Provincial Exam Review: Motion

Section 8.1

1. Identify each of the following quantities as either vector or scalar.

(a) 10 kg (b) 20 m [S] (c) 5 hours driving in a car
(d) swimming for 100 m [N] (e) 15°C

Use the diagram below to answer questions 2 - 4.

2. How long did it take the skateboarder to travel 7.0 m?

3. If the skateboarder started at 0 m and stopped at 2.0 m, what would be tf?
4. Write three sentences that illustrate the difference between distance, position, and displacement.
(a) Distance (b) Position (c) Displacement
5. Write the opposite direction for the following vector quantities.
(a) 10 m [N] (b) 5.0 m/s up (c) –20 cm/h (d) 50 km/h [W] (e) –15 km
6. Graph the following data of an object in motion and answer the questions below.

(a) Is the object in uniform motion?

(b) Support your answer.
7. Create a graph to represent the following motion: A person cycles 10 km in 30 min and then stops for 15 min.
Then, the cyclist returns home in 15 min.

8. What term describes quantities that have a magnitude but no directional component?
A. Amplitude B. Velocity C. Vectors D. scalars

Use the graph below to answer questions 9 and 10.

9. What is the total displacement of this object?

A. 0 m B. 6.0 m [E] C. 6.0 m [W] D. 12 m
10. What does the horizontal section of the graph between time 4 s and 6 s indicate about the object?
A. The object is at rest. B. The object has turned south.
C. The object has slowed down. D. The object is moving over a plateau on a hilltop.

11. If a rolling cart moves with uniform motion at a rate of 2 m/s in the forward direction, what will its displacement
be after 5 s?
A. 0.4 m B. 2.0 m C. 10 m D. 100 m

12. A golf ball is hit from the right side of a hole (+) at a constant speed and travels toward the hole. If you were to
make a position vs. time graph representing the ball’s journey, would the slope of the graph be positive, negative,
or zero?
A. both negative and positive slope B. negative slope
C. positive slope D. zero slope

Use the following data to answer question 13.

13. A cyclist coasts forward on a flat, obstacle-free road. What was the total displacement of the cyclist?
A. 0 m B. 5.0 m C. 10 m D. 15 m

14. If you were to create a position-time graph for someone who is standing still, what kind of slope would the graph
have?
A. zero slope B. positive slope C. negative slope D. both negative & positive slop

Use the graph below to answer question 15.

15. What is the total displacement of the object based on the graph above?
A. 4.0 m B. 12.0 m C. 20 m D. –4.0 m

16. What is the definition of “displacement”?

A. a quantity that has only a magnitude
B. a scalar quantity that describes the length of a path between two points
C. a vector quantity that describes the straight-line distance between two points
D. the distance an object travels during a given time interval divided by the time interval

17. What symbol is used to represent change in a quantity?

A. 𝑑⃗ B.  C.  D. D
Section 8.2

Fill in the blanks for questions 1 and 2.

1. Velocity is the ___ of an object during a time interval divided by the time interval.
2. Speed is the ___ an object travels during a time interval divided by the time interval.

Use the position-time graph below to answer question 3.

3. Which jogger was travelling faster? How do you know?

Use the position-time graph below to answer questions 4 - 6.

4. During which time interval was the object remaining stationary?

5. During which time interval was the object moving away from its origin?
6. During which time interval was the object returning to its origin?
7. A boat travels 280 m [E] in a time of 120 s. What is the boat’s average velocity?
8. What is the displacement of a bicycle that travels 8.0 m/s [N] for 15 s?
9. A fruit fly leaves a windowsill and flies over to a banana that is 2.0 m west of its starting point. The fl y travels in a
curved path and actually travels a total of 20 m during its flight to the banana. The flight lasts for a total of 4.0 s.
(a) What is the fly’s average speed? (b) What is the fly’s average velocity?

10. How long would it take a cat walking north at 0.80 m/s to travel 12 m north?

11. (a) Convert 36 km/h into m/s. (b) Convert 20 m/s to km/h.

12. What units are used to measure speed?

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A. s B. Km C. m/s D. m/s

13. What is the average velocity of a baseball that travels 10 m [E] in 0.75 s?
A. 7.5 m/s B. 10.0 m/s C. 11.3 m/s D. 13.3 m/s

14. A major league baseball pitcher throws a baseball with an average velocity of 28 m/s. How long would it take for
the ball to travel the 18.5 m distance from the pitcher’s mound to home plate?
A. 0.33 s B. 0.66 s C. 1.3 s D. 1.5 s

Use the following graph to answer questions 15 & 16.

15. Using the graph above showing the motion of an object, determine the average speed of the object.
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A. 1.0 m/s B. 1.5 m/s C. 1.0 m/s D. 1.5 m/s

16. What is the average velocity of the object described by the graph above?
A. –1.0 m/s B. 0 m/s C. 1.0 m/s D. 1.5 m/s

Use the following graph to answer question 17.

17. What is the average velocity represented by the graph above?

A. 0.5 m/s B. 1.0 m/s C. 2.0 m/s D. 10 m/s

18. On August 16, 2008, the 100 m sprint record was broken by Jamaican Usain Bolt running the distance in 9.69 s.
What was Usain’s average velocity?
A. 9.3 m/s B. 9.72 m/s C. 10.3 m/s D. 10.5 m/s

19. A Formula One race car can move at an average velocity of 350 km/h. How far would the race car travel in 10 s?
A. 972 m B. 102 m C. 97.2 m D. 1.2 km

20. What does the slope of a line in a position vs. time graph represent?
A. time B. distance C. displacement D. average velocity

21. A Boeing 747 jet has an average cruising velocity of 780 km/h. How long would it take to fly the 675 km distance
from Vancouver to Calgary?
A. 69 min B. 52 min C. 42 min D. 35 min

Section 9.1

1. Calculate the following changes in velocity. Make sure you indicate whether the velocity change is positive or
negative.
(a) A pedestrian walking forward at 1.0 m/s speeds up to 3.0 m/s.
(b) A runner moving at 4.0 m/s slides into home plate, and crosses it at 1.0 m/s.
(c) A snowboarder sliding backward at 3.0 m/s changes velocity to 5.0 m/s backward.
2. What is acceleration?
3. What are two ways that an object can change its velocity?
4. What is deceleration?
5. If a car is accelerating at –5.0 km/h, is it going backward or slowing down?
6. Give an example of something with a forward velocity experiencing a negative acceleration.
7. How is acceleration defined?
A. the rate at which an object changes its velocity
B. the difference between the initial time and the final time
C. the rate at which an object travels over a given distance
D. the displacement of an object during a time interval divided by the time interval

8. How is deceleration defined?

A. the displacement of an object during a time interval divided by the time interval
B. the difference between the initial time and the final time
C. the rate at which an object travels over a given distance
D. acceleration that is opposite the direction of motion

9. While a car is backing up, its velocity changes from −2.0 m/s to −7.0 m/s. What would be the total change in
velocity?
A. −9.0 m/s B. −5.0 m/s C. 5.0 m/s D. 9.0 m/s

10. A drag racer uses a parachute to slow down after reaching top speed at the racetrack. What kind of acceleration
does the parachute create on the car?
A. zero acceleration B. positive acceleration
C. negative acceleration D. both negative and positive acceleration

11. What happens to the speed of an object if its acceleration is in the same direction as its velocity?
A. The object will speed up.
B. The object will slow down.
C. The object’s speed will not change.
D. The object will begin to travel in the opposite direction.
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12. A ball being dropped from a height accelerates at 9.8 m/s . Which of the following statements best describes the
motion of the ball?
A. The velocity increases and the acceleration increases.
B. The velocity is constant and the acceleration increases.
C. The velocity is constant and the acceleration is constant.
D. The velocity increases and the acceleration is constant.

13. A Ferrari P4/5 race car goes from 0 km/h to 100 km/h in 3.55 s. What statement best describes the motion of the
car?
A. uniform motion B. zero acceleration
C. positive acceleration D. negative acceleration

14. A horse that is running forward at 25 m/s stops and then backs up at 2.0 m/s. What is the horse’s change in
velocity?
A. −27 m/s B. −23 m/s C. 23 m/s D. 27 m/s

15. A ball is thrown straight up into the air. On its way up, the ball’s acceleration in is the downward direction. Which
of the following statements is true?
A. This ball has no acceleration. C. The ball has acceleration in an upward direction.
B. The ball is being slowed by gravity. D. The ball is being accelerated by the thrower and gains velocity.

16. The Drop of Doom is a ride that accelerates you upward from 0 km/h to 80 km/h before plummeting you back to
the ground, where you come to a rest at 0 km/h. What is the total change in velocity?
A. 0 km/h C. It depends on acceleration and cannot be calculated from the information given.
B. 80 km/h D. It depends on the height of the ride and cannot be calculated from the information given
 Section 9.2

Use the velocity-time graph to answer question 1.

1. State during which time interval:

(a) the acceleration was zero
(b) the acceleration was negative
(c) the acceleration was positive
(d) the object was increasing its velocity N
(e) the object was decreasing its velocity N
(f ) the object was moving at a constant velocity N
2. A truck starting from rest accelerates uniformly to 18 m/s [W] in 4.5 s. What is the truck’s acceleration?
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3. A toboggan moving 5.0 m/s forward decelerates backwards at −0.40 m/s for 10 s. What is the toboggan’s velocity
at the end of the 10 s?
4. How much time does it take a car travelling south at 12 m/s to increase its velocity to 26 m/s south if it
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accelerates at 3.5 m/s south?
5. What is the change in velocity of a brick that falls for 3.5 s?
6. A ball is thrown straight up into the air at 14 m/s. How long does it take for the ball to slow down to an upward
velocity of 6.0 m/s?
7. A rock is thrown downward with an initial velocity of 8.0 m/s. What is the velocity of the rock after 1.5 s?

Use the graph below to answer questions 8 and 9.

8. The graph above shows the motion of a sprinter during a 100 m sprint. Where does the sprinter have the greatest
acceleration?
A. 0 to 3.0 s B. 3.0 to 7.0 s C. 7.0 to 8.0 s D. 8.0 to 10 s

9. What is the acceleration of the sprinter during the first 3 s of the race?
2 2 2 2
A. –2.0 m/s B. –1.0 m/s C. 1.0 m/s D. 2.0 m/s

10. What is the SI unit for acceleration?

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A. M B. s C. m/s D. m/s

11. If a ball is thrown straight up into the air with an initial velocity of 24 m/s, how long does it take for the ball to
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reach its maximum height? (Assume the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s downward.)
A. 2.0 s B. 2.4 s C. 4.2 s D. 9.8 s
12. A piece of a potato fired from a potato gun accelerates from rest to a velocity of 60 m/s in 0.08 s. What is the
acceleration?
2 2 2 2
A. –650 m/s B. 650 m/s C. 750 m/s D. 7500 m/s
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13. How long does it take a skier to accelerate from 28 m/s to 47 m/s if the skier is accelerating at 4.0 m/s ?
A. 3.7 s B. 4.75 s C. 47.5 s D. 76 s
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14. A golf ball is struck from a tee and accelerates from rest at 560 m/s forward. What is the velocity of the ball after
0.05 s?
A. 1120 m/s B. 112 m/s C. 28 m/s D. 2.8 m/s

15. At what velocity will a penny strike the sidewalk if it is dropped from the Empire State Building and takes 11.27 s
to fall the 373 m distance to the ground? You may ignore the effects of air resistance. (Remember that the
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acceleration due to gravity is –9.8 m/s .)
A. 110.45 m/s B. –110.45 m/s C. 125.20 m/s D. –125.20 m/s

16. Which of the following is the factor with the greatest effect on the acceleration of an object falling due to gravity?
A. Earth’s magnetic poles B. the object’s temperature
C. the object’s mass D. air resistance

Use the graph below to answer question 17.

17. Which statement below best describes what is happening to the object in the graph?
A. The object has a constant velocity.
B. The object is experiencing positive acceleration.
C. The object is experiencing negative acceleration.
D. This object is travelling in the same direction for this data set.