Lesson 3.1.1

3.1.1 Kinematics Quiz: OCR Physics, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which quantity is calculated by dividing total distance travelled by total time taken?

    • Average speed
    • Average velocity
    • Instantaneous speed
    • Rate of acceleration

  2. Which quantity is defined as the rate of change of displacement?

    • Momentum
    • Velocity
    • Speed
    • Acceleration

  3. What does the gradient at any point on a displacement-time graph represent?

    • Distance travelled
    • Total force
    • Velocity
    • Acceleration

  4. On a velocity-time graph, the gradient represents:

    • Average speed
    • Displacement
    • Velocity
    • Acceleration

  5. What quantity is represented by the area under a velocity-time graph?

    • Acceleration
    • Resultant force
    • Displacement
    • Average speed

  6. What value is given by the gradient of a tangent to a distance-time graph?

    • Instantaneous speed
    • Average speed
    • Constant acceleration
    • Instantaneous velocity

  7. Which quantity is a scalar?

    • Acceleration
    • Average speed
    • Displacement
    • Average velocity

  8. A car's displacement-time graph has displacement 4 m at t = 2 s and 20 m at t = 6 s. What is its velocity?

    • 4 m s^-1
    • 5 m s^-1
    • 3 m s^-1
    • 16 m s^-1

  9. A velocity-time graph rises uniformly from 0 to 12 m s^-1 over 5 s. What is the displacement?

    • 60 m
    • 30 m
    • 12 m
    • 17 m

  10. A velocity rises uniformly from 5 m s^-1 to 25 m s^-1 in 4 s. What is the acceleration?

    • 6.25 m s^-2
    • 5 m s^-2
    • 1.25 m s^-2
    • 20 m s^-2

  11. A runner covers 300 m in 40 s. What is her average speed?

    • 7.5 m s^-1
    • 340 m s^-1
    • 0.13 m s^-1
    • 12 m s^-1

  12. A car travelling at 20 m s^-1 slows uniformly to rest in 4 s. What is its acceleration?

    • -80 m s^-2, a deceleration of 80 m s^-2
    • -0.2 m s^-2, a deceleration of 0.2 m s^-2
    • -5 m s^-2, a deceleration of 5 m s^-2
    • +5 m s^-2, an acceleration of 5 m s^-2

  13. A velocity-time graph rises uniformly from 0 to 8 m s^-1 in 4 s and is then constant at 8 m s^-1 for 6 s. What is the total displacement?

    • 80 m
    • 64 m
    • 32 m
    • 48 m

  14. A displacement-time graph shows displacement 20 m at t = 10 s and stays at 20 m until t = 15 s, starting from zero at t = 0. What is the average velocity over 15 s?

    • 0.5 m s^-1
    • 2.0 m s^-1
    • 4.0 m s^-1
    • 1.3 m s^-1

  15. A runner completes one full lap of a circular track of radius 50 m, returning to the start. What are her distance and displacement?

    • Distance 100 m, displacement 100 m
    • Distance zero, displacement 314 m
    • Distance 314 m, displacement zero
    • Distance 314 m, displacement 100 m

  16. A velocity-time graph is curved. Velocity values at t = 0, 2 and 4 s are 0, 6 and 8 m s^-1. Using the trapezium rule, estimate the displacement from 0 to 4 s.

    • 20 m
    • 16 m
    • 28 m
    • 24 m

  17. An object has velocity -4 m s^-1 and acceleration +2 m s^-2 at a given instant. What is happening to its speed?

    • It is increasing
    • It is decreasing
    • It is constant
    • It is zero

  18. A car starts from rest and accelerates at 2 m s^-2 for 5 s. How far does it travel in those 5 s?

    • 50 m
    • 12.5 m
    • 10 m
    • 25 m

  19. A cyclist travels 30 km at 60 km h^-1 and then 30 km at 30 km h^-1. What is her average speed for the whole journey?

    • 40 km h^-1
    • 36 km h^-1
    • 45 km h^-1
    • 30 km h^-1

  20. A ball is dropped from rest with g = 9.8 m s^-2, ignoring air resistance. What is its speed after 2.0 s?

    • 4.9 m s^-1
    • 19.6 m s^-1
    • 39.2 m s^-1
    • 9.8 m s^-1

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