SPH3U1 Kinematics in 1D Quiz Student Version PDF

Physics 11 - Kinematics in 1D Quiz
Knowledge and Understanding
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Sarah jogs 2.5 km [W] and stops to rest. She then jogs 1.0 km [W] and stops at a neighbourhood park. What is
Sarah’s total displacement?
a. 1.5 km [W]
b. 2.5 km [W]
c. 2.5 km [E]
d. 3.5 km [W]
____ 2. Which of the following is an example of a vector quantity?
a. time
b. mass
c. position
d. distance
____ 3. Which of the following is an example of a scalar quantity?
a. momentum
b. force
c. displacement
d. speed
____ 4. Which term describes a quantity that has magnitude and direction?
a. slope
b. vector
c. scalar
d. velocity
____ 5. Which statement is true about the type of motion represented by this position-time graph?
a. The object is moving westward at a constant velocity.

b. The object is moving eastward at a constant velocity.
c. The object is stationary at a location to the west of the reference position.
d. The object is stationary at a location to the east of the reference position.
____ 6. What is the average velocity of a baseball that is hit and travels 19.2 m in 14.5 s?
a. 0.76 m/s
b. 19.2 m/s
c. 278.4 m/s
d. 1.32 m/s
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____ 7. Which of the following is an example of uniform velocity?
a. A car travels down a straight highway at a steady 95 km/h.
b. A horse trots around a circular track at a constant speed.
c. A truck travels a twisty highway ranging from 40 km/h to 70 km/h.
d. A skydiver jumps out of an airplane and falls to the ground with increasing speed.
____ 8. How do you determine velocity from a position–time graph?
a. Find the area.
b. Read information from the graph.
c. Take the slope.
d. none of the above
____ 9. Which statement is true about the type of motion represented by this position-time graph?
a. The velocity of the object is decreasing as it moves in an eastward direction.

b. The velocity of the object is increasing as it moves in an eastward direction.
c. The object is moving in an eastward direction at a constant velocity.
d. The velocity of the object is increasing as it moves in a westward direction.
____ 10. A car is passing another car on the highway. It increases its velocity from 12 m/s [E] to 21 m/s [E] over a time
interval of 10 s. What is the car’s average acceleration?
a. 0.6 m/s2
b. 0.9 m/s2
c. 1.9 m/s2
d. 0.3 m/s2
Application
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 11. Which position-time graph represents an object with a decreasing velocity moving in a westward direction?
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 12. How do you determine acceleration from a velocity–time graph?

a. Take the slope.
c. Find the area.
____ 13. How do you determine acceleration from an acceleration–time graph?
a. Take the slope.
b. Find the area.
c. Read information from the graph.
____ 14. Which acceleration-time graph represents the same motion as this velocity-time graph?
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 15. How do you determine velocity from an acceleration–time graph?
a. Take the slope.
c. Find the area under the graph.
____ 16. Which equation would you use to determine the displacement of an object that is undergoing uniform
acceleration, when given the initial velocity, final velocity, and the time interval?
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 17. Which equation would you use to determine distance travelled if acceleration is uniform and you have been
given initial velocity, final velocity, and acceleration?
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 18. A picture frame is knocked off a wall and accelerates uniformly to the floor. If the picture was hung 2.5 m
above the floor and there is no air resistance, which equation would you use to determine how long it takes
the picture frame to reach the floor?
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 19. Which equation would you use to determine the displacement of an object moving with uniform acceleration
given a value for acceleration?
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 20. Which statement is true regarding acceleration due to gravity?
a. The acceleration due to gravity is consistent anywhere on Earth.
b. The value for acceleration due to gravity is always 9.8 m/s2.
c. Free fall does not exist in real-life situations.
d. all of the above
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Physics 11 - Kinematics in 1D Quiz

Knowledge and Understanding

a. The object is moving westward at a constant velocity.

a. The velocity of the object is decreasing as it moves in an eastward direction.

____ 12. How do you determine acceleration from a velocity–time graph?

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