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AP Intermediate 1st Year Units, Measurements and Motion in a Straight Line — practice questions — page 2

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Speed and velocityRead the answer and worked solution →Which one does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Constant or changingRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the false statementRead the answer and worked solution →Which ones belongRead the answer and worked solution →Knock out the true statementsRead the answer and worked solution →Straight line motion bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Which idea is itRead the answer and worked solution →Motion of an object along a straight line is also known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Instantaneous speed is the magnitude of:Read the answer and worked solution →Average speed is total path length divided by the:Read the answer and worked solution →For uniform motion, the velocity at all instants equals the:Read the answer and worked solution →The area under a velocity time curve represents the:Read the answer and worked solution →A set of simple equations can be obtained for rectilinear motion with uniform:Read the answer and worked solution →Velocity at an instant is defined as the limit of the average velocity as the time interval becomes:Read the answer and worked solution →Average speed of an object compared with the magnitude of average velocity is:Read the answer and worked solution →On a position time graph, average velocity is given by the line's:Read the answer and worked solution →The graphical method for finding instantaneous velocity is described as not always:Read the answer and worked solution →Understanding the relative nature of motion introduces the concept of relative:Read the answer and worked solution →Before assigning signs to displacement and velocity, you must first specify the:Read the answer and worked solution →The area under a velocity time curve between two times equals the displacement during that:Read the answer and worked solution →To find instantaneous velocity numerically, average velocity is calculated as the interval becomes:Read the answer and worked solution →Speed differs from velocity in that speed does not carry:Read the answer and worked solution →Why can average speed exceed the magnitude of average velocity?Read the answer and worked solution →In uniform motion, how does instantaneous velocity vary with time?Read the answer and worked solution →Which quantities need a sign convention fixed before they are assigned values?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Speed and velocity

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Left
Speed only
Items
  1. Region
    Speed only
    Item
    Never negative
  2. Region
    Speed only
    Item
    Path over time
  3. Region
    Velocity only
    Item
    Has direction
  4. Region
    Velocity only
    Item
    Can be negative
  5. Region
    both
    Item
    Metres a second
  6. Region
    both
    Item
    Same magnitude
Right
Velocity only
Instructions
Drop each property into its quantity, or into the overlap.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 2 'Motion in a Straight Line'_

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Which one does not belong

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Speeding up
    2. Turning
    3. Standing still
    Odd item
    Standing still
  2. Items
    1. Rainfall
    2. Reaction time
    3. Braking
    Odd item
    Rainfall
  3. Items
    1. Slope is velocity
    2. Colour is speed
    3. Area is distance
    Odd item
    Colour is speed
  4. Items
    1. Free fall
    2. Uniform accel
    3. Uniform speed
    Odd item
    Uniform speed
Instructions
Tap the item that does not fit with the others.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 2 'Motion in a Straight Line'_

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Constant or changing

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Questions
  1. Answer
    Constant
    Question
    g during a short free fall
    Choices
    1. Constant
    2. Changing
  2. Answer
    Changing
    Question
    Velocity during a free fall
    Choices
    1. Changing
    2. Constant
  3. Answer
    Constant
    Question
    Rate of velocity change with time in a fall
    Choices
    1. Constant
    2. Changing
  4. Answer
    Changing
    Question
    Rate of velocity change with distance
    Choices
    1. Changing
    2. Constant
  5. Answer
    Constant
    Question
    Acceleration in these problems
    Choices
    1. Constant
    2. Changing
  6. Answer
    Changing
    Question
    Reaction time between two people
    Choices
    1. Changing
    2. Constant
Instructions
Pick the right one each time. Too many wrong picks and the tower falls.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 2 'Motion in a Straight Line'_

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