Kinematics
A car is moving at a constant velocity. Which of the following motion diagrams best represents this motion?
Dots are equally spaced.
Dots are increasingly spaced.
Dots are decreasingly spaced.
Dots are randomly spaced.
Which of the following narrative descriptions of motion corresponds to an object moving to the right at a constant speed, then suddenly reversing direction and moving to the left at the same constant speed?
The object has equally spaced dots.
The object has increasingly spaced dots, then decreasingly spaced dots.
The object has equally spaced dots, followed by a point, then equally spaced dots in the opposite direction with the same spacing.
The object has randomly spaced dots.
A car starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate of 2 , m/s^2
for 5 seconds. What is the final velocity of the car?
5 , m/s
10 , m/s
20 , m/s
25 , m/s
An object is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity of 20 , m/s
. What is the maximum height reached by the object? (Use )
10 , m
20 , m
30 , m
40 , m
An object is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity. It reaches a height of at time on the way up and again at time on the way down. What is the initial velocity of the object?
A ball is thrown with an initial velocity of 15 , m/s
and experiences a constant acceleration of . What is the displacement of the ball after 4 seconds?
12 , m
36 , m
48 , m
72 , m
A position vs. time graph shows a curved line. How can you estimate the instantaneous velocity at a specific point on the curve?
By calculating the slope of the secant line through that point.
By calculating the area under the curve.
By calculating the slope of the tangent line at that point.
By finding the y-intercept of the graph.

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A skateboarder starts from rest and accelerates down a ramp. Which motion diagram corresponds to this scenario?
Dots with equal spacing.
Dots that get farther apart as time increases.
Dots that get closer together as time increases.
Dots that are randomly spaced.
A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m. Assuming no air resistance, what is the velocity of the ball after 1 second? (Use )
5 , m/s
10 , m/s
20 , m/s
40 , m/s
A position vs. time graph shows a straight line from (0,0) to (4, 8). What is the average velocity of the object over this time interval?
0 , m/s
2 , m/s
4 , m/s
8 , m/s