Physics 011

MC#2

Chapter 2: Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension
Ayman A.Ghannam

 

 


1.  

A bird flies 4.0 meters due north in 2.0 seconds and then flies 2.0 meters due west in 1.0 seconds. What is the bird's average speed?

 

2.0 m/s

 

4.0 m/s

 

8.0 m/s

 

2/3 5 m/s



2.  

If a car is travelling due south with a decreasing speed, then the direction of the car's acceleration is

 

due east.

 

due west.

 

due north.

 

due south.



3.  

A hiker travels 60 meters north and then 120 meters south. What is her resultant displacement?

 

20 m south

 

60 m south

 

120 m south

 

180 m south



4.  

If the average speed of a plane is 500 km per hour, how long will it take to fly 125 km?

 

4.00 h

 

2.00 h

 

0.50 h

 

0.25 h



5.  

Applying the brakes to a car traveling at 45 km/h provides an acceleration of 5.0 m/s2 in the opposite direction. How long will it take the car to stop?

 

0.40 s

 

2.5 s

 

5.0 s

 

9.0 s



6.  

A ball rolls down a frictionless inclined plane with a uniform acceleration of 1.0 m/s2. If its velocity at some instant of time is 10 m/s, what will be its velocity 5.0 seconds later?

 

5 m/s

 

10 m/s

 

15 m/s

 

16 m/s



7.  

A ball rolls down a frictionless inclined plane with a uniform acceleration of 1.0 m/s2. If its initial velocity is 1.00 m/s, how far will it travel in 10 s?

 

10 m

 

12 m

 

60 m

 

100 m



8.  

A body with an initial speed of 25 m/s accelerates uniformly for 10 seconds to a final speed of 75 m/s. What is the acceleration?

 

3 m/s2

 

5 m/s2

 

25 m/s2

 

50 m/s2



9.  

A body initially at rest is accelerated at 5 m/s2 for 10 seconds. What is its final velocity?

 

0.50 m/s

 

2.0 m/s

 

15 m/s

 

50 m/s



10.  

Which graph represents the motion of a body starting from rest and moving with a constant non-zero acceleration?

 

 

 

 



11.  

The speeds of a body at the ends of five successive seconds are: 180, 360, 540, 720, 900 m/h. What is the acceleration of the body?

 

0.05 m/s2

 

20 m/s2

 

180 m/s2

 

180 m/h2



12.  

"An object is initially at rest then moves in a straight line and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2.00 m/s2."

After the object has been in motion for four seconds, its speed would be ___ m/s.

 

6.0

 

8.0

 

10

 

12

 

20

 

some other value



13.  

"An object is initially at rest then moves in a straight line and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2.00 m/s2."

The distance traveled by the object during the first five seconds of its travel was ___ m.

 

6.0

 

10

 

12

 

20

 

25

 

some other value



14.  

"An object is initially at rest then moves in a straight line and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2.00 m/s2."

The average speed of the object during the first six seconds of its travel was ___ m/s.

 

6.0

 

8.0

 

10

 

12

 

16

 

20



15.  

"An object is initially at rest then moves in a straight line and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2.00 m/s2."

The average speed of the object during the third second of its motion was ___ m/s.

 

2.0

 

3.0

 

4.0

 

5.0

 

6.0

 

8.0



16.  

"An object is initially at rest then moves in a straight line and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2.00 m/s2."

The distance traveled by the object during the fourth second of its travel was ___ m.

 

2.0

 

3.0

 

4.0

 

5.0

 

6.0

 

7.0



17.  

"An object of mass m initially at rest experiences a constant acceleration of magnitude ao. After a time interval to has elapsed, the speed of the car is vo and it has traveled a distance do."

After a total time 3 to has elapsed, the speed of the object will be vox ___.

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

8



18.  

"An object of mass m initially at rest experiences a constant acceleration of magnitude ao. After a time interval to has elapsed, the speed of the car is vo and it has traveled a distance do."

After a total time 2 to has elapsed, the distance traveled by the object will be dox ___.

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

8



19.  

"Six different objects are observed to move in a straight line. Some aspect of the motion of each of the six objects is plotted as a function of time in the following graphs."

Which graph(s) represent(s) a situation in which the object moved with a constant nonzero acceleration?

 

 

 

 

 



20.  

"Six different objects are observed to move in a straight line. Some aspect of the motion of each of the six objects is plotted as a function of time in the following graphs."

Which graph represents a situation in which the object moved with a constant zero acceleration?

 

Graph A

 

Graph B

 

Graph C

 

Graph D

 

Graph E

 

Graph F



21.  

"An object is observed to move in a straight line. Some aspect of the motion of this object is plotted as a function of time in the following graph."

The slope of the dashed line in the graph above represents ___.

 

an instantaneous position

 

an average position

 

a distance traveled

 

an instantaneous speed

 

an average speed

 

a change in speed



22.  

"An object is observed to move in a straight line. Some aspect of the motion of this object is plotted as a function of time in the following graph."

The slope of the dashed line in the graph above represents ____.

 

an instantaneous position

 

an average position

 

an instantaneous speed

 

an average speed

 

an instantaneous acceleration

 

an average acceleration



23.  

"An object is observed to move in a straight line. Some aspect of the motion of this object is plotted as a function of time in the following graph."

The shaded area in the graph above represents ___.

 

an average acceleration

 

an instantaneous position

 

a change in position or a distance traveled

 

a change in speed

 

an instantaneous speed

 

an average speed



24.  

"An object is observed to move in a straight line. Some aspect of the motion of this object is plotted as a function of time in the following graph."

The shaded area in the graph above represents ___.

 

a change in position

 

an instantaneous position

 

a distance traveled

 

a change in speed

 

an instantaneous speed

 

an average speed



25.  

"The speed of an object moving in a straight line changes with time as in the figure below."

For which of the time intervals was the average speed of the object greatest?

 

t = 0 to t = 1s

 

t = 1 to t = 2s

 

t = 2 to t = 3s

 

t = 3 to t = 4s

 

t = 4 to t = 5s

 

none of the above



26.  

"The speed of an object moving in a straight line changes with time as in the figure below."

During which time interval did the object travel with a constant nonzero acceleration?

 

t = 0 to t = 1s

 

t = 1 to t = 2s

 

t = 2 to t = 3s

 

t = 3 to t = 4s

 

t = 4 to t = 5s

 

none of the above



27.  

"The speed of an object moving in a straight line changes with time as in the figure below."

During which time interval was the average speed least?

 

t = 0 to t = 1s

 

t = 1 to t = 2s

 

t = 2 to t = 3s

 

t = 3 to t = 4s

 

t = 4 to t = 5s

 

none of the above



28.  

"The speed of an object moving in a straight line changes with time as in the figure below."

During which time interval did the maximum value of the magnitude of the instantaneous acceleration occur?

 

t = 0 to t = 1s

 

t = 1 to t = 2s

 

t = 2 to t = 3s

 

t = 3 to t = 4s

 

t = 4 to t = 5s

 

none of the above



29.  

"The speed of an object moving in a straight line changes with time as in the figure below."

During which time interval was the speed of the object constant?

 

t = 0 to t = 1s

 

t = 1 to t = 2s

 

t = 2 to t = 3s

 

t = 3 to t = 4s

 

t = 4 to t = 5s

 

none of the above



30.  

"The speed of an object moving in a straight line changes with time as in the figure below."

During which time interval did the minimum value of the instantaneous speed occur?

 

t = 0 to t = 1s

 

t = 1 to t = 2s

 

t = 2 to t = 3s

 

t = 3 to t = 4s

 

t = 4 to t = 5s

 

none of the above



31.  

"The speed of an object moving in a straight line changes with time as in the figure below."

During which time interval was the magnitude of the average acceleration greatest?

 

t = 0 to t = 1s

 

t = 1 to t = 2s

 

t = 2 to t = 3s

 

t = 3 to t = 4s

 

t = 4 to t = 5s

 

none of the above



32.  

"The speed of an object moving in a straight line changes with time as in the figure below."

During which time interval was the magnitude of the average acceleration least?

 

t = 0 to t = 1s

 

t = 1 to t = 2s

 

t = 2 to t = 3s

 

t = 3 to t = 4s

 

t = 4 to t = 5s

 

none of the above



33.  

"For this question, assume that g = 10.00 m/s2. A small stone originally at rest is dropped over the edge of a very tall building."

During the fourth second of the fall, the speed of the stone changes ___ m/s.

 

5.0

 

10

 

15

 

20

 

30



34.  

"For this question, assume that g = 10.00 m/s2. A small stone originally at rest is dropped over the edge of a very tall building."

During the second second of fall, the average speed of the stone is ___ m/s.

 

5.0

 

10

 

15

 

20

 

30



35.  

"For this question, assume that g = 10.00 m/s2. A small stone originally at rest is dropped over the edge of a very tall building."

During the first second of fall, the stone falls a distance of ___ m.

 

5.0

 

10

 

15

 

20

 

30



36.  

"For this question, assume that g = 10.00 m/s2. One reaches out over the edge of a tall building and throws a stone straight up with an initial speed of 20.00 m/s."

The change in speed of the stone during the first second of its motion is ___ the change in its speed during the third second of its motion.

 

equal to

 

less than

 

more than



37.  

"For this question, assume that g = 10.00 m/s2. One reaches out over the edge of a tall building and throws a stone straight up with an initial speed of 20.00 m/s."

The distance traveled by the stone during the 1st second is ___ the distance traveled by the stone during the 2nd second.

 

equal to

 

less than

 

more than



38.  

"For this question, assume that g = 10.00 m/s2. One reaches out over the edge of a tall building and throws a stone straight up with an initial speed of 20.00 m/s."

At the instant the stone is at its maximum altitude, the acceleration of the stone is ___.

 

10 m/s2 upward

 

10 m/s2 horizontal

 

10 m/s2 downward

 

something else



39.  

"For this question, assume that g = 10.00 m/s2. One reaches out over the edge of a tall building and throws a stone straight up with an initial speed of 20.00 m/s."

The time required for the stone to reach its maximum altitude is ___ sec.

 

1

 

more than 1 but less than 2

 

2

 

more than 2