J -t0- doy, | HKCEE, HKALE & HKDSE Past Papers Questions-Motion Physics I Secondary ( yx ) : Name: omg Ohi ke | 1. \CE0001 Which of the following physical quantities is not a vector ? 10. ( 34) ‘A. Acceleration B. Momentum C. Velocity D. Weight fh Work 2. CE9606 A coin and a feather are released from rest in vacuum as shown, Which of the following is/are correct deductions from this experiment ? (1) The masses of the coin and the feather are identical in vacuum. Fee (@) The coin and the feather fall withthe same acceleration in vacuum. Ty Feaber (3) The forces acting on the coin and the feather in vacuum are identical. (eert ae i A. (I) only B. (2) only €. (1) and (3) only . D. (2) and (3) only E. (1), (2) and (3) ket 3. CE9706 A particle is released from rest and falls vertically under gravity. If the particle in the Ist second is x and that travelled in the 2nd second is y, find the ratio x AJT:l B. 1:2 C133 Di 1:4 B.1:5 ice travelled by the 4, E9202 A man takes 2 seconds to walk from point A to point B, and then takes 3 seconds to walk from point | Bto point C, where ABC is an equilateral triangle of side 3 m. Find the magnitude of his average VELOCITY from A to C. B ‘A. 0.60 ms B. 1.00ms" C. 1.20ms" ve D. 1.25ms! E. 1.50ms" {§SSICE900 The graph shows how the square of velocity of an object 1,2, | undergoing uniform acceleration varies with displacement. The object is initially at rest and travels along a straight line. The acceleration of the object is 2 A. 0.5ms* at B. 1.0ms* vo oe C. 2.0ms* 2 D. 4.0ms° > & 80ms ol sim 6. CE9602 A man walks 40 m towards the west. He then walks 40 m towards the south and lastly walks 70 m towards the east, Find the magnitude of the resultant displacement of the man. A.30m B. 40m c. 50m D. 70m E. 150m 7. CE9702_ A student walks along a curve ABC , which is made up of two semi-circular parts AB and BC of radius 3 m and 4 m respectively. He takes 2 s to walk from A to B and 5 s to walk from B to C. Find the magnitude of the average velocity of the student from A to C. A. 1.0 ms? B. 2.0 ms! ne C. 23 ms! +. yi Tm w D. 3.1 ms? E. 3.6 ms? BREE aE8, CE910S The figure shows the velocity-time graph of an object. Which of the following statements stow the object is/are true 2 y i (1) Its acceleration in the first 10 seconds is 2m s* Q) The total distance travelled is 250m. G) It returns to its starting point after 25 seconds. A. (I)only B. @)only C. (1) and (3) only D. @)and (3) only E. (1), (2) and (3) 9. ich of the following displacement-time graphs describes the motion of a particle moving in g straight line with uniform deceleration ? At Bf ' ' ae Df Ef ‘ o ' ' ' 10, CE9303 An object is thrown vertically upwards from a point 4. It travels to the highest point B and then falls back to A. Neglecting air resistance, which of the following statements is/are true ? (1) The total displacement of the object is zero. (2) The acceleration of the object is constant throughout the motion, G) The time for the upward motion is longer than the time for the downward motion. A. (I)only B. (3) only C. (and 2)only—D. @)and @yonly P84 E. (1), (2) and (3) yagen Daten ) 53s, 11.CE9307 A car moves with a speed 30 km h''. The driver applies the brake and the car is stopped @ a distance of 12 m, If the car is moving at 60 km lr', what is the stopping distance? Assume that the same constant braking force is applied in both cases. A. 12m B. 24m C. 48m D. 72m E, 96m 12. CE9604_ An object moves with uniform acceleration along a straight line. Which of the following graphs correctly describes) the motion of the object ? (1) Displacement Q) Velocity (B)Aeceleration 0 Time ol Time ol __———Time A. (1) only B. (2) only C. (1) and (3) only D. @)and(3) only ——_E. (1), (2) and (3) BREE aEe 13, CE9008 A small metal ball is released {rom a point above the floor and bounces several times. Which of the following graphs best represents the variation of the velocity of the ball with time ? AL , B. [ GQ YT Dow. . d 1 ; D. f E. Hi 14. CE9006 Two objects P and Q, of mass 0.1 kg and 0.5 kg respectively, are thrown vertically upwards with the same speed from the same level. Neglecting air resistance, which of the followin; A. P will reach a point higher than that of Q. B. Qwill take a shorter time to reach its highest point. C. Both will have the same potential energy at the highest point. D. Both will have the same kinetic energy on returning to the starting point, E. Both rise with the same deceleration, 15. CE99-01 A man takes 30 s to walk from point 4 to point B along a straight road, where AB = 120 m. He then takes 20 s to run backwards to point C, where BC = 100 m. Find the average speed of the man for the whole journey. Bes A. 0.4ms" +———. 120 m —____ B. 20ms" 4 ¢ B C. 4.0ms" D. 4.4ms! +} 100 m ————_4 E. 4.5ms" Pos 16. CE9804 The velocity-time graph of a car travelling along a straight horizontal road is shown, Which of the following graphs shows the vari acceleration a of the car with time ¢? A. B, - o 10 20°30 \o i td | . ; nw 10 20 3040, “s 10 20-30) 0 — 10 20 3 40 Le ut! D. BE. yo wr 10 030 ap BREE aE17, C9901 A man takes 30 s to walk 80 m towards the east, He then takes 10 s to run 60 m towards the south, Which of the following statements is/are correct ? 2 (1) The magnitude of the resultant displacement of the man is 140 m. (2) The average speed of the man is 4.3 ms". 3.4 (3) The magnitude of the average velocity of the man is 2.5 ms". A, ()only B. @) onl C. (1) and (2) onl Dz @)ar Event @) 3) only (1) and (2) only (2) and (3) only 18, CE9504_An object starts from rest and moves with uniform acceleration along a straight line. Which of the following graphs conceming the motion of the object is/are correct ? (s= displacement, v= velocity, t= time) ag + @Q £ Bg) oO . oO e oO 7 A. (1) only B. (3) only C. (1)and (2) only. (2) and (3) only E. (1), @) and (3) oy me 19. CE9508_ The diagram shows the variation of the velocity of an object with time. What is the distance travelled by the object in the first 3 seconds ? A. Sm B. 15m C. 25m D. 30m E. 45m. 20. CE9004 Yhas a linear relationship with time as shown. ¥ may represent (1) the speed of a body starting from rest under a constant force. (2) the distance traveled by a body at constant speed. 3) the acceleration of a body falling from rest.~. A. (I) only B. (3) only C. (1)and(2) only iD. Q)and(3)only —_—._ (1), (2) and (3) o Time 21. CE9805 At time f = 0, a table-tennis ball is released from a point above the ground and bounces several times on the ground. The above graph shows the variation of the velocity v of the ball with time ¢. (Note: Velocity pointing upwards is taken to be positive.) At which of the following points on the graph does the ball reach its maximum height above the ground after the first rebound ? A. Point P B. Point Q C. Point R D, Point S E, Point 7 22, CE9802 A car undergoes uniform deceleration along a straight road. Its velocity decreases from 30m s) to 20 ms''after travelling a distance of 100 m, How much further will the car travel before it comes to a rest? A. 50m B. 80m C. 180m D. 200m = &, 300m Pou Shae )s . soi BREE aE23. CE9305 ‘Acceleration ld | 1 rine é is | ‘The above diagram shows the variation ofthe acceleration of an object which i initially at rest. Which of the following velocity-time graphs correctly describes the motion of the object ? oi BO Gc ft a Te DT B EL Figure (b) Figure (a) Figure (a) shows a man near the edge of a cliff projecting a stone vertically upwards. The stone reaches the sea after 18 seconds. Figure (b) shows the velocity-time graph for the motion of the stone. Find the height of the cliff. A. 180m B. 540m c. 720m D.900m = E, 1620m 25.CE9903 A car starts from rest and travels along a straight road. The acceleration- time graph of the car is shown above. Which of the following graphs shows the variation of the velocity v of the car with time 2 eile te de BREE aE26. A hawk is flying at 30 m s along a straight line in the sky, Its acceleration-time graph is shown below. alms? 50 100 0 ts -0.3 |. ‘What is the displacement of the hawk after 100 s? A. 15m B. 125m C. 2625 m D. 3375 m 27. CE0002 Its said that Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), an Italian scientist, dropped a small iron ball and a large cannon ball from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He found that the two balls reached the ground at almost the same time. Which of the following is/are correct deduction(s) from this experiment? (1) The two balls fell with the same acceleration. @) A body will maintain uniform motion if there is no external force acting on it. (3) The gravitational forces acting on the two balls were identical. A. (1) only B. (3) only €. (Iand@)only —-D. 2)and(3) only ® E. (1), @)and 3) 28. CE0003 A racing car accelerates from rest to a speed of 100 km hin 3.2 s. Find the average acceleration of the car. A. 434ms7 B. 8.68 ms® C. 15.63 ms? D, 31.25ms? E. 112.50ms* Vez 29, CE0004 The cars A and B travel along the same straight road. The velocity velsiy time graphs of the two cars are shown. Which of the following statements about the motion of the two cars at time Ty is/are always correct ? (1) The two cars meet each other. (Q) The two cars are moving with the same speed but in opposite directions. ) Car 4 is accelerating while B is decelerating. 1 i 7 A. (1) only B. (3) only L. Tie C. ()and(2) only ——-D. (2)and G)only—_E. (1), 2) and @) u 30. CEO101 A car travels along a straight road, The variation of the distance of the car from a fixed point P on the road with time is shown above. Which of the following statements is correct? Distance from P_ ‘A. The speed of the car is decreasing. , B. The car is moving towards P. C. There is an unbalanced force acting on the car, D. The area under the graph denotes the total distance travelled by the car. B. The slope of the graph denotes the acceleration of the car, ie ° 31.CEO102 A girl walks along a straight road from a point 4 to point B with an average speed of 1 m s". She then retums from B to 4 along the same road with an average speed 2 ms, Find the average speed of the gitl for the whole journey. A. Zero B. 0.67ms" C. 133 ms" D. 1dims! B, Ls0ms" BREE aE32. CE0103 A stone is thrown vertically upwards. Assuming air resistance is negligible, which of the following statements is/are correct? (1) The acceleration of the stone decreases throughout the upward motion. (2) The net force acting on the stone becomes zero when the stone reaches the highest point. G) The total energy of the stone remains unchanged throughout the motion. A. (I) only B. (3)only C. (I) and (2) only D. (2) and (3) only E. (1), 2) and (3) 33. CE0104 A coin is placed on a piece of cardboard resting on a glass as shown above. If the cardboard is flicked off sharply with a finger, the coin will drop into the glass, ‘What does this experiment demonstrate? The coin will fall with uniform acceleration under the action of gravity. The acceleration of the coin is proportional to the applied force. Action and reaction always occur in pairs. Momentum is conserved in a collision. The coin has a tendency to maintai POOS> state of rest. 34.CE0201 The figure shows the distance-time graphs of two toy cars PandQ slim ‘moving along a linear track. Which of the following statements are correct? 9 =, (1) Car P will reach the 20 m-mark first. @ 2) Car Pis overtaking car Q at t= 5s. (3) The average speed of car P in the first 5s is smaller than that of car Q. A. (1) and (2) only B. (1) and (3) only €C. Q)and@)only —_D. (1), (2) and 3) o + ts 35.CE0203 A piece of stone is hung from a balloon, which is rising vertically upward. Ifthe string connecting the stone and the balloon suddenly breaks, which of the following velocity-time graphs represents the subsequent motion of the stone? (Note: Velocity pointing upward is taken to be positive.) = ers * 0 +1 0] >t 0 +1 ol ‘The below figure shows the vt graph of a car for Q36 and Q37. r 36. CE0301 What physical quantity does the area of the shaded region represent? OA. energy B. momentum C. acceleration D. displacement 37. CE0302_ Which of the following statements are correct? (1) The car changes its direction of travel at = fy (2) The car is farthest away from the starting point at ¢= ¢). (3) The car returns to its starting point at t=. A. (1) and (2) only B. (1) and (3) only C. (2) and (3) only Dz (1), (2) and (3) 38. CE0303 A car starts at point 4 and travels along a circular path of radius 30 m. After 15 s, 4 the car retums to point 4. Find the average speed of the car within this period of time, A, zeto B. 2ms" C. 63ms" D. 126ms" BREE aE39. CE0304_ A plane starts trom rest and accelerates at 2 ms. If the minimum take-off speed is 60 m s", fing the minimum distance traveled by the plane before it takes off. A. 450m B. 900m C. 180m 40.CE0403 The figure shows the velocity-time graphs of two students P and Q running along a straight road. They start at the same point. Which of the following statements is/are correct? (2) Atr=f, P and Q reach the same point.y, GB) Atr= fy, O is ahead of P.x A. (I) only B. (3) only C. (1)and (2) only 41, CE0407 J » ' ol 0 x A block is initially at rest on a smooth horizontal table and is pulled by a con: shows the relationship between the physical quantities y and x. Which of the x is impossible? \ (0) The average speed of P between = and =f is largr than tha of Q./ | D. 3600m stant horizontal force. The fig + following combinations of y and x ’ A. displacement of the block square of time B. velocity of the block time C. square of velocity of the block displacement of the block D. acceleration of the block time (For Questions 42 and 43) Patrick is driving along a straight horizontal road, At time ¢= 0, he observes that an accident has happened. He then applies the brakes to stop his car with uniform deceleration. The graph shows the variation of the speed of the car with time. 42. CE0S01 Vims* 4 & 0 ‘What is the reaction time of Patrick A. zero B. 08s C. 42s D. 5.05 43. CE0SO2 Find the distance travelled by the car from time #= 0 to 5.0 s, A. 29.4m B. 40.6m C. 46.2m D. 812m 8 — BREE aE44, CE0601 Two cars A and B start from rest simultaneously and travel along the Y= same straight road. The velocity-time graphs of the two cars are shown. Which of the following statements about the motion of the two cars is/are always correct? (1) A and B have the same average velocity during the time interval 0 to 7 2) A and B have the same average acceleration during the time interval 0 to 7. (3) d and B travel the same displacement during the time interval 0 to 7. A. (1) only B. (2)only C. (I)and(3) only. (2) and (3) only 45.CE0607 The acceleration of objects due to gravity on the Moon is about z that on the Earth. Which of the following diagrams shows the correct velocity-time graphs for a free falling object dropping respectively on the Earth’s surface and the Moon's surface? 46. CE0628_A car travels along a straight road from A to B with a uniform acceleration. The speed of the car is v; at the instant when half of the journey time from A to B is elapsed and its speed is v» at the mid-way of 4 to B. Which of the following is correct? A. v1 is always smaller than v2. —j—______ — B. v, is always greater than v3. C. vy and »» are always equal. D. Whether v; is greater than or smaller than v2 depends on the ial velocity of the car at A. 47.CE0701_A bicycle finishes a 100-meter journey in 9.77 s. Assume that the bicycle starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration. What is the acceleration of the bicycle throughout the journey? A. 1.05 ms? B. 2.10ms* C. 10.2ms? D. 20.5ms? $= uftyat 48. CEO702 The displacement-time graph of an object moving along a straight line is shown. Which of the following graphs best represents the relationship between the velocity and time of the object? ‘ | 49.CE0733. The graph shows the variation of the square of velocity v? with the displacement s of a particle moving along a straight line. What is the acceleration of the particle? A. 0.5ms? B. 1 ms? C.1sms 50. CEO801 A fish jumps up vertically to a maximum height of 0.5 m above the water surface. What is the speed when it just leaves the surface? u A. 3.16ms" B. 447ms" Cc. 632 ms! D. 10.00ms" 9 BREE aE51. CE0802 An experiment is conducted by releasing a stone from rest to the ground. At constant time interval 7, the See § positions of the stone are recorded. Picture (a) shows its Ot posi at different time. Which of the following changes ° ‘will give a path of the stone as shown in Picture (b)? Oar md A. A shorter time interval is used errs erner™ B. A longer time interval is used Picture (a) Picture (b) C. A lighter stone is used D. A heaver stone is used 52, CEO804 The figure shows the velocity-time graph of a car travelling on a v/ms" horizontal straight road. Which ofthe following statements is/are correct? (1) Area under the graph is equal to the total displacement of the car. Q) The acceleration of the car is maximum at time f, (3) The kinetic energy of the car remains unchanged throughout the whole joumey A. (I) only B. (2)only C. (1) and (3) only D. (2) and (3) only o us t 53. CE0806 At = 0, a.car and a trunk are at the same point on a horizontal +/ms! straight road. Their velocity-time graph is shown in the figure. Which 35. of the following statements is correct? A. At f= 10s, the car is 100 m behind the trunk B. At t= 105s, the car catches up the trunk » C.At£=20 5, the car is 100 m behind the trunk D. At¢=20 s, the car catches up the trunk. 54, CE0901 A car is travelling at 50 km h”. How much time does it take to travel 500 m? A. 01s B. 10s C. 365 D. 360s 55. CE0902 The figure shows three paths Ps, Pz and Ps from X to Y on a horizontal plane. ¥ Three students take the same time to travel from X to ¥ via the three paths respectively. ry Which of the following physical quantities about their journey is/are the same? (1) displacement 2) distance (3) average speed A. (1) only B. (2)only C. (and (3) only. (2) and (3) only 56.CE0905 John and Mary are driving two cars. P and Q, along a straight horizontal & toad respectively. At time s = 0, they both see an obstacle and apply the brakes to »/ms* stop the cars with uniform deceleration. The variation of velocity with time of the two cars is shown in the figure. Which of the following statements is/are correct? (1) The two cars have the same initial speeds. (2) The reaction times of John and Mary are the same, BN G) The total braking distances of the two cars are the same, A us A. Q)only B. G)only C. (1) and (2) only D. (1) and (3) only P 10 BREE aE57. 58, E0928. A diver jumps up vertically in the air from a high platform and falls into water. The vt graph shows the variation of the velocity of the diver against time from the point he jumps (P) until he is at the lowest point (Q) in the water. Which of the following is correct? total distance height of the platform travelled from P to above water surface om) (m) A. 89 8 B. 10.6 10 GIS 8 DIS 10.6 CE1001 Mary walks along a triangular path XYZ where XY = YZ= ZX. It takes her 10s, 20 s and 10 s to travel through XY, ¥Z and ZX respectively. Which of the following graphs best represents the variation of distance travelled with time? AL Distance /m B. Distance /m os ners c D. ED Distance /m Times ines 10 20 30 40 oP 30 40 Tine z A, Tr BREE aE59,CE1002 A man pushes a supermarket trolley with a constant horizontal »/ms" force for 1, seconds, and then releases the trolley. The velocity-time graph of the trolley is shown.Assume that the friction between the trolley and the ground is constant, which of the following graphs (in dotted lines) best represents the variation of the velocity of the trolley with time if the man tspeats the action wih a stronger fore? r pane its vine vine" 60.CE1006 A car is travelling along a straight horizontal path at 16 ms! Vetoisy/ms" ae initially. The driver sees an obstacle and applies the brake. The velocity- Xu time graph of his car is shown. % What is the magnitude of the deceleration of the car during braking? A. 356m s* B, 4.85ms? C. 13.3ms* D. 26.4ms? ° geste 61.CE1101_An object of mass m, released from rest at height /+ above the ground, takes time ¢ to reach the ground. If another object of mass 2 m is released from rest at the same height, how long does it take to reach the ground? (Neglect air resistance.) t t A BS Gt D. v2e iD 62.CE1128 The graph shows the velocity-time graph of an object which is thrown °/™*" upwards under the gravity. If the object is thrown upwards with a higher initial velocity, which of the following graph (in dotted lines) best represents the expected result? (Neglect air resistance.) te A. ils 12 BREE aEtime and displacement-time) best represent the m, i ing graphs (velocity-time and ¢ : 78. DSE12-07 Which of ee RT a height Hand bouncing back from the round two times ? fate a sh he ound is perfectly elastic and neglect ait resistance. (Do tikes that the col taken to be negative.) tion ‘sume ements @) 0 i velocity “ Aisplacement, tim A. (I)and(@)only —B. (1)and (4) only. @)and@)only ——-D. (2and(4)only 79. DSE13-08 A particle is released from rest at X'as shown. It takes time 4, to fall from X to Y and time fy to fall from Yto Z. IXY: ¥2=9: 16, find t : fa, Neglect air resistance. pop wan 80.DSE13-11 Two particles P and Q start from the same position and travel along the same straight line. ‘The figure shows the velocity-time (v-) graph for P and Q. Which of the following descriptions about their motion is/are correct ? vim s (1) Ate=1¥3P changes its direction of motion, (2) Atr=25, the separation between P and Q is 4m.(.) @) Atr=45, P and Q meet each other. fe 7 A. (I)only spe Lee B. (2)ony Sqr C. (1)and (3) only D. (2)and (3) only > tls blo yun 81,DSE14-05 A particle is moving along a straight line with uniform acceleration. It takes 4s to travel & istance of 36 m and then 2 s to travel the next 36 m. What is its acceleration? A. 25ms? B. 3.0ms? C. 4.0ms? D. 4.5ms* 16 BREE aE4 Sema lettin PE > tanneton Paint eee i ocd 82, DSE14-06 Two small identical blocks slide down from rest on smooth incline planes from the same height H as shown in Figure (1) and Figure (2), Their respective speeds at the bottom of the incline planes are denoted by v; and v2 and the respective times taken to reach the bottom are 4, and ‘2. Which of the following is : correct? Neglect air resistance. Fore(t) wee Ac vp vaand = Bp wandish = Cm=mandi=h Deve wand i eletiys > 7 BREE aE