1.

A change in position relative to a body assumed to be at rest is called

a. motion b. momentum c. inertia d. acceleration

2. The average velocity can be determined from the formula

a. time/distance c. distance/time
b. time/acceleration d. distance x time

3. The distance covered by a car traveling at an average velocity of 50 mph for 5

hours is
a. 10 miles b. 250 miles c. 55 miles d. 45 miles

4. The rate of change of velocity is called

a. acceleration b. motion c. momentum d. inertia

5. The acceleration due to gravity has been found to be

a. 980 feet/second2 c. 32 centimeters/second2
2
b. 32 feet/second d. 32 feet/second

6. Speed is
a. a measure of how fast something is accelerating.
b. always measured in terms of a unit of time divided by a unit of distance.
c. the distance covered per unit time.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.

7. Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in

a. time it takes to move from one place to another place.
b. velocity of an object.
c. distance divided by the time interval.
d. velocity divided by the time interval.
e. time it takes to move from one speed to another speed.

8. A train travels 6 meters in the first second of travel, 6 meters again during the second second of
travel, and 6 meters again during the third second. Its acceleration is
a. 0 m/s2.
b. 6 m/s2.
c. 12 m/s2.
d. 18 m/s2.
e. none of the above

9. A ball is thrown upwards and caught when it comes back down. In the absence of air resistance,
the speed of the ball when caught would be
a. less than the speed it had when thrown upwards.
b. more than the speed it had when thrown upwards.
c. the same as the speed it had when thrown upwards.
10. A car starts from rest and after 7 seconds it is moving at 42 m/s. What is the car’s average
acceleration?
a. 0.17 m/s2
b. 1.67 m/s2
c. 6 m/s2
d. 7 m/s2
e. none of the above

11. A ball is thrown straight up. At the top of its path its instantaneous speed is
a. 0 m/s.
b. about 5 m/s.
c. about 10 m/s.
d. about 20 m/s.
e. about 50 m/s.

12. Suppose you take a trip that covers 240 km and takes 3 hours to make. Your average speed is
a. 40 km/h.
b. 60 km/h.
c. 80 km/h.
d. 100 km/h.
e. 120 km/h.

13. A freely falling object starts from rest. After falling for 3.8 seconds, it will have a speed of about
a. 3.8 m/s.
b. 380 m/s.
c. 72.2 m/s.
d. 38 m/s.
e. more than 380 m/s.

14 Acceleration is defined as
a. the rate at which distance is covered
b. the rate at which an object freely falls from rest
c. the rate at which velocity itself changes
d. the distance an object has fallen

15. In a vacuum, a marble starts from rest and falls 32 m. How long does this take?
a. 32 s c. 3.2 s
b. 6.4 s d. 2.5 s

16. A ball is thrown in the air. At the peak of its flight

a. velocity and acceleration are zero. c. velocity is nonzero and acceleration is
zero.
b. velocity is zero and acceleration is d. velocity and acceleration are nonzero.
nonzero.
17. What speed must you toss a ball straight up to have it come back to you in 7 seconds?
a. 7 m/s c. 30 m/s
b. 21 m/s d. 35 m/s

18. A ball is thrown straight down at 6 m/s. How long will it take for the rock to reach a velocity of
32 m/s?
a. 3.2 s c. 3.8 s
b. 2.6 s d. 26 s

19. Starting from rest, a car undergoes constant acceleration of 12 m/s/s. How far does the car travel
in 2 seconds?
a. 4 m c. 12 m
b. 6 m d. 24 m

20. How much time does it take for a car with acceleration of 8 m/s/s to go from 62 m/s to 147 m/s?
a. 26 s c. 8 s
b. 18 s d. 11 s