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1. Imagine an experiment in which a 16 lb bowling ball and a 10 lb bowling ball are dropped from
the 5th floor at the same time. The heavier ball will reach the ground first in vacuum. (1 point)
True
False
2 An object accelerates when its speed or direction changes. (1 point)
True
False
3.A car traveling at 20 mph on a curved exit ramp has a constant velocity. (1 point)
True
False
4.A car traveling at 50 miles/hour comes to a stop in 5 seconds. Its average speed over this time
interval is 10 miles/hour. (1 point)
True
False
5. A child on a carousel moving at constant speed has an acceleration of zero. (1 point)
True
False
6. You drive a distance of 60 kilometers in two hours. Your average speed was (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
60 km/hr
120 km/hr
30 km/hr
0.03 km/hr
216 m/s
60.0 m/s
1.00 103 m/s
16.7 m/s
8. A train travels at 200 km/hr for 15 min. How far has it traveled? (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
13.3 km
50 km
606 km
800 km
9. A car, traveling at 30 m/s slows to 10 m/s in 5 seconds. What was the acceleration? (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
6 m/s2
4 m/s2
2 m/s2
9.8 m/s2
is constant.
is constantly increasing.
increases for a while, then becomes constant.
depends on the mass of the object.
11.
(1 point)
a. 3 m/s
b. 75 m
c. 0.33 s2/m
d. 3 m/s2
12. A ball thrown straight up takes 3 seconds to reach its maximum height. This height is most
nearly (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
30 m
45 m
60 m
90 m
13. A driver of a car wishes to pass a truck on the highway. Her car can accelerate at a constant 5
m/s2. How long does it take to increase her speed from 30 m/s to 50 m/s? (1 point)
a. 100 s
b. 10 s
c. 6 s
d. 4 s
14. A person wearing Rollerblades is skating at 10.0 m/s when she spots a huge break in the
sidewalk. Her brake can provide an acceleration of 2.0 m/s2. How far will she travel before coming
to a stop? (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
5.0 m
10 m
20 m
25 m
15. An airplane travels at constant speed for a distance of 160 km in a time of hour. Its speed
is (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
80 km/h
160 km/in
320 km/in
640 km/h
16. The time needed for a car whose speed is 30 km/in to travel 600 m is (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
0.5 min
1.2 min
2 min
20 min
0.6
4
6
240
0.67
1.5
5s
10 s
15 s
20 s
21. An airplane reaches its takeoff speed of 60 m/s in 30 s starting from rest. The time it spends in
going from 40 m/s to 60 m/s is (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
10 s
15 s
20 s
25 s
22. If your car can accelerate at 9.8 m/s2, you can go from zero to 60 mi/hr in about (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
13.7 s.
2.74 s.
2.34 s.
0.37 s.
23. A car rolls down an incline starting from rest. A graph of position versus time is made for this
motion. One can get the (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
24. The velocity of a body is graphed as a function of time. The slope of the graph at any point
may be identified with (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
instantaneous velocity.
average velocity.
instantaneous speed.
instantaneous acceleration.
average acceleration.
25. The displacement of an object is shown in the graph above. The graph shows (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
26. Refer to the graph above. The object moves forward (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
in region A.
in region B.
in regions A and C.
It always moves forward.
It never moves forward.
27. The seed from a dandelion covers 30 meters in 15 seconds. What is the seed's speed?
A) 2 m/s
B) 10 m/s
C) 20 m/s
D) 0.2 m/s
28. Refer to the graph above. The velocity of this object at the start of the motion is (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
negative.
positive.
It is not moving.
It is not possible to tell from the graph.
29. The waves of an earthquake traveled at a speed of 250 m/s. If it took the waves 10 seconds
to reach the city of St. Louis, how far away was the focus of the earthquake?
A) 250 m
B) 2500 m
C) 25 m
D) 2.5 m
30. What is the acceleration of a truck that was going 60 m/s then hit a brick wall, and stopped in a
time of 1 s?
A) -6m/s/s
B) -60 m/s/s
C) 60 m/s/s
D) 10 m/s/s
31. Which of the curves in the figure best shows the speed of an object falling from rest without air
friction?
(1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
A
B
C
D
31. An iron vise falls from rest at a great height. Neglecting air resistance, what is its speed after it
has fallen for 3 seconds? (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
9.8 m/s.
9.8 m/s2.
29.4 m/s.
29.4 m/s2.
32. The acceleration of a body is given by the slope of a graph plotting: (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
33. A ball is allowed to drop from rest. If the upward direction is positive, then after 1 second its
velocity will be: (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
-9.8 m/s.
-4.9 m/s.
4.9 m/s.
9.8 m/s.
34. After 1 second, a ball dropped from rest will have fallen (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
1.0 m.
2.45 m.
4.9 m.
9.8 m.
19.6 m.
35. A ball thrown upward reaches its maximum height, and then falls back. If air resistance is
negligible, its acceleration is: (1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
36. Which of these graphs would be correct for the speed of a ball thrown upward?
(1 point)
a.
b.
c.
d.
A
B
C
D
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