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AP Physics Primetimes

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What science has been your favorite to study so far?

2. What are your future plans?

3. What can I do to make sure you are successful?

(a)  

2.

Line t intersects lines m and n. For what value of x are lines m and n parallel?

a)

12

b)

15

c)

30

d)

45

3.

Covert each of the following:

1. 89.2 grams to milligrams

2. 52.6 miles to cm (record your answer in scientific notation)

3. 34.02 miles/hour to meters/second

(a)  

4.

Covert each of the following:

1. 89.2 yards to picometers

2. 52.6 pounds to Newtons (record your answer in scientific notation)

3. 34.02 feet/second to kilometers/hour

(a)  

5.

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

(a)  

6.

Sabrina walked 75 meters to the east. Then she turned 30 degrees to the left and walked 25 meters. Determine the magnitude of Sabrina's displacement vector.

(a)  

7.

Look at the image above. Find the magnitude of R and find a.

(a)  

8.

1. What does kinematics mean?

2. In physics, we often use units to guide either our thinking or problem solving. What are the SI units for distance, time, velocity and acceleration?

(a)  

9.

Steps to approach a physics problem:

(a)  

10.

1. What is the trucker's average velocity?

2. What is the bird's total displacement from its starting point?

a)

Q1 AC:

A. 4 km/h north

Q2 AC:

A. 42 m west

b)

Q1 AC:

B. 4 km/h south

Q2 AC:

B. 6 m west

c)

Q1 AC:

C. 64 km/h north

Q2 AC:

C. 6 m east

d)

Q1 AC:

D. 64 km/h south

Q2 AC:

D. 42 m east

11.

1. If I average 100 km/hr, how much time will I spend driving?

2. How long will it take light moving at 300, 000 km/s to reach us from the sun?

(a)  

12.

A car goes from 4.47 m/s to 17.9 m/s in 3 seconds.

a. Did this car speed up or slow down?

b. Should your answer be positive or negative? Explain your reasoning.

c. Calculate the acceleration of the car.

(a)  

13.

Which of the following graphs shows runners moving at the same speed?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

1. In which section is the car accelerating from rest?

2. In which section is the car's acceleration negative?

3. How far does the car travel during section "b"?

4. What is the acceleration of the car in each section?

a___ b___ c___ d___

(a)  

15.

1. Where on the graph is the object moving most slowly?

2. Between which points is the object speeding up?

3. Between which points is the object slowing down?

(a)  

16.

If she was in the air for 0.85 s, how high did she jump?

(a)  

17.

His jump lasts 0.923 seconds. How high did he jump?

(a)  

18.

How lond does it take her to reach a speed of 2 m/s? (b) If she brakes to a stop in 0.8 s, what is her deceleration?

(a)  

19.

How much time did the dive last?

(a)  

20.

A. How much time does it take until he catches the chicken?

B. How far has he traveled in this time?

(a)  

21.

What is his take off speed?

(a)  

22.

Two baseballs are thrown from the roof of a house with the same initial speed, one is thrown up, and the other is down. Compare the speeds of the baseballs just before they hit the ground.

a)

A. The one thrown up moves faster because the initial velocity is up

b)

B. The one thrown down moves faster because the initial velocity is down

c)

C. They both move with the same speed

d)

D. The one thrown up moves faster because it has greater acceleration

e)

E. The one thrown down moves faster because it has greater acceleration

23.

At what time the object reaches its maximum height? What is the velocity at this time? What is the acceleration at this time?

(a)  

24.

Describe the differences in initial velocity and acceleration in the x and y direction when something is thrown off a cliff.

(a)  

25.

(a) Calculate the height at which the shell explodes. (b) How much time passed between the launch of the shell and the explosion? (c) What is the horizontal displacement of the shell when it explodes?

(a)