ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY SPECIAL SCHOOL

PHYSICS GRADE 9 PRACTICE QUESTIONS ON UNIT ONE (MOTION IN

STRAIGHT LINE) FIRST SEMESTER 2015 E.C.
I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES.
1. Among the following given statements, which one is INCORRECT?
A. Distance is path dependent while displacement is position dependent.
B. Displacement can be zero, but distance cannot be zero
C. Displacement is equal to distance, if body moves along straight line path and does
not change its direction.
D. Displacement of a moving body is always less than the distance travelled through
changing its direction.
E. None of the above.
2. In respect of the top point of the bicycle wheel of radius r moving along a straight road,
which of the following holds well during half of the rotation?
A. Distance = Displacement C. Displacement = 2r
D. Distance < Displacement D. Displacement =πr
Refer to the figure below to answer questions 2-4.

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Position
3. What is the correct description of any change of position farther to the right zero?
A. negative displacement B. positive displacement
C. positive distance D. negative distance
4. A dog walks from +4m to +2m. Which of the following statement is true about the dog’s
motion?
A. =+2m B. = +2m C. =+2 D. = 2m/s
5. What is the maximum displacement a dog, if it started its motion at +3m?
A. +7m B. +3m C. -3m D. -7m
6. An object thrown vertically upward to the height of 20m comes to the hands of the
thrower in 10 second. The displacement of the object is:
A. 40m B. 20m C. 60m D. 0m
7. A boy goes from A to B with a velocity of 20m/min and comes back from B to A with a
velocity of 30 m/min. The average velocity of the boy during the whole journey is
A. 10 m/min B. 25 m/s C. Zero D. 20 m/min
8. A point starts with the velocity 10 cm/sec and moves along a straight line with uniform
acceleration 5cm/sec2. How much time it takes to describe 80 cm?
A. 4 seconds B. 2 seconds C. 8 seconds D. 6 seconds
9. If a girl is riding a bicycle with a uniform velocity of 15km/h, which of these statements
are true?
A. The acceleration is 15 km/h2 B. There is no acceleration
C. The girl is moving with accelerated motion D. There is no motion at all

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10. A moving car decreases its velocity from 80km/h to 60km/h in 5 seconds. What is its
acceleration?
A.12.66 ms-2 B. -1.112 ms-2 C.1.112 ms-2 D.-12.66 ms-2
11. In 5 minutes, a train moving at rest can reach a speed of 72 km/h. Determine the
acceleration assuming uniform acceleration
A.15 m/s2 B.1/15 m/s2 C.10 m/s2 D.1/10 m/s2
12. A train is moving at 90 km/h. Brakes are applied so that a constant acceleration of
-0.5 ms-2 is produced. Determine how far the train will go before coming to a halt.
A. 525 m B.100 m C. 6025 m D. None of these
13. A body travels the first 20 meters in 5 seconds and the next 40 meters in another 5
seconds. Determine the average speed of the body.
A.5m/s B.10m/s C.6m/s D.0m/s
14. When can acceleration be zero?
A. When the initial and final velocity is the same B. When the body is at rest
C. When the difference between the initial and final velocity is 1 D .None of these
15. What is meant by 10 m/s2?
A. The velocity of a body decreases by 10m/s every second
B. The speed of a body increases by 10m/s every second
C. The velocity of a body increases by 10m/s every second
D. The velocity of a body is constant at 10m/s
16. When is acceleration negative?
A. When the velocity of a moving body decreases with time
B. When the velocity of a moving body constant with time
C. When the body is at rest
D. None of these
17. The moon is a nice place to study free-fall because it has no atmosphere. If an astronaut
on the moon simultaneously drops a hammer and a feather from the same height, which
one hits the ground first?
A. The hammer B. The feather
C. They hit at the same time. D. They don’t fall
18. What does the slope of the velocity-time graph give?
A. Speed B. Velocity C. Acceleration D. displacement
19. Which of the following is true of a free-falling body?
A. It moves with non-uniform motion B. It has zero velocity
C. It has constant non-zero acceleration D. It has non-uniform acceleration
20. A tennis ball is dropped from a roof 16 meters from the ground. How long does it take for
the ball to reach the ground?
A.1.8 seconds B.3.3 seconds C.-3.3 seconds D.3.6 seconds

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II. Answer the following questions accordingly.
1. Define the following terms: Motion, Rest, Uniform motion, Uniformly accelerated
motion, Gravity, Reference frame, Relative velocity, Deceleration (retardation)
2. Under what circumstances does the following pairs are equal: a. Distance and
Displacement, b. Average speed and average velocity c. Average velocity and
instantaneous velocity
3. If the velocity of a particle is nonzero, can the particle’s acceleration be zero?
4. If the velocity of a particle is zero, can the particle’s acceleration be nonzero?
5. What is the area under the line of acceleration-time graph? Use: ,
6. Is acceleration due to gravity constant over the globe? If not, why?
7. Explain relative velocity of two moving bodies while they are moving in the same and
different direction with regard to reference frame? Write equations associated with them.
8. There is a distinction between average speed and the magnitude of average velocity. Give
an example that illustrates the difference between these two quantities.
9. Does a car’s odometer measure position or displacement? Does its speedometer measure
speed or velocity?
10. If you divide the total distance traveled on a car trip (as determined by the odometer) by
the time for the trip, are you calculating the average speed or the magnitude of the
average velocity? Under what circumstances are these two quantities the same?
11. How are instantaneous velocity and instantaneous speed related to one another? How do
they differ?
12. Is it possible for speed to be constant while acceleration is not zero? Give an example of
such a situation.
13. Is it possible for velocity to be constant while acceleration is not zero? Explain.
14. Give an example in which velocity is zero yet acceleration is not.
15. An object that is thrown straight up falls back to Earth. This is one-dimensional motion.
(a) When is its velocity zero? (b) Does its velocity change direction? (c) Does the
acceleration due to gravity have the same sign on the way up as on the way down?
16. The severity of a fall depends on your speed when you strike the ground. All factors but
the acceleration due to gravity being how many times higher an astronaut could jump on
the Moon than on Earth if his takeoff speed is the same in both locations (gravitational
acceleration on the Moon is about 1/6 of g on Earth)?
17. Two planes leave at 9 AM from airports that are 2700 miles apart and fly towards each
other at speeds of 200 mph and 250 mph. At what time will they pass each other?
18. Find the distance and displacement, if a particle moves in full circle, half circle and quarter circle.
19. The Earth is, on average, 150 million km from the Sun. Calculate its average speed in orbit.
20. If a car moves with an average speed of 60 km/hr for an hour, it will travel a distance of
60 km. How far will it travel if it continues this average rate for 4 hrs?
21. A runner makes one lap around a 200 m track in a time of 25.0 s. What was the runner's
average speed?

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22. A car traveling 90 km/hr is 100 m behind a truck traveling 50 km/hr. How long will it
take the car to reach the truck?
23. A bus initially at rest accelerates uniformly to a speed of 25m/s in 4 seconds. What is the distance
covered by the bus during the fourth second? ( Use: )
24. An object moves along the -axis with constant acceleration of . At it is
at and has velocity ⁄ . a) Find the position and velocity at time ? b) Where
is the body when its velocity is ? [ Use: , ]
25. The following graph is velocity-time graph of a motion of one car.

Based on the graph above:

a. Find the acceleration of a car at each point.
b. Find the total displacement moved by a car.
c. Find the total distance moved by a car.
26. Suppose a car accelerates uniformly from rest to 20 m/s for 10 sec. Draw the following motion
graph. a) Acceleration - time graph b)Velocity – time graph c) Displacement- time graph

27. The figure below represents the velocity –time graph of a body moving along a straight line.
⃗ (m/s)

40

0 5 10 15 20 t (sec)

-30

a. Find the total displacement for the whole trip

b. Find the total displacement for the whole trip
c. What is the average speed of the particle in the entire trip?
d. What is the average velocity of the particle in the entire trip?

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