Practice MCQs For Speed, Velocity & Acceleration

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1. A ticker tape timer produces 50 dots on a tape in 1 second. Below is a portion of the tape:

 

How long was the time taken to produce the above strip?

0.20 seconds

0.02 seconds

1 second

0.22 seconds

2. A ball is thrown vertically upwards at an initial speed of $23 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $. What is the distance traveled by the ball 3 seconds after it was thrown?

24 m

29 m

50 m

55 m

3. The diagram below shows a speed-time graph of a vehicle. Determine its distance traveled and its acceleration at the 5th, 11th and 19th second.

25, 60 and 40 m -2, 0 and $-1.25 \, \text{m}/\text{s}^{2}$

25, 60 and 40 m 2, 0 and $-1.25 \, \text{m}/\text{s}^{2}$

50, 60 and 80 m 10, 10 and $1.25 \, \text{m}/\text{s}^{2}$

50, 60 and 40 m 2, 10 and $-1.25 \, \text{m}/\text{s}^{2}$

4. A ball, located an at initial height h, is thrown downwards. The ball has an initial velocity of $10 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $ downwards and takes three seconds to reach the ground. What is the initial height, h? $ \left( g = 10 \, \text{m s}^{-2} \right)$

65 m

45 m

75 m

55 m

5. The graph below shows the movement of a car over a period of 50 seconds.

What was the distance travelled by the car during the time when it was moving at a steady speed?

200 m

10 m

400 m

100 m

6. A ball is thrown vertically upwards off a cliff at a speed of $23 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $. It falls to the bottom of the cliff after 10 seconds. What is the height of the cliff? $ \left( g = 10 \, \text{m s}^{-2} \right) $

137 m

130 m

199 m

267 m

7. A boy jogs around his neighbourhood for 1.5 hours as shown in the following diagram:

(a) What is his displacement?

(b) What is the total distance he jogged?

(c) What is his average speed?

(a) 0 km, (b) 14 km and (c) 9.33 km/hr

(a) 0 km, (b) 14 km and (c) 14 km/hr

(a) 14 km, (b) 0 km and (c) 9.33 km/hr

(a) 14 km, (b) 0 km and (c) 14 km/hr

8. A car accelerates from $3 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $ to $9 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $ in 2 seconds. What is its average speed?

$12 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $

$3 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $

$9 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $

$6 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $

9. Which of the following statements best describe this velocity-time graph?

The object travels at constant acceleration.

The object travels with increasing acceleration.

The object travels at constant velocity.

The object travels at increasing velocity.

10. A car with an initial speed of $3 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $,  undergoes an acceleration of $2 \, \text{m s}^{-2} $. At the end of the acceleration, the final speed of the car is $15 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $. What is the time taken for the acceleration?

6 seconds

5 seconds

3 seconds

2 seconds

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