WorksheetsKinematics Regents Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 42mins
What is the rate of acceleration of the object between 0 and 4 seconds?
1 m/s
0 m/s2
-1 m/s2
1 m/s2
A skater increases her speed uniformly from 2.0 meters per second to 8.0 meters per second over a distance of 12 meters. The magnitude of her acceleration as she travels this 12 meters is
3.8 m/s2
2.2 m/s2
1.9 m/s2
2.5 m/s2
A basketball player jumped straight up to grab a rebound. If she was in the air for 0.80 second, how high did she jump?
3.1 m
0.78 m
1.2 m
0.50 m
After a model rocket reached its maximum height, it then took 5.0 seconds to return to the launch site. What is the approximate maximum height reached by the rocket? [Neglect air resistance.]
250 m
98 m
49 m
120 m
A ball dropped from rest falls freely until it hits the ground with a speed of 20 meters per second. What is the approximate time during which the ball is in free fall?
1 s
10 s
2 s
0.5 s
A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a building with an initial velocity of 15 meters per second. At the same instant, a second ball is dropped from the top of the building. The two balls have the same
initial horizontal velocity
final velocity as they reach the ground
path as they fall
initial vertical velocity
A ball is thrown at an angle of 45o to the horizontal. What happens to the magnitude of the ball's vertical acceleration during the total time interval that the ball is in the air?
It increases, then decreases
It decreases, then remains the same
It decreases, then increases
It remains the same
The path of a projectile fired at a 30o angle to the horizontal is best described as
circular
hyperbolic
parabolic
linear
A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 200 meters per second at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal. What is the magnitude of the vertical component of the projectile's initial velocity?
200 s m×cos 30°
cos 30°200 sm
200 s m×sin 30°
sin 30°200 sm
A football player kicks a ball with an initial velocity of 25 meters per second at an angle of 53o above the horizontal. What is the vertical component of the initial velocity of the ball?
10 m/s
20 m/s
15 m/s
25 m/s
The diagram below shows a golf ball being struck by a club. The ball leaves the club with a speed of 40. meters per second at an angle of 60.o with the horizontal. If the ball strikes the ground 7.1 seconds later, how far from the golfer does the ball land? [Assume level ground and neglect air resistance.]
280 m
71 m
35 m
140 m
A ball is thrown horizontally with an initial velocity of 20.0 meters per second from the top of a tower 60.0 meters high. What is the initial vertical velocity of the ball?
0 m/s
60.0 m/s
20.0 m/s
9.81 m/s
A ball is thrown horizontally with an initial velocity of 20.0 meters per second from the top of a tower 60.0 meters high. What is the approximate total time required for the ball to reach the ground? [Neglect air resistance.]
12.2 s
2.04 s
3.50 s
3.00 s
A ball is thrown horizontally with an initial velocity of 20.0 meters per second from the top of a tower 60.0 meters high. What is the horizontal velocity of the ball just before it reaches the ground? [Neglect air resistance.]
68.6 m/s
34.3 m/s
20.0 m/s
9.81 m/s
A rock falls from rest off a high cliff. How far has the rock fallen when its speed is 39.2 meters per second? [Neglect friction.]
123 m
44.1 m
78.3 m
19.6 m
A hiker travels 1.0 kilometer south, turns and travels
3.0 kilometers west, and then turns and travels 3.0 kilometers north. What is the total distance traveled by the hiker?
7.0 km
5.0 km
3.2 km
3.6 km
Which graph represents an object moving at a constant speed for the entire time interval?
The graph represents the displacement of an object
moving in a straight line as a function of time. What was the total distance traveled by the object during the 10.0-second time interval?
0 m
16 m
24 m
8 m
Which pair of graphs represent the same motion?
The graph represents the relationship between distance and time for an object in motion. During which interval is the speed of the object changing?
AB
BC
CD
DE
Which terms both represent scalar quantities?
distance and displacement
displacement and speed
displacement and velocity
distance and speed
The graph shows the relationship between speed and elapsed time for a car moving in a straight line.
Based on the graph shown, calculate the total distance the car traveled during the time interval 4.0 seconds to 8.0 seconds.
30 m
40 m
20 m
96 m
