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______ 5. During which of the following intervals does the jogger have a con-
stant positive velocity?
a. BC
b. CD
c. DE
d. FG

______ 6. During which interval is the magnitude of the jogger’s acceleration the
greatest?
a. AB
b. BC
c. DE
d. EF

______ 7. During which of the following intervals is the speed of the jogger
decreasing?
a. AB only
b. AB and CD
c. AB, CD, and EF
d. EF only

______ 8. During which of the following intervals is the jogger’s motion toward
home?
a. CD and EF
b. DE only
c. EF only
d. EF and FG

9. Rank the four displacements for the time intervals CD, DE, EF, and FG in
decreasing order. Explain your answer.

10. A cat walking at 0.25 m/s sees a mouse and accelerates uniformly at 0.40 m/s2
for 3.0 s. What is the cat’s displacement during this time?

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Motion in One Dimension

Section Quiz: Falling Objects
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

______ 1. An object in free fall

a. experiences no air resistance.
b. undergoes a downward acceleration.
c. has an acceleration with a magnitude of 9.81 m/s2 near Earth’s
surface.
d. all of the above

______ 2. An object in free fall

a. experiences an increase in speed of 9.81 m/s during each second.
b. moves only downward.
c. undergoes a velocity decrease of 9.81 m/s during each second.
d. all of the above

______ 3. The displacement of an object undergoing free fall from rest is

proportional to
1
a. 2t. c. (t)2.
b. t. d. (2t)2.

______ 4. The final velocity of an object undergoing free fall from rest is propor-
tional to
1
a. 2x. c.
(x)
.
b. x. d. (x)2.

______ 5. The graph below shows the motion of four objects. Which of the fol-
lowing lines represent an object in free fall? Assume positive velocity
is upward.

II
Velocity (m/s)

III

IV
Time (s)

a. I only c. I and III

b. II only d. I and IV
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Questions 6–8 refer to the following demonstration.

A red ball is dropped from rest and undergoes free fall. One second later a blue
ball is dropped from rest and undergoes free fall.

______ 6. The red ball’s change of velocity during the third second of the demon-
stration is v2–3.What is the change of velocity of the blue ball during
this time interval?
1
a. 2v2–3
b. v2–3
c. 2v2–3
d. 3v2–3

______ 7. The red ball’s velocity at the end of 3.0 seconds is v3. What is the blue
ball’s velocity at this moment of the demonstration?
1 1
a.  v3 c.  v3
9 2
1 2
b.  v3 d.  v3
4 3

______ 8. The displacement of the blue ball during the time interval 3.0–4.0 s is
equal to the displacement of the red ball in which of the following
intervals of the demonstration?
a. 0.0–1.0 s
b. 1.0–2.0 s
c. 2.0–3.0 s
d. 3.0–4.0 s

9. A juggler throws a ball vertically upward well above his reach. Sketch a graph
of the ball’s speed versus time. Show the motion of the ball from the moment
it leaves the juggler’s hand to the moment the juggler catches it. Assume no
air resistance and that the ball is in free fall.

10. A climber throws a rope with a velocity of 3.0 m/s downward to another
climber 4.0 m directly below. What is the rope’s velocity when it reached the
lower climber? Assume no air resistance and that a 5 2g = 29.81 m/s2.

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Section Quiz: Introduction to Vectors
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

______ 1. In a diagram, the length of a vector arrow represents the

a. type of vector.
b. direction of the vector.
c. magnitude of the vector.
d. cause of the vector.

______ 2. Which of the following quantities used to describe motion is an exam-

ple of a vector quantity?
a. distance
b. speed
c. time
d. average velocity

______ 3. A vector remains unchanged

a. if it is moved in any direction.
b. only if it is moved parallel to its original direction.
c. only if it is rotated perpendicular to its original direction.
d. only if it is not moved.

Refer to the figure below to answer questions 4–6.

d1 d3
d2 d4

______ 4. Which of the displacements, when added in the order given, will yield
a displacement equal to d1
d2
d3?
a. d3
d4
d1
b. d2
d1
d3
c. d2
d4
d3
d. d4
d3
d1

______ 5. Which of the following represents the vector resulting in the subtrac-
tion of the displacement vectors d2  d1 shown in the figure?
a. c.

b. d.

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______ 6. In the figure,

a. d1  d4.
b. d1  d4.
c. d2  2d4.
1
d. d3  2d1.

______ 7. If vectors are moved according to the rules of the triangle method of
vector addition, then the resultant vector is drawn
a. from the tail of the first vector to the tail of the last vector.
b. from the tail of the first vector to the tip of the last vector.
c. from the tip of the first vector to the tail of the last vector.
d. from the tip of the first vector to the tip of the last vector.

______ 8. A skier slides onto a horizontal patch of slushy snow at velocity vskier,
and slows to a constant speed without changing direction. Which of
the following expressions could be the skier’s resulting velocity?
a. 3vskier
1
b.
4 vskier
1
c.  5 vskier
d. all of the above

9. What is the major difference between a vector quantity and a scalar quantity?

10. A bicycle courier accepts a package and bikes 3 blocks east to the intersec-
tion of the street shown on the address label. Encountering road construction,
the courier detours by continuing one block east, one block north, and one
block west. The courier then bikes two blocks north to the address. What is
the resultant displacement of the courier? Use the graphical method.

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Section Quiz: Vector Operations
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

______ 1. In a diagram, a student draws a vector representing the velocity of a

plane traveling at 525 km/h 18.0° east of north as a vector lying along
the
x-axis. To represent the velocity of another plane traveling at 478
km/h 75.0° east of north on the diagram, at what orientation with
respect to the
x-axis should the student draw this vector?
a. 93.0° clockwise from the
x-axis
b. 75.0° clockwise from the
x-axis
c. 57.0° clockwise from the
x-axis
d. 75.0° counterclockwise from the
x-axis

______ 2. In question 1, another student chose east as the direction of the

x-axis. At what orientation with respect to the +x-axis should this
student draw the vector representing the velocity of the second plane?
a. parallel to the
x-axis
b. 90.0° clockwise from the
x-axis
c. 75.0° clockwise from the
x-axis
d. 15.0° counterclockwise from the
x-axis

______ 3. In a school playground, a child runs 5 m in the x-direction and then

2.0 m in the y-direction. Which of the following expressions repre-
sents the magnitude of the child’s resultant displacement?
a. (5 m)
(2 m) c.
(5
 m)2m)
 (2 2
b.
(5
 m) 
(2
 m) d.
(5
 m)22

(
m)2

______ 4. In the triangle below, what does q equal?

d
y

x

y
a. tan1 
x    
x
c. tan1 
d

x
b. tan1 
y    d
d. tan1 
y

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______ 5. The projection of a vector along the axes of a coordinate system is

called
a. a component of the vector.
b. a tangent of the vector.
c. the resultant of the vector.
d. the magnitude of the vector.

______ 6. The components of a vector are

a. each equal to half the magnitude of the vector.
b. independent of the orientation of the vector.
c. perpendicular.
d. vector quantities.

______ 7. A vector that has components that lie along the x-axis and the

y-axis is oriented at angle A measured counterclockwise from the

x-axis. Which of the following ranges give the values of angle A?
a. 0° < A < 90°
b. 90° < A < 180°
c. 180° < A < 270°
d. 270° < A < 360°

______ 8. If the x-component of B equals the magnitude of B, then

a. both components are equal.
b. By equals
 B2
B 2
x .
c. By equals zero.
d. By lies along the y-axis.

9. What must you do to non-perpendicular vectors before you can use the
Pythagorean theorem to calculate the resultant of the vectors?

10. In a blinding blizzard, a reindeer trudges 310 m 45° east of south across the
tundra. How far south does the reindeer move?

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Section Quiz: Projectile Motion
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

______ 1. Which of the following may be classified as projectile motion?

a. a punted football
b. a thrown baseball
c. a water droplet cascading down a waterfall
d. all of the above

______ 2. In the absence of air resistance, the path of a projectile is a(n)

a. parabola.
b. arc.
c. polygon.
d. semicircle.

______ 3. The motion of a projectile in free fall is characterized by

a. ax  ay  g.
b. ax  constant and vy  constant.
c. vx  constant and ay  g.
d. vx  constant and vy  constant.

______ 4. For an object to be a projectile, it must be in free fall and its initial
velocity must
a. have a horizontal component.
b. have both a vertical and a horizontal component.
c. have either a vertical or a horizontal component.
d. start from rest.

______ 5. A baby drops a ball from her hand resting on the serving tray of her
high chair. Simultaneously, she knocks another ball from the same
tray. Which of the following statements are true?
I. Both balls strike the ground at the same time.
II. The dropped ball reaches the ground first.
III. The knocked ball reaches the ground first.
IV. Both balls strike the ground at the same speed.
a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. I and IV

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______ 6. A gardener holds the nozzle of a hose constant at a small angle above
the horizontal and observes the path of the stream of water coming
from the nozzle. If the pressure of the water is increased so that the
water leaves the nozzle at a greater speed,
a. the height and width of the water’s path will increase.
b. the height of the water’s path will increase but the width of the path
will remain the same.
c. the width of the water’s path will increase but the height will remain
the same.
d. The height and width of the water’s path will remain the same.

______ 7. Assuming no air friction and ay  g, the horizontal displacement of a

projectile depends on the
a. horizontal component of its initial velocity only.
b. vertical component of its initial velocity only.
c. vertical component of its initial velocity and its time in flight.
d. vertical component and the horizontal component of its initial
velocity.

______ 8. A volleyball player taps a volleyball well above the net. The ball’s
speed is least
a. just after it is tapped by the player.
b. at the highest point of its path.
c. just before it strikes the ground.
d. when the horizontal and vertical components of its velocity are
equal.

9. Explain how a projectile can have a horizontal displacement even though its
vertical displacement is zero.

10. In a movie production, a stunt person must leap from a balcony of one building
to a balcony 3.0 m lower on another building. If the buildings are 2.0 m apart,
what is the minimum horizontal velocity the stunt person must have to accom-
plish the jump? Assume no air resistance and that ay  g  9.81 m/s2.

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Section Quiz: Relative Motion
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

______ 1. Which of the following is a frame of reference for measuring motion?

a. coordinate system
b. diagram
c. graph
d. none of the above

Questions 2–6 refer to the following situation.

In a circus parade, a clown standing on a float moving at a constant forward
speed drops a fake dumbbell. A child in the bleachers on the sidewalk observes
the dumbbell. Ignore air resistance.

______ 2. Who would observe the dumbbell falling straight down?

a. the clown only
b. the child only
c. both the clown and the child
d. neither the clown nor the child

______ 3. Who would observe the dumbbell falling backward?

a. the clown only
b. the child only
c. both the clown and the child
d. neither the clown nor the child

______ 4. The clown and the child would agree about which of the following
observations?
a. the time interval for the dumbbell to fall
b. the vertical distance the dumbbell falls
c. the initial vertical velocity of the dumbbell
d. all of the above

______ 5. The dumbbell’s motion as described by an acrobat walking in the

parade is very similar to the clown’s description of the dumbbell’s
motion. What do you know about the motion of the acrobat?
a. The acrobat is at rest with respect to the clown.
b. The acrobat is at rest with respect to the float.
c. both A and B
d. neither A nor B

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______ 6. If the float has a velocity of
vfloat with respect to the ground, what is
the velocity of the clown as observed by the child?
a. 0 c. vfloat
vfloatvchild
b.
vfloat d. 
2
______ 7. The velocity of a passenger relative to a boat is vpb. The velocity of
the boat relative to the river it is moving on is
vbr. The velocity of
the river to the shore is
vrs. What is the velocity of the passenger rel-
ative to the shore? Assume the
direction is east for all observers.
a. vpb
vbr
vrs c. (vpb + vbr
vrs)
b. vpb  (vbr
vrs) d. vpb
vbr
vrs

______ 8. A car traveling at the legal speed limit has velocity
vcar with respect
to the road. You are in another car traveling in the opposite direction
at the legal speed limit with respect to the road. As the first car
approaches you, what is its velocity relative to you?
a.
vcar c.
2vcar
b. vcar d. 2vcar

9. The figure below shows the motion, as seen by a stationary observer, of a

stunt dummy (the black circle) as it dropped from a plane during the filming
of a movie.

Another plane, flying at the same velocity and altitude as the first plane,
carries a camera that is filming the drop. If the camera is accidentally dropped
at the moment the dummy is dropped, describe the camera’s recording of the
dummy’s motion during its fall.

10. A duck maintains a constant swimming speed of 0.50 m/s relative to the
water. As it swims across a creek that has a constant downstream current of
0.30 m/s, a naturalist sitting on the bank observes its motion. What is the
duck’s speed as observed by the naturalist?

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