Motion in a Straight Line: Kinematics in One Dimension Quizzes

Question 1

The acceleration due to gravity on Earth is approximately:

Accepted Answer

9.8 m/s²

Answer

10 m/s²

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11.2 m/s²

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12.5 m/s²

Question 2

Which of the following is a unit of acceleration?

Accepted Answer

m/s²

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m/s

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km/h

Answer

mph

Question 3

What is the SI unit of speed?

Accepted Answer

Meter per second

Answer

Meter

Answer

Kilogram

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Second

Question 4

Which of the following graphs represents motion with constant acceleration?

Accepted Answer

A straight line with a positive slope

Answer

A straight line with a negative slope

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A parabola

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A circle

Question 5

Which of the following is a formula for acceleration?

Accepted Answer

a = (v - u)/t

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v = u + at

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s = ut + (1/2)at^2

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F = ma

Question 6

A car travels at a steady speed of 20 meters per second for 10 seconds. How far does the car travel in total?

Accepted Answer

200 m

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10 m

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40 m

Answer

500 m

Question 7

A car travels a distance of 100 meters in 10 seconds. Calculate the car's average speed.

Accepted Answer

10 m/s

Answer

100 m/s

Answer

1000 m/s

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10000 m/s

Question 8

The velocity-time graph for a moving object shows a horizontal line. What does this indicate about the object's motion?

Accepted Answer

The object is moving with constant velocity

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The object is moving with constant acceleration

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The object is at rest

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The object is moving with decreasing velocity

Question 9

A particle moves in a straight line with an initial velocity of 5 m/s and an acceleration of 3 m/s². Calculate the velocity of the particle after 4 seconds.

Accepted Answer

22 m/s

Answer

5 m/s

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17 m/s

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29 m/s

Question 10

A stone is dropped from a height of 50 meters. Calculate the velocity of the stone just before it hits the ground.

Accepted Answer

31.3 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Answer

50 m/s

Answer

100 m/s

Question 11

A car travels a distance of 100 meters in 10 seconds. Calculate the car's average acceleration.

Accepted Answer

10 m/s²

Answer

0 m/s²

Answer

100 m/s²

Answer

1000 m/s²

Question 12

What is the SI unit of velocity?

Accepted Answer

m/s

Answer

m/s²

Answer

km/h

Answer

mph

Question 13

A car travels 100 km in 2 hours. What is its average speed?

Accepted Answer

50 km/h

Answer

25 km/h

Answer

75 km/h

Answer

100 km/h

Question 14

A particle moves with a velocity of 10 m/s north and 15 m/s east. What is the magnitude of the particle's velocity?

Accepted Answer

25 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Answer

15 m/s

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18 m/s

Question 15

What is the SI unit of acceleration?

Accepted Answer

m/s²

Answer

m/s

Answer

km/h/s

Answer

mph/s

Question 16

Which of the following is a unit of velocity?

Accepted Answer

m/s

Answer

m/s²

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m³

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kg/s

Question 17

A train travels at a constant speed of 60 km/h for 3 hours. What distance does the train cover?

Accepted Answer

180 km

Answer

20 km

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60 km

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90 km

Question 18

A car traveling at a velocity of 20 m/s decelerates at a rate of 5 m/s² for 4 seconds. What is the car's final velocity?

Accepted Answer

5 m/s

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10 m/s

Answer

15 m/s

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20 m/s

Question 19

Which of the following represents the gradient of a velocity-time graph?

Accepted Answer

Acceleration

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Displacement

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Velocity

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Time

Question 20

Which of the following is a vector quantity?

Accepted Answer

Displacement

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Mass

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Speed

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Temperature

Question 21

A car travels for 2 hours at a constant speed of 60 km/h. What distance does the car travel?

Accepted Answer

120 km

Answer

30 km

Answer

60 km

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180 km

Question 22

Which of the following graphs represents an object moving with constant velocity?

Accepted Answer

A straight line with a positive slope

Answer

A straight line with a negative slope

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A parabola

Answer

A circle

Question 23

A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 15 m/s. What is its maximum height?

Accepted Answer

11.25 m

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15 m

Answer

22.5 m

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30 m

Question 24

Which of the following is a unit of acceleration?

Accepted Answer

m/s^2

Answer

m/s

Answer

km/h

Answer

mph

Question 25

A car travels for 100 km in 2 hours. What is the car's average speed?

Accepted Answer

50 km/h

Answer

25 km/h

Answer

75 km/h

Answer

100 km/h

Question 26

Which of the following is not a vector quantity?

Accepted Answer

Speed

Answer

Displacement

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Velocity

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Acceleration

Question 27

An object is thrown horizontally with an initial velocity of 10 m/s. What is its velocity after 1 second if the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s^2?

Accepted Answer

19.8 m/s

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10 m/s

Answer

29.6 m/s

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39.4 m/s

Question 28

An object accelerates uniformly from rest. Which graph represents the relationship between its velocity and time?

Accepted Answer

A straight line with a positive slope

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A horizontal line

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A curved line

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A straight line with a negative slope

Question 29

Which quantity is a vector?

Accepted Answer

Velocity

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Distance

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Speed

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Time

Question 30

What is the formula for displacement?

Accepted Answer

d = v × t

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d = v² ÷ t

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d = a × t²

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d = a ÷ t²

Question 31

An object moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration. What is the formula for its velocity-time relationship?

Accepted Answer

v = u + at

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v² = u² + 2as

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a = (v - u) ÷ t

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s = ut + ½at²

Question 32

A train travels 500 km in 5 hours. During the first 2 hours, the train travelled 200 km. Determine the train's average speed during the last 3 hours.

Accepted Answer

100 km/h

Answer

50 km/h

Answer

150 km/h

Question 33

A car travels 200 kilometers in 2 hours. What is the car's average velocity?

Accepted Answer

100 km/h

Answer

150 km/h

Answer

250 km/h

Answer

50 km/h

Question 34

A ball is thrown straight upwards with an initial velocity of 10 meters per second. What is the ball's velocity at the highest point of its trajectory?

Accepted Answer

0 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Answer

5 m/s

Answer

-10 m/s

Question 35

A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate of 2 meters per second squared. What is the car's velocity after 10 seconds?

Accepted Answer

20 m/s

Answer

30 m/s

Answer

40 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Question 36

A particle moves with a constant velocity of 5 meters per second in the positive x-direction. What is the particle's acceleration?

Accepted Answer

0 m/s²

Answer

5 m/s² in the x-direction

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10 m/s²

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5 m/s² in the y-direction

Question 37

A ball is dropped from a height of 10 meters. Ignoring air resistance, what is the ball's velocity just before it hits the ground?

Accepted Answer

approximately 14 m/s

Answer

28 m/s

Answer

20 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Question 38

A ball is thrown straight upwards with an initial velocity of 10 meters per second. What is the maximum height reached by the ball? (Assume acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s²)

Accepted Answer

5 meters

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15 meters

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20 meters

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10 meters

Question 39

A car travels 100 meters in 10 seconds and then comes to a stop in the next 5 seconds. What is the car's average acceleration over the entire 15-second interval?

Accepted Answer

-2 m/s²

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4 m/s²

Answer

2 m/s²

Answer

0 m/s²

Question 40

A car travels a distance of 100 km in 2 hours. What is its average speed?

Accepted Answer

50 km/h

Answer

75 km/h

Answer

100 km/h

Answer

25 km/h

Question 41

A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate of 5 m/s². What is its velocity after 10 seconds?

Accepted Answer

50 m/s

Answer

100 m/s

Answer

25 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Question 42

Which of the following is the correct unit for acceleration?

Accepted Answer

m/s²

Answer

km/h²

Answer

m/s

Answer

km/h

Question 43

A ball is dropped from a height of 10 m. What is its velocity just before it hits the ground?

Accepted Answer

14 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Answer

20 m/s

Answer

5 m/s

Question 44

A car travels a distance of 200 m in 10 seconds. What is its average acceleration?

Accepted Answer

2 m/s²

Answer

4 m/s²

Answer

8 m/s²

Answer

1 m/s²

Question 45

A car is traveling at a speed of 30 m/s. It applies the brakes and comes to rest in a distance of 50 m. What is its acceleration?

Accepted Answer

-6 m/s²

Answer

6 m/s²

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-3 m/s²

Question 46

Which of the following is the correct equation for displacement?

Accepted Answer

s = ut + 1/2 at²

Answer

v = u - at

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a = (v - u) / t

Answer

t = (v - u) / a

Question 47

A car travels 100 km in 2 hours. What is its average speed?

Accepted Answer

50 km/h

Answer

150 km/h

Answer

100 km/h

Answer

25 km/h

Question 48

An object is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 10 m/s. What is its maximum height?

Accepted Answer

5 m

Answer

10 m

Answer

2.5 m

Answer

15 m

Question 49

A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate of 2 m/s². What is its velocity after 5 seconds?

Accepted Answer

10 m/s

Answer

15 m/s

Answer

20 m/s

Answer

5 m/s

Question 50

A ball is dropped from a height of 10 m. What is its velocity just before it hits the ground?

Accepted Answer

14 m/s

Answer

28 m/s

Answer

20 m/s

Answer

10 m/s

Question 51

A car travels 50 km in 1 hour and then another 50 km in 2 hours. What is its average speed for the entire journey?

Accepted Answer

33.33 km/h

Answer

25 km/h

Answer

50 km/h

Answer

75 km/h

Question 52

An object is moving with a constant velocity of 10 m/s. What is its displacement after 3 seconds?

Accepted Answer

30 m

Answer

50 m

Answer

10 m

Answer

100 m

Question 53

A ball is thrown horizontally from a height of 10 m with a velocity of 20 m/s. What is its horizontal displacement after 2 seconds?

Accepted Answer

40 m

Answer

80 m

Answer

60 m

Answer

20 m

Question 54

A car travels 100 km in 1 hour and then stops for 30 minutes. What is its average speed for the entire journey, including the stop?

Accepted Answer

66.67 km/h

Answer

150 km/h

Answer

50 km/h

Answer

100 km/h

Question 55

An object is moving with a constant acceleration of 5 m/s². What is its velocity after 4 seconds, starting from rest?

Accepted Answer

20 m/s

Answer

40 m/s

Answer

80 m/s

Answer

5 m/s

Question 56

A ball is dropped from a height of 5 m. What is its acceleration just after it is dropped?

Accepted Answer

9.8 m/s²

Answer

4.9 m/s²

Answer

19.6 m/s²

Answer

39.2 m/s²