Kinematics Graphical Analysis

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    position-time graph

  1. The graph above shows how the position of a particle depends on time. Which choice is closest to the average speed of the particle in the time interval between 0 and 6s?
  2. Your answer:
    2.22 m/s
    1.50 m/s
    0.40 m/s
    0.67 m/s
    0.75 m/s


    v verses t graphs

  3. In which graph of v verses t above does the particle end up furthest from its starting point?
  4. Your answer:
    3
    4
    1
    5
    2


    position verses time graph

  5. Using the graph above the instantaneous velocity at a time of 2 seconds is...
  6. Your answer:
    2.5 m/s
    1.25 m/s
    4 m/s
    2 m/s
    0.5 m/s


    time and speed graph

  7. The graph above shows the time taken for a car to travel a fixed distance while traveling at the speeds shown. The fixed distance traveled by the car is...
  8. Your answer:
    35 m
    60 m
    73.5 km
    other
    2100 m


    motion diagram of a car

  9. The motion of a car moving with a constant rate of change of velocity is shown above. The velocity v2 is 6m/s and the car starts from rest. The displacement of the car from 0s to 3s is....
  10. Your answer:
    other
    9.25 m
    18.5 m
    27 m
    13.5 m


    velocity verses time graph

  11. The graph above describes the motion of an object that moves along the positive position part of a horizontal surface. Assume that the motion away from the motion detector is towards the right. The motion detector is placed at position P=0. The object is....
  12. Your answer:
    moving away from the motion detector and slowing down
    none of these answers
    moving away from the motion detector and speeding up
    moving towards the motion detector and slowing down
    moving towards the motion detector and speeding up


    velocity verses time graph

  13. The graph above shows the velocity of a particle as a function of time. In the 12s shown, the particle travels...
  14. Your answer:
    0 m
    640 m
    200 m
    440 m
    1200 m


    displacement vs. time graph

  15. The graph shows the displacement of a particle along the y-axis as a function of time. The points at which the velocity is the same are...
  16. Your answer:
    A and E
    B and D
    A, C, and E
    A and C
    B, C, and D


    velocity vs. time graph

  17. In which graph (above) is the particle the furthest from the origin at t = 5s?
  18. Your answer:
    3
    2
    4
    5
    1


    position vs. time graph

  19. An oject moves along the x axis as shown in the diagram above. At which point or points is the acceleration zero?
  20. Your answer:
    E only
    A and E
    B, D, and E
    C only
    B and D


    velocity verses time graphs

  21. A car accelerates uniformly from a velocity of 10 km/h to 30 km/h in one minute. Which graph best describes the motion of the car?
  22. Your answer:
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5


    velocity vs. time graphs

  23. In which graph above does the particle never have a constant acceleration?
  24. Your answer:
    3
    4
    5
    1
    2


    kinematics graphs

  25. Two of the graphs shown above are INCORRECT for a particle undergoing one dimensional motion with a constant acceleration. They are...
  26. Your answer:
    1 and 5
    1 and 2
    2 and 3
    3 and 4
    4 and 5


    position vs. time squared

  27. Which of the curves above best describes a body moving with constant acceleration?
  28. Your answer:
    D
    A
    E
    C
    B


    vector addition

  29. The vector equation that describes the relationship among vectors A, B, and C in the diagram above is...
  30. Your answer:
    A = B + C
    B = C - A
    C = A - B
    B = C + A
    A = B - C


    Vector Addition

  31. The vector in the figure above that could represent the vector A - B is...
  32. Your answer:
    5
    2
    1
    3
    4


    vector addition

  33. The angle between vectors A and B is 30 degrees, and their sum is C. Which vector diagram correctly describes the vectors A, B, and C?
  34. Your answer:
    3
    4
    2
    1
    5


    resultant

  35. Three vectors A, B, and C have the x and y components shown above. The magnitude of the resultant of A, B, and C is.....
  36. Your answer:
    14
    5.0
    11
    7.8
    3.3


    vector addition

  37. A car proceeding due south at 60 km/h (v1) makes a right turn, after which it is traveling due west at 80 km/h (v2). What is its change in velocity (v2 - v1)?
  38. Your answer:
    20 km/h 37 degrees north of west
    20 km/h 37 degrees south of west
    20 km/h west
    100 km/h 37 degrees north of west
    100 km/h 37 degrees south of west


    vector addition

  39. A velocity vector has an x-component of +5.5 m/s and a y-component of -3.5 m/s. The diagram above that gives the direction of the vector is....
  40. Your answer:
    1
    2
    none of these
    4
    3


    relative velocity

  41. An automobile is moving toward the east at 50 km/h, and the wind is from the north at 50 km/h. Which vector in the figure represents the wind velocity as observed by a passenger in the car?
  42. Your answer:
    B
    H
    A
    D
    F


    projectile motion

  43. The figure represents the parabolic trajectory of a ball going from A to E in earth gravity but without air resistance. What is the direction of the acceleration at point B?
  44. Your answer:
    It is straight up
    The acceleration of the ball is zero
    It is straight down
    It is up and to the right
    It is down and to the left


    projectile motion

  45. A projectile is fired horizontally in earth gravity with an initial speed v0. In the absence of air reistance, which of the following graphs is representative of the projectile's motion?
  46. Your answer:
    4
    1
    2
    3
    5


    projectile motion

  47. A duck hunter fires his gun at 45 degrees to the horizontal. Which velocity- time graph above represents the bullet's velocity in the horizontal direction after it leaves the gun? (assume no air resistance)
  48. Your answer:
    c
    d
    none of these
    a
    b


    projectile motion

  49. Which velocity-time graph above represents the bullet's velocity (from question 24) in the vertical direction?
  50. Your answer:
    none of these
    b
    a
    c
    d


    projectile motion

  51. Two students fire projectiles (above). The projectile that is in the air for the longest time is....
  52. Your answer:
    projectile B
    they are in the air for the same time
    no answer
    no answer
    projectile A


    vector addition

  53. Three vectors A,B, and C have the x and y components above. The angle that the resultant makes with the positive direction of the x axis is...
  54. Your answer:
    50 degrees
    1.2 degrees
    40 degrees
    70 degrees
    36 degrees


    shoot the target

  55. In a shoot the target experiment, a projectile is fired at the center of a target that falls when the projectile is released. The launcher is 2m horizontally away from the target-stand and the target is 1.5m off the ground before the projectile is launched. If the target is hit by the projectile half way to the ground determine the launch velocity of the projecitle.
  56. Your answer:
    other answer
    6.4 m/s
    4.5 m/s
    8.5 m/s
    16.3 m/s



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