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Kinematics

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who stopped for a rest?

a)

Albert

b)

Bob

c)

Charlie

2.

Who won the race?

a)

Albert

b)

Bob

c)

Charlie

3.

What is going on in this graph?

a)

Constant Speed

b)

Acceleration

c)

Deceleration

d)

Not moving

4.

What is happening between 3 seconds and 4 seconds?

a)

The object is moving in a negative direction.

b)

The object is slowing to a stop.

c)

The object is returning to its starting position.

d)

The object is changing direction.

5.

Who had a head start?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

6.

An object starts from rest. What is it's initial velocity?

a)

0 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

10 m/s/s

d)

0 m/s/s

7.

An object starts from rest and accelerates at 5 m/s/s for 10 seconds. What is it's final velocity?

a)

50 m/s

b)

5 m/s

c)

0.5 m/s

d)

-5 m/s

8.

An object starts from rest and accelerates at 5 m/s/s for 10 seconds. What was it's displacement?

a)

250 m,

b)

500 m

c)

0 m

d)

50 m

9.

A car traveling at 22.4 m/s skids to a stop in 2.55 s. Determine the skidding distance of the car (assume uniform acceleration).

Which equation should you use to solve the above problem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of 35.4 m. Determine the acceleration of the bike.

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Scott drives a Jeep 12 km east, then 4 km north, then finally 3 km west. He traveled a total distance of:

a)

5 km

b)

10 km

c)

13 km

d)

19 km

12.

Acceleration can be... (select all that apply)

a)

speeding up

b)

slowing down

c)

staying at a constant speed

d)

changing directions

13.

Velocity is different from speed because...

a)

Velocity is distance/time. Speed is displacement/time.

b)

Velocity is speed in a certain direction and can be positive or negative.

c)

Speed is velocity in a certain direction. Both can only be positive.

d)

Velocity is how much speed changes over time.

14.

This chart represents the velocity of a motorcycle over time. Select the correct statement regarding the motorcycle's movement.

a)

The motorcycle is speeding up.

b)

The motorcycle has 0 acceleration.

c)

The motorcycle is slowing down.

d)

The motorcycle has constant acceleration.

15.

Describe the speed of the rocket in the speed vs. time graph.

a)

constant speed

b)

speeding up

c)

slowing down

d)

not moving

16.

What is happening between the time interval of 0.0-2.0 seconds?

a)

speeding up

b)

constant speed

c)

stopped

d)

returning to start.

17.

Describe the speed of the object from

2-5 seconds using the speed vs. time graph.

a)

Increasing speed

b)

Decreasing speed

c)

Not moving

d)

Constant speed

18.

see question above

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

19.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

22.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

23.

A baseball is thrown up into the air. What happens to the acceleration as the ball rises in the air? Careful! We are asking "Acceleration" NOT Velocity!

a)

the acceleration increases

b)

the acceleration decreases

c)

the acceleration remains constant

24.

A baseball is thrown up into the air. What happens to the velocity as the ball rises in the air?

a)

velocity increases

b)

velocity decreases

c)

velocity stays the same.

25.

A ball is thrown upward with an initial speed of 30m/s. At what location will the ball be moving upward with a speed of 20m/s? We are on Earth [ g = 10 m/s/s ]

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

26.

An object is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 30 m/s, what is the velocity of the object location D?

a)

0 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

20 m/s

d)

30 m/s

27.

What are the units for displacement

a)

m

b)

m/s/s

c)

g

d)

seconds

28.

which of the following is a unit for acceleration?

a)

m

b)

s

c)

m/s

d)

m/s/s

29.

Wind blowing at 20 mph.Vector or scalar?

a)

Vector

b)

Scalar

30.

30 m/sec, East. Scalar or Vector

a)

Scalar

b)

Vector

31.

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

a)

10 miles

b)

8 miles

c)

7 miles

d)

6 miles

32.

Amy runs 2 miles south, then turns around and runs 3 miles north. What is displacement?

a)

1 mile south

b)

1 mile north

c)

2 miles south

d)

5 miles

33.

A quantity that has both magnitude and direction is called a scalar quantity.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

An astronaut travels at a speed of 400 m/s for 250 seconds, what is the total distance he traveled?

a)

0.625 m

b)

100,000 m

c)

1.6 m

d)

650 m

35.

Which is true?

a)

Speed is measured in m/s but velocity is measured in s/m

b)

Speed is a vector and velocity is a scalar

c)

Speed and velocity are the same exact thing

d)

Speed is like velocity but without a direction

36.

The subscript o or i written after a variable, such as Vo or Vi means

a)

final

b)

initial

c)

velcoity

d)

independent

37.

A car is traveling to the right with a speed of 29​​m/s when the rider slams on the accelerator to pass another car. The car passes in 110 m with constant acceleration and reaches a speed of 34m/s. We want to find the acceleration of the car as it sped up. What equation should you choose?

a)

vf=vi+at

b)

d=vit+1/2at2

c)

vf2=vi2+2ad

d)

d=1/2(vf+vi)t

38.

This graph represents

a)

constant velocity

b)

increasing velocity

c)

decreasing velocity

d)

stopped

39.

Predict info from the graph: As the day continues to be sunny, what will most likely happen to the lenth of the shadow from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.?

a)

will decrease

b)

will continue to increase

c)

will remain the same

d)

will decrease then increase

40.

Four students were in a race. The table shows how long it took each student to finish. Who won the race?

a)

Jason

b)

Landon

c)

Kyle

d)

Alicia

41.

A roller coaster accelerates from an initial speed of 6.0 m/s to a final speed of 70 m/s over 4 seconds. What's the acceleration?

a)

16 m/s/s

b)

24 m/s/s

c)

16 m/s/s

d)

64 m/s/s

42.

time =

a)

S ×\times D

b)

D ÷\div S


c)

D + S

d)

D - S

43.

What is happening in this distance-time graph?

a)

speeding up

b)

slowing down and stopping

c)

stopped

d)

shifting position.

44.

A basketball is dropped from the C-Building at JFK. It lands in 3 seconds. What is the vi? (g = 10 m/s/s) Assume no air resistance.

a)

10 m/s

b)

0 m/s

c)

20 m/s

d)

5 m/s

45.

A basketball is dropped from the C-Building at JFK. It lands in 3 seconds. What is the acceleration?

a)

10 m/s/s

b)

5 m/s/s

c)

0 m/s/s

d)

-10 m/s/s

46.

"g" stands for ....

a)

gravity

b)

velocity caused by gravity

c)

acceleration caused by gravity

47.

A basketball is dropped from the C-Building at JFK. It lands in 3 seconds. What is the the height of the C- building? (g = 10 m/s/s) Assume no air resistance.

a)

45 m

b)

50 m

c)

15 m

d)

80 m

48.

A basketball is dropped from the Auditorium at JFK . It lands in 3 seconds, what was the final velocity when it hit the ground? (g = 10 m/s/s) . Assume no air resistance.

a)

0 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

20 m/s

d)

30 m/s

49.

If you ran a 50 m race track 4 times and started and ended at the same spot, you displacment would be

a)

0 m

b)

50 m

c)

100 m

d)

200 m

50.

If you ran a 50 m race track 4 times and started and ended at the same spot, you distance would be

a)

50 m

b)

0 m

c)

100 m

d)

200 m