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WorksheetsLevel 2 Review - Kinematics
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
Which of the following is a vector quantity?
velocity
speed
time
distance
A car traveling at 75 km/h. In order for the car to be traveling at a constant velocity, what must be true? Check any that apply
The car must continue in the same direction
The car must maintain the same speed
The car must be constantly changing speed
The car must be constantly changing direction
Driving a car in a circle at 35 km/h does not change ________ but does change ________.
velocity;direction
acceleration;speed
direction;speed
speed;direction
True/False: A car driving in a circle at 35 km/h is not accelerating.
True
False
Ignoring air resistance, if a 20 kg ball and a 400 kg crate were both dropped from the top of a building, the acceleration of the crate would be ________ the acceleration of the ball.
greater than
less than
equal to
not enough information
A ball tossed vertically rises upward, reaches its highest point, and then falls back to its starting point. During this time the acceleration of the ball is always _______.
directed upward
opposite its velocity
directed downward
in the direction of motion
Which of the following quantities is a scalar quantity?
velocity
speed
displacement
acceleration
When velocity is positive and acceleration is negative, what happens to the object’s motion?
the object speeds up
the object slows down
the object remains at rest
the object remains at a constant velocity
The difference between speed and velocity is that velocity has ________, but speed does not.
amount
magnitude
direction
time
The displacement vs. time graph pictured represents the motion of a cart initially moving forward (away from the reference point) along a straight line. During which interval is the cart moving forward at constant speed?
AB
BC
CD
DE
Mr. McAliley walks 5 meters forward, then turns around and walks 5 meters backward. What is his distance traveled?
7.07 m
0 m
10 m
1 m
Mr. McAliley walks 5 meters forward, then turns around and walks 5 meters backward. What is his displacement?
7.07 m
0 m
10 m
1 m
A plane traveling 300 m/s south is hit by a crosswind blowing 50 m/s west. What is the planes resultant velocity?
350 m/s
250 m/s
6 m/s
304 m/s
While San San is running away from her problems, she runs 300 m forward, stops to catch her breath, then runs another 250 m forward.
True/False: Her distance and displacement are the same.
True
False
One possible unit of speed is
miles per hour
kilometers per hour
light years per century
All of these
the quickness of an object
the location of an object
acceleration
speed in a specific direction
average speed
constant speed
instantaneous speed
acceleration
10 m/s
1000 m/s
100 seconds
10 seconds
km/s
m/s2
mi/hr
ft
A car shortly after a stoplight turns green.
A car approaching a red light
A car with the cruise control set at 80 km/h
A car turning a curve at a constant speed
Rhee Verse walks 6m east, then 4m west. Rhee has walked a distance of (a) m.
Rhee Verse walks 6m east, then 4m west. Rhee has a displacement of (a) m.
A train travels 6 meters in the first second of travel, 6 meters again during the second second of travel, 6 meters again during the third second. What's the train's acceleration ?
0 m/s2
6 m/s2
12 m/s2
18 m/s2
A car starts from rest and after 7 seconds it is moving at 42 m/s. What is the car’s average acceleration?
0.17 m/s2
1.67 m/s2
6 m/s2
7 m/s2
-7.5 m/s
-7.5 m/s2
-0.5 m/s2
7.5 mi//hr
24 m/s2
18 m/s2
16 m/s2
16 m/s
0.959 s
4.79 s
0.979 s
An airplane accelerates down a runway from rest at 3.20 m/s2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off the ground. Determine the distance traveled before takeoff.
Which equation is appropriate?
vf=vi+a*t
x=vi*t+1/2at2
vf2=vi2+2aX
x=((vf+vi)/2)t
Irma and Harvey start at one end of a street (the origin), run to the other end, then head back. On the way back Irma is ahead of Harvey. Which statement is correct about the distances run and the displacements from the origin?
Irma has run a greater distance and her displacement is greater than Harvey’s.
Harvey has run a greater distance and his displacement is greater than Irma’s.
Irma has run a greater distance, but her displacement is less than Harvey’s.
Harvey has run a shorter distance, and his displacement is less than Irma’s.
Choose the correct equation to use for the following problem:
"Carrey is sitting at a red light. As the light turns green she slams on the gas and accelerates for 3 seconds reaching a speed of 27 m/s. What was her acceleration?
v=v0+at
x=x0+v0t+21at2
v2=v02+2a(x−x0)
