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1 When a heavy coin falls a short distance towards the ground it does not reach terminal velocity.

Why is this?

A The coin has not hit the ground.


B The weight of the coin equals the air resistance.
C The weight of the coin increases as air resistance increases.
D The weight of the coin is always more than air resistance.

2 A car travels along a road at 50 km / h.

The driver applies the same braking force at the same place on a day when the surface is dry
and then on a day when the road is wet.

On the wet surface, how many of these distances are greater than on the dry surface?

braking distance
stopping distance
thinking distance

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3

3 The speed-time graph for a falling skydiver is shown below. As he falls, the skydiver spreads out
his arms and legs and then opens his parachute.

Which part of the graph shows the skydiver falling with terminal velocity?

speed B

C
A
D
0
0 time
4 A free-fall parachutist falls at a constant speed. He then opens his parachute and continues to fall
to Earth at a lower, constant speed.

Which diagram shows how the distance fallen by the parachutist varies with time?

A B

distance distance

0 0
0 time 0 time

C D

distance distance

0 0
0 time 0 time

5 The graph shows the speed of a runner during a race.

10
speed of runner
m/s

0
0 2 10 12 14 16
time / s

What is the distance travelled by the runner during the race?


A 50 m B 65 m C 75 m D 90 m
6 Which speed-time graph shows an object moving with non-uniform acceleration?

A B

speed speed

0 0
0 time 0 time

C D

speed speed

0 0
0 time 0 time

7 The graph shows the speed of a car as it moves from rest.

What is the average speed of the car during the first 3 s?

A 4m/s B 6m/s C 18 m / s D 36 m / s

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