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Vectors and motion

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If a car moves 12 km North, 19 km East, and 12 km South, what is its displacement?
a)
12 km
b)
19 km, East
c)
31 km
d)
43 km, East
2.
Which of the following quantities are vectors?
a)
speed, velocity, acceleration
b)
velocity, acceleration, force
c)
force, acceleration, mass
d)
length, mass, time
3.
What is the total displacement of the object represented in this motion graph?
a)
0 meters
b)
20 meters
c)
30 meters
d)
60 meters
4.
What is the total distance of the object represented in this motion graph? 
a)
50 meters
b)
- 50 meters
c)
150 meters
d)
100 meters
5.
What is the total distance of the object represented in this motion graph?
a)
0 meters
b)
300 meters
c)
450 meters
d)
600 meters
6.
Which of the following describes distance and displacement correctly?
a)
The blue arrow shows distance and the orange arrows show displacement
b)
The blue arrow shows displacement and the orange arrows show distance
c)
Both arrows show distance only
d)
Both arrows show distance and displacement
7.
A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the displacement and the direction?
a)
30 km, West
b)
60 km. East
c)
90 km
d)
150 km
8.
You need a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. How tall does the ladder need to be?
a)
25 feet
b)
26 feet
c)
27 feet
d)
28 feet
9.
Solve for the missing angle. Round the nearest degree. 
a)
50
b)
1
c)
37
d)
95
10.
A man walks 30 meters South, 25 meters West, 50 meters North, and 15 meters East in 80 seconds. What was his total distance?
a)
40 meters
b)
22.4 meters
c)
30 meters
d)
120 meters
11.
A man walks 30 meters South, 25 meters West, 50 meters North, and 15 meters East in 80 seconds. What was his displacement?
a)
35.4 meters NW
b)
22.4 meters SE
c)
119 meters
d)
22.4 meters NW
12.
Which of the following is always positive?
a)
vector
b)
scalar
c)
direction
d)
magnitude
13.
Which one of the following is not the property of a vector quantity?
a)
Unit
b)
Magnitude
c)
Location
d)
Direction
14.

Varsita walks from Point A to Point B. Which is true?

a)

Distance and displacement are EQUAL

b)

Distance is less than displacement

15.
A car travels 90 meters due north in 15 seconds. Then the car turns around and travels 40 meters due south.  What is the magnitude and direction  of the car's resultant displacement?  
a)
40 metres, South
b)
50 metres, South
c)
50 metres, North
d)
40 metres, North 
16.

What is is instantaneous velocity?

a)

the quickness of an object

b)

the location of an object

c)

acceleration

d)

speed in a specific direction

17.
What is the person doing from 5 seconds to 10 seconds?
a)
Walking 
b)
Running
c)
Standing Still 
d)
Walking Fast
18.

What is the average velocity of the object between 0 and 10 seconds?

a)

6.0 m/s

b)

1.5 m/s

c)

-4 m/s

d)

0 m/s

19.

Which graph(s) represents a constant velocity?

a)

a and c

b)

b and c

c)

c

d)

a and b

20.

. Which of the following statement is true if a body moves in a semicircular track whose radius is R

a)

(a) 2R is the displacement of the body

b)

(b) πR is the distance travelled by the body

c)

(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct

d)

(d) None of the above

21.

What does the area under acceleration-time graph represent for any given time interval

a)

(a) Final velocity

b)

(b) Distance travelled

c)

(c) Change in the velocity in that time interval

d)

(d) Displacement of the particle

22.

When can we say that the resultant of the two vectors is maximum

a)

(a) When the vectors are acting in the opposite direction

b)

(b) Both the vectors are acting in the same direction

c)

(c) When the vectors are at right angles

d)

(d) When the vectors are parallel to each other

23.

A train is moving at a velocity of 15 m/s East. A passenger at the back of a train throws a baseball with a speed of 15 m/s West. What is the velocity of the baseball relative to the ground? (In other words: how fast does a person on the ground see the ball move?)

a)

30 m/s East

b)

15 m/s West

c)

0 m/s

d)

30 m/s West

24.

A woman on a bicycle travels at 9 m/s South relative to the ground as she passes a little boy on a tricycle going in the opposite direction. If the boy is traveling at 1 m/s North relative to the ground, how fast does the boy appear to be moving relative to the woman?

a)

10 m/s South

b)

8 m/s North

c)

0 m/s

d)

10 m/s North

25.

A train is travelling 50 m/s north on a track. A passenger on the train walks to the bathroom 1 m/s to the north. What is the speed of the passenger relative to the train?

a)

1 m/s

b)

51 m/s

c)

49 m/s

d)

50 m/s