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One-Dimensional Physics

Quiz by Christopher Merryman

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  • Q1
    A strobe photograph shows equally spaced images of a car moving along a straight road. If the time intervals between images is constant, which of the following CANNOT be positive?
    The acceleration of the car
    The direction of motion of the car
    The speed of the car
    The average velocity of the car
    120s
  • Q2
    In one-dimensional motion, the average speed of an object that moves from one place to another and then back to its original place has which of the following properties?
    It is zero
    It can be positive, negative, or zero
    It is positive
    It is negative
    120s
  • Q3
    In the case of constant acceleration, the average velocity equals the instantaneous velocity:
    At the beginning of the time interval
    At the end of the time interval
    Three fourths of the way through the time interval
    Halfway through the time interval
    30s
  • Q4
    Displacement is which of the following types of quantities?
    Dimensional
    Magnitude
    Vector
    Scalar
    30s
  • Q5
    Lisa throws a ball straight up; for which instance is the vertical velocity zero?
    On the way back down
    None of these
    On the way up
    At the top
    30s
  • Q6
    The slope of a velocity vs. time curve represents:
    Rate of change of acceleration
    Displacement
    Distance
    Acceleration
    30s
  • Q7
    An object moves 40 meters East in 30 seconds then returns to the starting point in an additional 50 seconds. If West is chosen as the positive direction, what is the sign associated with the average velocity of the object?
    Any of these
    Negative
    Zero (No sign)
    Positive
    30s
  • Q8
    A cannonball is shot straight vertically upward with gravity causing it fall back to its original position. During which interval of its flight is the cannonball's acceleration negative? (Assume up is the positive direction)
    When the cannonball is traveling downward
    Never
    When the cannonball is traveling upward
    The entire interval
    30s
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