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Physics Honors Chapter 2 Practice Test

This document contains a 15 question practice test on physics concepts related to motion including: 1) Definitions of speed, velocity, acceleration, and differences between distance and displacement. 2) Questions involving calculations of displacement, velocity and acceleration given initial values and rates of change over time. 3) Problems involving free fall near Earth's surface and disregarding air resistance.

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Physics Honors Chapter 2 Practice Test

This document contains a 15 question practice test on physics concepts related to motion including: 1) Definitions of speed, velocity, acceleration, and differences between distance and displacement. 2) Questions involving calculations of displacement, velocity and acceleration given initial values and rates of change over time. 3) Problems involving free fall near Earth's surface and disregarding air resistance.

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Physics Honors Chapter 2 Practice Test

Physics For Scientists And Engineers I (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

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Honors Physics Chapter 2 Test

____ 1. What is the speed of an object at rest?


0 m/s

2. What is the equation for average velocity?


change in displacement/time

3. Explain what is happening in situations that have a negative displacement? (Assume positive position is
measured vertically upward along a y-axis.)
When something has negative displacement, it has gone backwards that amount of distance. In relation to a graph,
negative displacement would be negative on the y-axis.
4. What is the SI unit of velocity?
m/s (meters/second)

5. What is the difference between distance and displacement? Distance is the total amount of ground traveled during its
motion, while displacement is the difference in distance in
relation to the starting point (object's overall change in
position)

6. Describe the motion of the cat in relation to its displacement.


The cat starts off 2 meters north of its starting point, then after 5 seconds it walks north increasing the displacement to 3 meters, then stays there
until 10 seconds then starts going south back towards the starting point until it is 0.5 meters from the starting point.
7. Describe the motion of the cat in relation to its velocity.
The cat starts at 0 velocity, then starts speeding up until 5 seconds, then stays still until 10 seconds, then slows down and goes back to the
starting point until it is 0.5 meters away from the starting point.
____ 8. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
Speed is the distance traveled divided by the time elapsed, while velocity is the speed of an object with a direction.

9. What is the equation for acceleration?


a=(change in velocity)/(time) (m/s/s)

10. What is the SI unit of acceleration?


m/s2

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11. When a car’s velocity is positive and its acceleration is negative, what is happening to the car’s motion?

The motion of the car is slowing down while moving forward.


12. When a car’s velocity is negative and its acceleration is negative, what is happening to the car’s motion?
The motion of the car is speeding up while moving backwards.

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13. Acceleration due to gravity is also called _____________ fall
_______________.

14. Describe what happens to the velocity of a ball as it is thrown straight up and then falls back to its original
position. The velocity of the ball when thrown up is the highest when it is first thrown then slows down until it reaches its peak, which has
zero velocity, then falls back down and accelerates back down until its original position, where velocity is the lowest.
15. Which would hit the ground first if dropped from the same height in a vacuum—a feather or a metal bolt?
The feather and the metal bolt would hit the ground at the same time since there is no air resistance in a vacuum.

Problems

1. A shopping cart is given an initial velocity of 2.0 m/s and undergoes a constant acceleration of 3.0 m/s 2. What
is the magnitude of the cart’s displacement after the first 6.0 s of its motion?

66 meters

2. A skater glides off a frozen pond onto a patch of ground at a speed of 2.2 m/s. Here she is slowed at a
constant rate of 3.00 m/s2. How fast is the skater moving when she has slid 0.25 m across the ground?
1.83m/s

3. A toy car is given an initial velocity of 6.0 m/s and experiences a constant acceleration of 3.5 m/s2. What is
the final velocity after 5.2 s?
24.2 m/s

4. A coin released at rest from the top of a tower hits the ground after falling 2.3 s. What is the speed of the coin
as it hits the ground? (Disregard air resistance. a = −g = −9.8 m/s2.)
-22.54m/s

5. A rock is thrown downward from the top of a cliff with an initial speed of 16 m/s. If the rock hits the ground
after 4.5 s, what is the height of the cliff? (Disregard air resistance. a = −g = −9.8 m/s2.)

171.225 meters

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