Multiple Choice Practice Questions Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Free Fall, Motion Curves 1. Starting from rest, object fll freely for 4.0 seconds, and object 2 als freely for 8 seconds. Compared to object 1, object 2 falls ° 7 re fine cata = lom/s™ y2 5 (4) atime more © tee tne fa QG ‘ A bime more clittance Diowrtinesos tr ye EE (ure) ye 0) E. sateen time as far 2. Acar starts from rest and uniformly accelerates toa final speed of 20.0 m/s in a time of 15.0's. How far does the car travel during this time? 3 uae as ue¥ bE. 150m @®150m 0220.0 m/s et 3. 300m Eri5.08 . oe aps 150m 5. eoom Yiivamje xeate DE £. 800m x 3. A car moves 0.80 min 1.0 sat the constant velocity. fit continues, how far wilt travel in 3.05? @um x= 0,80m yt aetis eo 0.80%3.0 >. 72m 80 m/s a E 144m cae 4, freely falling body is found to be moving downwards at 27 m/s at one instant. It continues to fall one second later the object ‘would be moving with a downward velocity closest to: A. 270 m/s/s Speed ia free fall rae son te way up He peed clecreates loms every aud pan 1 Yea Capen ta punt snrcoies lone etry Hn ge lom/s* d 5. Arocket ear the surface ofthe ears accelerating vertically upward at 10 m/s, The rocket releases an instrument package Immediate fer eleoe the acceleration ofthe instrument package in air negleehng aY resistance A.z0m/stup “se fronal parce. 8.10 m/s? up onl force aching 1s qravita Kona A ponent co ef os ome ®iom/stdown > accebvahon of free falling 0G f. 20m/s! down 6. Acarstats frm rest and accelerates a 0.80 m/sfor 105. then continues at constant velocity. Twenty seconds after it began to move, the car has: 108 ios A. velocity 8.0 m/s and has traveled 40 m. = 0,80 m/s* + 8.0 m/s 8. velocity &.0 m/s and has traveled 80 m, =o -ut = 80m velocity 2.0 m/s and has traveled 120 m. uo ts .oms Xt . veloity 36 m/s and has traveled 160, a + [Lom Velocy 1 m/s and has raveled 320” ute xexrres | E.weocty 16 m/s and has traveled 320 x. ULE «Om enn 7.When a falling object reaches terminal velocity, It: {kc isno longer subject othe friction ofa ng trough air experences tue soe Seeds object faling Og “aa pecispance free. Chan acianon ot spoate 102 ; D:has downer vlty, fevers» GOO pends 01 tpeed. Fas an upward acceleration Gi reqetance ee rewvlanee{8A ball which is dropped from the top of building strikes the ground witha speed of 30 m/s. ‘Assume ar resistance can be ignored. The height of the building is approximately: ‘A.15m J gre m|s™ veuegt => £7358 eam Gsm *Y Go ye “ees 45m © 20m ve Bom/s 9, Ata certain time, an object freefall has velocity 4.0 m/s in the upward direction. What s the approximate velocity ofthe object fone second later? Ald m/sup i t d 8. 10m/sup os oe Gam, font} ‘each v oes He fa 0 m/s down in © 10 m/s down He Mp donls 10. A motorist travels 400 km at 20 km/h and 400 km at 100 km/h. What i the average speed of the motorist on ths trip? A. 84 km/h x4 % 2 the ey oe Guinn ye Xe djttee B= Sah = th D.91 km/h ttty E.95 km/h ve SOP. 9g kin fh Questions 11, 12, and 13 refer to the motion of a toy car traveling along the x-axis. The graph shown below is alot ofthe yin car's velocity n the x direction. vs versus time t. ‘11. During what time interval was the car moving towards its initial 30 poston at constant veloly? a Rolos stant B. 10-205 aoe to 20258 7 GEES usnhonfs S negahve (aards) ; £3035 112, What was the acceleration at 33 5? 1A, 40.40 m/s? Zrerls 20 020 m/e a: shpe lo co 5s 0-020 mist 2 E. -0.40 m/s? er ot als Bioware HERI OD A ment a area a = BBs e+ 30m EAS 114, When a falling object moves with terminal velocty, It A has zero velocity. Ghoas e10 acceleration. 1s an upward acceleration 1. sno longer subject to air resistance. hasan acceleration of approximately 20 m/s? 15, How long must a 2.5 m/s# acceleration act to change the velocity ofa 2.0-kg object by 3.0 m/s? v 30.428 on Sue Sele > EF its 22.5m/s pee a= 2.5m E7Ss 42716.A\reel fling objec ifound tobe moving downward at 18 m/s f tcontnues ofall two secon later the object would be ewpewimaseeesoh cae gc/ increates on the way down (Om/s avery Fecond 810m, 18 m/s l@m/s + 20 m/s m/s. 380 m/s 117. Cain 11s thrown upward from the top of @ 100-m tower witha speed of 15 ms. Coin lis dropped from the top of the tower 2.0 later. Assume gis 10 m/s How far below the top of the tower does coin! pass coin? AL6m -[F nls| ' . oT oe get Bism i I “tl een nig abt? St% Lot +20 Gam ' D tr sts 20 t= 4s 80 Ge gmc rye bE+St* f' yeths 2 EP geal 1 { pesteseh fate fs t 1 5 (BE 4teh) str 200m i : yrs 18.The change of distance per unit time without reference to particular directions called On C.velocty 0. acceleration. postion 19, Which of the following terms is NOT related conceptually othe others? A vector B.resukantCcomponent’ (O)exponent_€.equllorant inthe absence of ar resitance. ian object wer ofa freely near the surface ofthe Moon. on “ence Han ieee io faiestioars no av on Hz Hoon A. its velocity could never exceed 10 m/s. q> ! GIm/[seb 8 ts acceleration would gradually decrease unl the object moves wit a terminal veloc. Dt accelerations constant. ©. it wilfall witha constant speed E. the accelerationis 270, . 21. Given the graph of the velocity vs. time ofa chick lying due south for the winter, q a [At what point did the duck stopits forward motion? Am 8.8 cc (BD noneortes points = ‘The next 2 questions refer to tle diagram below which shows the position and elapsed time ofa car starting from rest and uniformly accelerating ina straight line. os ts 2 Ca fa ea ea ‘Set 3m 2m ao 22, What was the average velocity ofthe car during the third second? ee Bo irm/s Vaug € @isms ams coms b. sms cams 4 23. The average acceleration during the entre 3 second intervals dosest to 2 aarme amie (©pms? ss smit# = cams xe SE a, aye $4 ae &24, What Is the shape ofthe velocity time graph for an object ‘withthe position time graph shown inthe dlagram at ight? rime” Slape/'s constant rR RS 25. [st possible for an object's velocity to increase while its acceleration decreases? fal as bong a» accelarafion ’S ‘A. No. this is impossible because ofthe way in which acceleration is defined. =; Ce chervechion at 8. No. because if acceleration is decreasing the objec wl be slowing down. C. No. because velocity and acceleration must always be inthe same direction. ye-Logs hy le velooty wi 1. Yes. an example would be a falling object near the surface ofthe moon, G © ves. an example woul be a falng object inthe presence of air resistance. Vaereate “The fllowing TWO questions refer tothe following information. An ideal elastic rubber ballis dropped from a height of about 2 meters. hits the floor and rebounds toits original height 26. Which ofthe following graphs would best represent the dstance above the floor versus time forthe above bouncing ball? mie Ke! me a ey 6 27. Which ofthe following graphs would best represent acceleration versus time for the bouncing ball? a 28, Suppose two cars are racing ona crcular track one kilometer in circumference. The frst car can crcl the track in 15 seconds at top speed the second car cance the ackin 12 seconds top sped, How much ead deste fist car need taling te sap of e ace not to lose? Jat least 250m B) at least 200m Chat least 104m Djat leaste3m | Eat east 67mNext four questions refer to the following scenario: [A to. two cars moving along a highway are side-by-side as they passa third car stopped on the side ofthe road. At this moment the diver ofthe fist car steps on the brakes while the driver ofthe stopped car begins to accelerate. The diagram below show the positions of each car forthe next 5 seconds. wrovea 4 ee owe “en 10m 20m ‘smn om ‘sim 50 ‘6 4 4 BE mas y lom/e oe 7 a a “ah in Og S 2K ‘stopped _to 1 ' 4 % 6 apa smtp t PP fox eas ote ie ae "i a im * 2 ae bens? ad te Same dshance 28. During which time interval would as #2 and #3 be moving tthe same average speed? cover Auton B tot to Ditto tue My tame Ore tetots coe in gne. second (fee fe amount of Ame) 130, About what position after would car #1 and car #2 have been side by side? RO Basm c2em (pI. E39m tom pichere 31, Which ofthe tre cars ha the greatest average speed ding these 5 seconds? Aart Dycara2 , He et ame clestance ts ares ead Hee ) all three cars had the same average speed ‘same cemoun bof Ame 22. car 89 continues to constantly accelerate atthe same rate what wil bets poslon athe endo 6 seconds? A)Zm 368m yam a\78m 94m gee 46% Ten 133. The graph represents tile relationship between distance and time for an ‘object thatis moving along a straight line. What iste instantaneous speed of the object at t= 5.0 seconds? A.oom/s ne Gos mis * ORe/e C.2.5 m/s an / 0. 40m/s E.68m/s Between what es cd te object have a nonzero acleraton? Aosoniy Qostoss Wy) is hang Ouest shape (rebesty) 1 eherging soa Eth object was not scelerating at any timed 34. Ifa balls thrown directly upwards with twice tle intial speed of another, how much higher will it be atts apex? Retin @atimes C2 Diztines evatimes 7 ue, u im p y S 4t (20) fimes me. . 4 ageonls 7‘THE NEXT THREE QUESTIONS REFER TO THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO The diagram below represents a toy car starting from rest and uniformly accelerating across the floor. The time and distance traveled from the start are shown the diagram. Os 1s 2s as ds 54-6 ~ syoem/s 35. What was the average speed of the cart between 0.1 seconds and 0.3 seconds? aug oso A.O6 m/s 8.19 m/s ©2ams 0.4.8 m/s, E.60m/s a ( 36. What was the acceleration of the cart during the ist 0.4 seconds? Byer (uso) 0.46770. : Be (wd) le Asomh’s —8.emiss amis ouasmiss ESO i 27. ht was theinstantaneous veocy ofthe carat 6 centimeters tom estan? a gat = wl Aedes Aosms B.i9m/s s s mis Vs 9 mvs C24 mi Ops E, 60 m/ On i20.4 = #om/S THE NEXT TWO QUESTIONS REFER TO THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO The mation ofa ccs clown ona unicycle movingina stig ln is shown nthe graph zi 38, What woud be the acceleration ofthe clown at? A L6mis? 4 Geom Slope 5 C3amist 0) 80mie t E}none ofthe above Ea Vetocity (mvs) 39, After 12 seconds, how fars the clown from her original starting point? Aom 264264 B.10m arg under graph ~ 7E+26 34m D.a7m 4m 40, When an object fal freelyin a vacuum near the surface of the earth A) the velocity can not exceed 10 8) the terminal velocity will be greater than when dropped in air neo ) the velocty wil increase but the acceleration wil be ero the acceleration will constantly increase om Fe aceeationwilremainconstant ge lom|s* 4 aur regi stare‘THE NEXT THREE QUESTIONS REFER TO THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO ‘The accompanying graph describes the motion of a marble on a table top for 10 seconds. 41, For which time intervals) did the marble have a negative velocity? Gfromt=43sto t= 10.0sonly ffomt=4stot= 62 sand flomt= 6.9 stot= 10.0sonly ahi @ E.ftomt=32stot=36s,ftomt=48stot= Ssandtromt=6astot=72sony, egahve Peep 42, For which ime intervals) id the marble have a posve acceleration? inevea ihre A.fromt=80stot 80s only aaa Lae Ge eames we eye NSESaet ae caver meeteaaterenten negabve 5s, fromt=58stot=6.25, andfromt=B4stot= 88soniy. Leven h'79 E.fromt=32stot~275,fromt=48stot~ 50s and romt= 68s ot=72 sony (w- a, 43. Vhatis the marbles average acceleration betweent=33sandt=385 yp at ; ° 2 @ 20m/s . ve ake lis on. -2.04, tenn $233 ae leh gn BER wk © osmist ee b.20m/e En 9 ve ores £30 m/s? 44, Acar accelerates uniformly from ret fora time of 2,00 s through a distance of 4.00 m. What was the acceleration ofthe car? Ajosom/s a . aaa t+2008 xeutr Fe> a Se Lams xe hoon 2x, Bee ga kt Cp.00 m/s? oF a ank THE NEXT TWO QUESTIONS REFER TO ‘THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO ‘The accompanying graph describes the ‘motion ofa toy car across the floor for 10, seconds, 45. What Is the acceleration ofthe toy caratt=45? stale bint Hye @ tse eh Oims D.2m/st Ea m/e 46. What was the total displacement of the toy car for the entire 10 second interval shown? AO meters 5 meters ‘meters D. 10 meters E115 meters8 447. an object is thrown upwards with a velocity of 30 m/s near the surface ofthe earth. After two seconds what would be the direction ‘of the displacement, velocity and acceleration? displacement velocity acceleration it doles 35% teach up up own the tp : po = ae “7 P 48. Which of the following graphs could correctly represent the motion of an object moving with a constant speed ina straight line? Graph Graph it (Graph It (Graph iV Graph V distance speed acceleration spee acceleration time time time time time ‘A.grpht on 8. crap iteny Qsaots and vony O. erst ony Alot he above raph reper conse We. ‘THE NEXT TWO QUESTIONS REFER TO THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO poe ff $f. an Ce yg pew og Poon cm/s. 17.0 m/s E125 cm/s 50. Which ofthe following Is closest to the acceleration of the ball? sD Acem/st 24at* ae Be Fe (zens aes ¢ 2 Bemis! o.aeme esons 51. Three stones of different mass (1m, 2mm & 3m) are thrown vertically upward with efferent velocities (Ww, 2v & 3v respectively). The cliagram indicates the mass and velocity of each stone. Rank from high to low the maximum height of each stone. Assume ai resistance Is negligble, A) (high (low) (high) 1,11 low) Mf high) i, 1, | low) ih) 1, (ow) ™ we E)all reach the same helght‘52, A rubber ball bounces on the ground as shown. After each bounce, the ball reaches one-half the height of the bounce before it. the time the bal was in the air between the first and second bounce was 1 second, what would be the time between the second and. third bounce? “ 0.505 2 $t% Slas) =, 25m souk pone Gt hegre? ‘NY cos on .. Das Y> + 06250 oc £205 z 2 0.3S%2 £-f2y/g = 9257S ee 0.78 '53. A pebble is dropped from a high vertical cliff. The collsion ofthe pebble with the ground below is seen 1.50 seconds after the pebble is dropped. With what speed did the pebble hit the ground? Ignore ar resistance. m/s Whe Jour veargt @sns aa q ©. 48:6 m/s = 1m) . 100.4 m/s E343 m/s ounce 1 z 3 54, A sna is moving along a straight line. Its intial position is Xo = —$ meters and its moving away from the ori In this coordinate system, the signs ofthe intial position, intial velocity and acceleration, respectively, are and slowing down, Choice @ “®) ® ©