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Honors Velocity and Displacement Quiz

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Question 1

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Which of the following represents the velocity of a moving object?

40 m

40 m/s north

40 m north

40 m/s

Question 2

2.

An athlete can run 9 kilometers in 1 hour. If the athlete runs at that same average speed for 30 minutes, how far will the athlete travel?

18 kilometers

3.3 kilometers

9 kilometers

4.5 kilometers

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Question 3

3.

A rancher surveyed his property to make sure there were no breaks in his fence. He rode his horse around his entire property and then ended at home, as shown in the figure to the left. It took him 5 hours to complete this job from start to end.

What was the rancher's average velocity?

0.9 km/h North

0.4 km/h North

2.6 km/h North

3.0 km/h North

Question 4

4.

An elevator in an office building completed the following trips:

1. 1st floor to 8th floor
2. 8th floor to 4th floor
3. 4th floor to 13th floor

The distance between each floor of the office building is 3.0 m.

Which table shows the total distance traveled and displacement of the elevator?

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Question 5

5.

Based on this graph, which is constant?

velocity

time

position

displacement

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Question 6

6.

The graph represents the motion of a car moving linearly.

When is the car moving backwards?

0 s to 10 s

20 s to 40 s

40 s to 50 s

50 s to 60 s

Question 7

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How much time is required for a bicycle to travel a distance of 100 m at an average speed of 2 m/s ?

100 s

50 s

0.02 s

200 s

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Question 8

8.

The graph to the left shows the movement of an object at several points in time.

What is the average speed of the object?

25 m/min

50 m/min

2 m/min

0.5 m/min

Question 9

9.

Which of the following must be included with magnitude to represent a vector?

units

mass

speed

direction

Question 10

10.

Which of the following is an example of a vector quantity?

An object has a mass of 10.5 kg.

A student walks 2.0 km north.

A 1.0 kg object moves at 18 m/s.

A ball has an instantaneous speed of 15 m/s.

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Question 11

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The graph to the left shows the distance traveled by an object over 100 seconds.

What is happening between X and Y?

The object stopped moving.

The object changed directions.

The object increased its speed.

The object decreased its speed.

Question 12

12.

An object moves away from a motion detector with a constant speed. Which time vs distance graph best represents the motion of the object?

Question 13

13.

Which pair of graphs represent the correct relationship between displacement and the velocity of a moving object?

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Question 15

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The graph to the left shows the speed of a vehicle over time.

How far did the vehicle travel during the first two seconds?

0.2 m

20 m

10 m

5 m

Question 14

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A student records the position of a car every second for a period of time and plots the displacement and time graph to the left.

Illustrated below is the change in position of a car every second. Which observation of an object moving from left to right did the student record?