JANUARY 2, 2021

PHYSICS

1. A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15M/s^2, changing it’s velocity from 0 m/s to 50 m/s
down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?
a. 750 seconds
b. 35 seconds
c. 0.3 seconds
d. 3.3 seconds
e. None of the above

2. A Ball of clay is thrown at a wall at a velocity of 28.0m/s. After it hits the wall, it takes
0.020 s to stop. What is the acceleration of the clay when it hits the wall?
a. 1400m/s^2
b. -1400 m/s^2
c. 0.56 m/s^2
d. -0.56m/s^2
e. None of the above

3. A box sliding down an inclined plane attains a velocity of 27m/s in 3 seconds from rest.
Find the acceleration.
a. 30m/s
b. 24m/s^2
c. 9m/s^2
d. 81km/hr
e. None of the above

4. A roller coaster accelerates from an initial velocity of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s
over 4 seconds. What’s the acceleration?
a. 24 m/s^2
b. 18m/s^2
c. 16m/s^2
d. 16m/s
e. None of the above

5. Why does a car accelerates as it round a corner at a constant speed?

a. It’s direction changes
b. It doesn’t
c. It slows down
d. Its speeds up
e. None of the above
6. What is the final velocity of a rocket that travels for a seconds, has an initial velocity of
12 km/s and an acceleration of -2km/s^2?
a. -4km/s
b. 10km/s
c. 4km/s
d. -10km/s
e. None of the above

7. A baseball is thrown up into the air, what happens to the acceleration as the rises in the
air?
a. The acceleration increases
b. The acceleration decreases
c. The acceleration remains constant
d. Both a and b
e. None of the above

8. A baseball is thrown up into the air, what direction is the velocity of the ball?
a. Upward
b. Downward
c. It depends on the gravity
d. It depends on the air resistance
e. None of the above

9. A baseball is thrown up into the air, what direction is the acceleration of the ball?
a. Upward
b. Downward
c. It depends on the gravity
d. It depends on the air resistance
e. None of the above

10. A textbook is dropped from a second floor window and falls to the ground, what direction
is the velocity?
a. Upward
b. Downward
c. It depends on the gravity
d. It depends on the air resistance
e. None of the above

11. A textbook is dropped from a second floor window and falls to the ground, what happens
to the velocity as the book falls to the ground?
a. The acceleration increases
b. The acceleration decreases
c. The acceleration remains constant
 d. Both a and b
e. None of the above

12. A textbook is dropped from a second floor window and falls to the ground, what happens
to the accelerations as the book falls to the ground?
a. The acceleration increases
b. The acceleration decreases
c. The acceleration remains constant
d. Both a and b
e. None of the above

13. Suppose lemming a runs off the edge of the cliff at 2m/s and lemming B runs off the edge
at 1m/s which will hit the ground first?
a. A
b. B
c. Both at the same time
d. It depends on the air resistance
e. None of the above

14. Suppose lemming a runs off the edge of the cliff at 2m/s and lemming B runs off the edge
at 1m/s. Which will hit the ground farther from the base of the cliff?
a. A
b. B
c. Both at the same time
d. It depends on the air resistance
e. None of the above

15. A ball is thrown into the air at some angle, with initial velocities VX(Horizontal) and VY
(vertical). At the very top of the ball’s path: What is its velocity in the horizontal
direction?
a. Vx
b. Greater than Vx
c. Zero
d. Less than Vx
e. Equal to Vy

16. A ball is thrown into the air at some angle, with initial velocities VX(Horizontal) and VY
(Vertical). At the very top of the ball’s path: What is its velocity in the vertical direction?
a. Vx
b. Greater than Vx
c. Zero
d. Less than Vx
e. Equal to Vy
17. In the Absence of air resistance, the angle at which a thrown ball will go the farthest is?
a. 90 degrees
b. 30 degrees
c. 60 degrees
d. 45 degrees
e. None of the above

18. 50 miles per hour, West

a. Acceleration
b. Speed
c. Velocity
d. Gravity
e. None of the above

19. A force is a ________________ that acts on an object.

a. Push
b. Pull
c. Push or Pull
d. Depends who applied the force
e. None of the above

20. A force that opposes, or pushes back against, an object moving past another object
a. Gravity
b. Friction
c. Inertia
d. Mass
e. None of the above

21. Acceleration is best described as change in an object’s

a. Velocity
b. Speed
c. Direction
d. Distance
e. None of the above

22. An object at rest will stay at rest unless an unbalanced force on it.
a. True
b. False

23. An object that is changing position (location) is

a. At rest
b. In motion
 c. Accelerating
d. Speeding
e. None of the above

24. An object’s tendency to resist (not) change its state of motion.

a. Gravity
b. Force
c. Inertia
d. Friction
e. None of the above

25. Which of the following is not a force?

a. Gravity
b. Velocity
c. Friction
d. A push
e. None of the above

26. If an object in motion is not acted on by an unbalanced force, it will continue with the
same speed and direction.
a. True
b. False

27. If an object is speeding up, it is accelerating.

a. True
b. False

28. The rate or measure of how fast an object is moving.

a. Velocity
b. Force
c. Speed
d. Acceleration
e. None of the above

29. The measure of how fast an object is moving and what direction it is moving.
a. Velocity
b. Force
c. Speed
d. Acceleration
e. None of the above

30. Which of the following will reduce (make less) Friction?

a. Make a surface rough
b. Make a surface smooth
c. It depends on the applied force
d. It depends on the weight of the object
e. None of the above

Answer key in science

1. D
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. A
14. A
15. A
16. C
17. D
18. C
19. C
20. B
21. A
22. A
23. B
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. A
28. C
29. A
30. B