceleration ?

a)

0 m/s2

b)

6 m/s2

c)

12 m/s2

d)

18 m/s2

14.

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

15.
How much time would it take for an object to fall 4.7 meters?
a)
0.959 s
b)
4.79 s
c)
0.979 s
16.
If a car is traveling forward at 15 m/s, how fast will it be going in 1.2 seconds if the acceleration is -10 m/s2?
a)
27 m/s
b)
3 m/s
c)
-27 m/s
d)
-3 m/s
17.
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
18.

A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 8800 m/s2, changing its velocity from 0m/s to 44 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?

a)

0.22 seconds

b)

200 seconds

c)

14 seconds

d)

0.0050 seconds

19.
Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
a)
acceleration
b)
displacement
c)
velocity
d)
speed
20.
Which one of the choices does not give you displacement, velocity, or acceleration
a)
area under a velocity-time graph
b)
slope of a velocity-time graph
c)
slope of a position-time graph
d)
area under a position-time graph
21.
You and your dog go for a walk to the park.  On the way, your dog takes many side trips to chase squirrels or examine fire hydrants.  When you arrive at the park, do you and your dog have the same displacement?
a)
yes
b)
no
22.

. A rock is thrown straight up from the edge of a cliff. The rock reaches the maximum height of 15 m above the edge and then falls down to the bottom of the cliff 35 m below the cliff. What is the displacement of the rock?

a)

A. 15 m

b)

B. 35 m

c)

C. 50 m

d)

D. 65 m

23.

A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate 5 m/s2 . Which of the following statements is true?

a)

A. The car travels 5 m in every second

b)

B. The car decreases its velocity 5 m/s in every second

c)

C. The car increases its velocity 5 m/s in every second

d)

D. The car’s velocity doesn’t change

24.

A student drops a pebble from the edge of a vertical cliff. The pebble hits the ground 4 s after it was dropped. What is the speed of the pebble just before it hits the ground?

a)

A. 20 m/s

b)

B. 40 m/s

c)

C. 60 m/s

d)

D. 80 m/s

25.

When a ball is thrown straight up with no air resistance, the acceleration at its highest point

a)

A) is upward

b)

B) is downward

c)

C) is zero

d)

D) reverses from upward to downward

26.

If the acceleration of an object is zero, then that object cannot be moving.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

A cargo plane flies horizontally at a speed of 140 m/s at a height of 50 m above the ground. A supply package is dropped out of the bottom of the plane at time t=0. Two seconds later, a second package is dropped out of the bottom of the plane. Air resistance is negligible. How far apart will the packages land on the ground?

a)

70m

b)

140m

c)

280m

d)

420m

28.

How do you calculate average speed?

a)

divide total time by total distance

b)

multiply total time by total distance

c)

divide total distance by total time

d)

subtract total time from total distance

29.
What are the units of velocity?
a)
m
b)
m/s^2
c)
m/s
d)
s
30.

Find the displacement in the first 5 seconds.

a)

8 meters

b)

4 meters

c)

2 meters

d)

5 meters

31.

The standard acceleration due to gravity (or standard acceleration of free fall),is the gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the Earth. It is defined by standard as:

a)

9.81 m/s.

b)

9.8 m.

c)

9.81 m/s2.

d)

9.8 s.

32.

Which of the following graphs best represents free fall motion?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

Juan is standing on the top observation deck of the Eiffel Tower in Paris at a height of 300 meters. He drops his cell phone. How fast will the phone be traveling when it hits the ground? Ignore the effect of air resistance.

a)

9.8 m/s

b)

76.68 m/s

c)

149.76 m/s

d)

46.99 m/s

34.

If an object is free falling onto the Moon, which of the following would be correct?

a)

It would accelerate at 9.8 m/s2

b)

It would not encounter any air resistance.

c)

It would not fall because the Moon has no gravity.

d)

It would impact the surface and bounce back into space.

35.
Tyrice jumps up 0.700 m with a speed of 3.70 m/s. What is his hang time?)
a)
0.378 seconds
b)
0.755 seconds
c)
36.3  seconds
d)
He will stay suspended forever.
36.

A Cessna aircraft has a lift-off speed of 120 km/hr. What minimum constant acceleration does this require if the aircraft is to be airborne after a take-off run of 240 m?

a)

2.31 m/s2

b)

3.63 m/s2

c)

4.63 m/s2

d)

5.55 m/s2

e)

6.12 m/s2

37.

Mt. Everest is more than 8 000 m high. How fast would an object be moving if it could free fall to sea level after being released from an 8000-m elevation? (Ignore air resistance.)

a)

396 m/s

b)

120 m/s

c)

1200 m/s

d)

12000 m/s

e)

521 m/s

38.

When velocity is negative and acceleration is negative, what happens to the object’s motion?

a)

The object slows down

b)

The object speeds up

c)

Nothing happens to the objects motion

d)

The object remains at rest

39.

What is the difference between a vector quantity and a scalar quantity?

a)

A scalar has a magnitude and direction and a vector has only a magnitude

b)

A vector has a magnitude and direction and a scalar has only a magnitude

c)

A scalar has a direction and a vector has a magnitude

d)

None of the above

40.

When the velocity is positive and the acceleration is negative, what happens to the objects motion?

a)

The object slows down

b)

The object speeds up

c)

Nothing happens to the object

d)

The object remains at rest

41.

A toy car is given an initial velocity of 5m/s and experiences a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 for 6 seconds. What is the final velocity of the car?

a)

10 m/s

b)

12 m/s

c)

16 m/s

d)

17 m/s

42.
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.
43.

Which position-time graph matches the velocity-time graph?

a)
b)
c)
44.

Which velocity-time graph matches the position-time graph below?

a)
b)
c)