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EXAM

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 2hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

v2 - v1 / t2 - t1 is defined as

a)

average velocity

b)

instantaneous velocity

c)

displacement

d)

instantaneous acceleration

2.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
S = t/d
b)
S = d/t
c)
S = d x t
d)
S = t x d
3.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
4.
A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?
a)
10 m/s
b)
1000 m/s
c)
100 seconds
d)
10 seconds
5.
Alan travels 100 km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h
a)
5km/hr
b)
10km/hr
c)
50km/hr
d)
20km/hr
6.
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
240 m/s
b)
15 m/s
c)
0.067 m/s
d)
15 mph
7.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
8.

How fast is this object moving?

a)

1 meter

b)

1 meter /second

c)

2 meters/second

d)

4 seconds

9.

Which is true about plot c?

a)

position is negative

b)

velocity is positive

c)

position is changing

10.
_____ are measured in units of m/s in Physics.
a)
Speed and velocity
b)
Distance and displacement
c)
Scalars
d)
Vectors
11.

Total distance divided by total time is

a)

average speed

b)

constant speed

c)

instantaneous speed

d)

acceleration

12.
You walk 10 meters to math class in 20 seconds. Your average speed is
a)
2 m/s
b)
0.5 m/s
c)
200 m/s
d)
5 m/s
13.
When you look at the speedometer of your car, it tells you your....
a)
Average speed
b)
Instantaneous speed
14.

_________________ is the difference between an object's starting and final position.

a)

dimension

b)

position

c)

negative direction

d)

displacement

15.

Motion is the ...

a)

distance measured in one direction

b)

an object's distance from the reference point

c)

the difference between the starting and final position

d)

the process of changing position

16.

Velocity is speed with __________________________.

a)

a unicycle helmet

b)

direction

c)

fight

17.

The clown walked 27 meters in 9 seconds. what was his velocity?

a)

18 meters/sec

b)

243 meters/sec

c)

36 meters/sec

d)

3 meters/sec

18.

An old lady flew down the highway 600 miles in a side car. The journey in the side car took 10 hours. What was the velocity of the old woman in the side car?

a)

6000 miles/hour

b)

610 miles per hour

c)

60 miles/hour

d)

10 miles/hour

19.
The speedometer on your car tells you
a)
average velocity
b)
instantaneous velocity
c)
average speed
d)
instantaneous speed
20.
At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled? 
a)
0 m
b)
10 m
c)
20 m
d)
40 m
21.
Which of the following is a unit for acceleration?
a)
km/s
b)
m/s2
c)
mi/hr
d)
ft
22.
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
23.
A box sliding down an inclined plane attains a velocity of 27 m/s in 3 seconds from rest.  Find the acceleration.
a)
30 m/s
b)
24 m/s2
c)
9 m/s2
d)
81 km/hr
24.
How fast is the car traveling at 30 seconds?
a)
5m/s
b)
10m/s
c)
20m/s
d)
30m/s
25.
Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in 
a)
time it takes for one place to move to another place. 
b)
velocity of an object.
c)
distance divided by the time interval 
d)
velocity divided by the time interval 
26.
What is the SI unit for length?
a)
meter
b)
liter
c)
mass
d)
second
27.
What is weight?
a)
a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
b)
a measure of the amount of matter an object contains
c)
the amount of space an object takes up
d)
don't ask me that, I'm sensitive
28.
What is mass?
a)
a measure of the amount of matter an object contains
b)
a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
c)
the amount of space an object takes up
d)
a temperature scale
29.
What will never change, wherever you are in the universe?
a)
mass
b)
weight
30.
Which box has a higher density?  
a)
Box A
b)
Box B
c)
cannot be determined
d)
they are the same
31.

Which of the following physical quantities is a derived quantity?

a)

Work

b)

Time

c)

Mass

d)

Length

32.

Which of the following physical quantities is a scalar quantity and a base quantity?

a)

Area

b)

Velocity

c)

Displacement

d)

Temperature

33.

The variation of force, F with the mass, m of an object is represented by the graph above.

Which of the following statements about the graph is correct?

a)

F is inversely proportional to m

b)

F is directly proportional to m

c)

F is a manipulated variable

d)

m is a responding variable

34.
What would you use to measure the mass of a dime?
a)
g
b)
kg
c)
cm
d)
mL
35.
Convert 40 kilograms to grams
a)
400
b)
4000
c)
40000
d)
40
36.

Do you commit in answering the exam with the best of your abilities?

Do you promise to not consider or think of cheating while having the exam?

Do you solemnly affirm that the answers to be given by you shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

a)

I do.

b)

I do not.

37.
When will something accelerate?
a)
Only when its speed changes
b)
Only when its direction changes
c)
When both its speed and/or direction changes
d)
When it moves at a steady speed
38.

The speedometer in a car does not measure the car’s velocity because velocity is a

a)

vector quantity and has a direction associated with it

b)

vector quantity and does not have a direction associated with it

c)

scalar quantity and has a direction associated with it

d)

scalar quantity and does not have a direction associated with it

39.

Which graph(s) represents a constant velocity?

a)

a and c

b)

b and c

c)

c

d)

a and b

40.
The speedometer on your car tells you
a)
average velocity
b)
instantaneous velocity
c)
average speed
d)
instantaneous speed
41.

Deceleration is defined as________________.

a)

increase of speed or velocity

b)

decrease of speed or velocity

c)

time taken for a journey

d)

total length measured

42.

An object starts its linear motion from rest. Which of the following quantities DOES NOT change throughout the motion?

a)

time

b)

final velocity

c)

initial velocity

d)

acceleration

43.

When one object is travelling with a constant velocity, its acceleration will be....

a)

constant

b)

zero

c)

uniform

d)

increasing

44.

An aeroplane is flying with decreasing acceleration, hence its velocity is ......

a)

increasing

b)

decreasing

c)

constant

45.

How is velocity different than speed?

a)

speed opposes velocity

b)

velocity is speed with a direction

c)

speed only has direction

46.

What is meant by linear motion?

a)

motion of an object

b)

motion is a straight line

c)

motion going forward

d)

motion without acceleration

47.

The graph represents the relationship between velocity and time for an object moving in a straight line. Which of the following statements is true?

a)

The object moves with a constant velocity

b)

The object is at rest

c)

The object slows up

d)

The object speeds up

48.

which feature of a graph allows acceleration to be determined

a)

the area under a displacement-time graph

b)

the area under a velocity-time graph

c)

the slope of a displacement-time graph

d)

the slope of a velocity time graph

49.

Vector or Scalar?

Wind blowing at 20 mph.

a)
Scalar
b)
Vector
50.

Vector or Scalar?

A deer running 15 meters per second due west.

a)
Scalar
b)
Vector
51.
Distance and direction of an object's change in position from a starting point
a)
displacement
b)
distance
c)
motion
d)
reference point
52.
Which symbol is used to show vector quantities?
a)
Circle
b)
Line
c)
Arrow
d)
Triangle
53.
Find the distance Sara walks from A to B,  B to C then C to D?
a)
11m
b)
3m
c)
5m
54.
A quantity that has both magnitude and direction is called a scalar quantity.
a)
True
b)
False
55.

Another word for "size" is...

a)

magnification

b)

magnetism

c)

magnitude

d)

magnanimity

56.

An example of scalar magnitude:

a)

velocity

b)

mass

c)

acceleration

d)

force

57.

Which of the following is a derived quantity?

a)

Current

b)

Luminous intensity

c)

Amount of substance

d)

Density

58.

Derived units are those units which are independent of other units.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Units of work, power, acceleration and mass are derived units.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

Mass of an object is measured by a spring balance.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

The unit light year is used to measure the distance between stars.

a)

True

b)

False