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1D Kinematics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. In addition to time, which of the following must be used for a more complete description of the average acceleration of an object?

a)

Mass

b)

Displacement

c)

Velocity

d)

None of these

2.

Velocity is...

a)

The rate of change of acceleration

b)

The rate of change of displacement

c)

The rate of change of distance

d)

The rate of change of speed

3.

What is the acceleration of an object moving at constant velocity?

a)

2 m/s2

b)

1 m/s2

c)

0 m/s2

d)

0.8 m/s2

4.

When velocity is positive and acceleration is positive, what happens to the object’s motion?

a)

The object slows down

b)

The object speeds up

c)

Nothing happens to the objects motion

d)

The object remains at rest

5.

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

a)

A scalar has a magnitude and direction and a vector has only a magnitude

b)

A vector has a magnitude and direction and a scalar has only a magnitude

c)

A scalar has a direction and a vector has a magnitude

d)

None of the above

6.

A bird flies 2 m/s. How far has the bird traveled after 1 min?

a)

5 m

b)

12 m

c)

120 m

d)

300 m

7.

A toy car is given an initial velocity of 5 m/s and experiences a constant acceleration of 3 m/s2. What is the final velocity after 5 seconds?

a)

20 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

9 m/s

d)

5 m/s

8.

Which of the following is a vector quantity?

a)

Velocity

b)

Acceleration

c)

Displacement

d)

All of the above

9.

What is the speed of an object at rest

a)

0 m/s

b)

1 m/s

c)

9.8 m/s

d)

10 m/s

10.

A dolphin swims 1.2 km/hr. How far has the dolphin travelled after 0.525 hr?

a)

1.1 km

b)

2.5 km

c)

0.63 km

d)

3.7 km

11.

When the velocity is positive and the acceleration is negative, what happens to the objects motion?

a)

The object slows down

b)

The object speeds up

c)

Nothing happens to the object

d)

The object remains at rest

12.

A toy car is given an initial velocity of 5m/s and experiences a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 for 6 seconds. What is the final velocity of the car?

a)

10 m/s

b)

12 m/s

c)

16 m/s

d)

17 m/s

13.

Acceleration due to gravity is also called...

a)

negative velocity

b)

displacement

c)

free fall acceleration

d)

instantaneous velocity

14.

A coin released from rest from the top of a tower hits the ground after 3.1 seconds. What is the speed of the coin as it hits the ground?

a)

15 m/s

b)

21 m/s

c)

31 m/s

d)

39 m/s

15.

What is the difference between the displacement of a traveler who takes a train from San Francisco to Los Angeles and the displacement of a traveler who flies from Los Angeles to San Francisco

a)

They are the same

b)

Displacement of the second traveler is greater

c)

They are of equal magnitude but opposite sign

d)

None of the above

16.

A baseball catcher throws a ball straight up and catches it in the same spot. A what point in the balls trajectory does it experience a velocity of zero.

a)

Midway on the way up

b)

At its peak height

c)

The instant it leaves the catchers hand

d)

The instant before it arrives in the catchers mitt

17.

A ball is thrown straight up into the air. As the ball travels upward, the speed of the ball

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

d)

behaves randomly

18.

A BASE jumper jumps off a building. As the jumper falls downward, his speed will.

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

behave randomly

19.

A car travels 40 mph. How long will it take the car to travel 160 miles?

a)

1 hour

b)

2 hours

c)

3 hours

d)

4 hours

20.

A car is travels 100 miles in 2 hours. What is the cars speed?

a)

2 mph

b)

25 mph

c)

50 mph

d)

200 mph