Kinematics Quiz 1.

2 (10th Grade Physics)

Instructions:
• Answer all questions
• For each question, show all your thinking in an organized fashion
• Edit the handout or upload the answers in Unified Classroom in one of the
following formats: doc, jpg, png. Do not upload files in .heif or .hevc format,
they are not supported by Unified Classroom.
• Notes are NOT allowed.
• Calculators are allowed.
• SUBMIT your assessment in Unified Classroom
• ROUND YOUR ANSWERS TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES (for example, if
your calculator shows 3.3333333, you have to round it to 3.33)

Booklet:

1) A cheetah accelerates from rest to 24 m/s in 6 seconds.

(a) What is the cheetah’s acceleration? [2]

(b) How far has the cheetah run in this time? [2]
(c) Sketch the graphs of position versus time and velocity versus time.
[2]
2) Airplanes at Salvador International Airport accelerate from rest at one end
of a runway, and must attain takeoff speed of 105 m/s before reaching the
other end. If the plane has a 4 m/s2 acceleration, find:

(a) The minimum runway length to a safe takeoff. [3]

(b) How much time is needed to reach the takeoff speed. [3]

3) As man is driving his car at 18 m/s, he sees a child’s ball roll into the street
ahead of him. He hits the brakes and stop as quickly as he can. In this
case, he comes to rest in 2 s.

(a) What is the car’s acceleration? [3]

(b) How far does the car travel as he breaks to a stop? [3]

4) A cross-country skier moving at constant velocity travels 240 meter in 20

seconds. After a while, she stops pushing and simply glides along, slowing
down (because of friction) at a rate of 0.5 m/s2 for 20 seconds. What is the
distance traveled during those 20 seconds?
5) Harry is driving a motorcycle down a straight highway at 30 m/s. A
construction sign warns that the speed limit will drop to 25 m/s in 500
meters, where there is a radar speed gun.

(a) In order to avoid a speed ticket and reach the speed gun with a speed
of exactly 25 m/s, what must Harry’s acceleration be?

(b) After passing the radar, Harry keeps slowing down at the same rate as
before. How long does it take for him to stop after passing the radar?