JAMB UTME Kinematics — practice questions
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Practice JAMB UTME Kinematics in the app →Kinematics is best described as which branch of the study of motion?How is the displacement of an object correctly calculated?A lecturer paces along a straight line from a position of 1.5 m to a position of 3.5 m, with motion to the rigAn aircraft passenger moves from a position of 6.0 m to a position of 2.0 m along the cabin, with forward takeA cyclist rides 3 km west, turns around, and rides 2 km east. Taking east as positive, what are her displacemeA lecturer paces back and forth while teaching, walking 150 m in total, yet she finishes 2.0 m to the right ofWhich quantity is defined as the total length of the path travelled between two positions?Which statement gives the defining property of a vector quantity?Which group contains only scalar quantities?A runner keeps the same speed while rounding a corner and changing direction. What does this show about speed?A weather report gives a temperature of -20 degrees Celsius. What does the minus sign indicate?In one-dimensional motion, how is the direction of a vector usually indicated?A student picks leftward as the positive direction at the start of a motion problem, then wants to switch to rWhat is the SI unit of time?A lesson begins at 11:00 in the morning and ends at 11:50 the same morning. What is the elapsed time?What is the SI unit of velocity?An aircraft passenger takes 5 s to move -4 m along the cabin. What is his average velocity?How is instantaneous speed related to instantaneous velocity?What does a car's speedometer display?A driver goes to a shop and returns home in half an hour, and the odometer shows a total of 6 km travelled. WhWhich statement about average speed and average velocity is correct?A commuter train runs from one station to another and back again. Why is its average velocity for the whole ruAverage acceleration is defined as which of the following?What is the SI unit of acceleration?A car rounds a corner at constant speed. Is it accelerating?Deceleration is best defined as which of the following?A car moves towards the left and speeds up, with rightward taken as positive. Which description is correct?How do the signs of velocity and acceleration tell you whether an object is speeding up?A racehorse accelerates from rest to a velocity of 15.0 m/s in 1.80 s. What is the magnitude of its average acA train accelerates from rest to 30.0 km/h in 20.0 s. What is its average acceleration in SI units?A train slows to a stop from a speed of 30.0 km/h in 8.00 s. What is its average acceleration in SI units?A train has a displacement of -1.50 km and takes 5.00 min to make the trip. What is its average velocity?A train travelling at -20.0 km/h slows to a stop in 10.0 s. What is its average acceleration in SI units?A driver steadily increases speed from 30 km/h to 60 km/h. What is the average velocity during this steady incA jogger runs along a straight road with an average velocity of 4.00 m/s for 2.00 min, starting from a positioAn aircraft lands with an initial velocity of 70.0 m/s and then decelerates at 1.50 m/s^2 for 40.0 s. What is A dragster starts from rest and accelerates at 26.0 m/s^2 for 5.56 s. How far does it travel in this time?A dragster starts from rest, accelerates at 26.0 m/s^2 and covers 402 m. What is its final velocity, worked ouA car travelling at 30.0 m/s brakes on dry concrete at 7.00 m/s^2 until it stops. What distance does it cover The same car travelling at 30.0 m/s brakes on wet concrete, where the deceleration is only 5.00 m/s^2. What diA driver travelling at 30.0 m/s takes 0.500 s to react before braking. How far does the car travel during the A car enters a 200 m ramp at 10.0 m/s and accelerates at 2.00 m/s^2. How long does it take to travel the 200 mA rocket starts from rest and accelerates at 20 m/s^2. How long does it take to reach a velocity of 400 m/s?For motion with constant acceleration, what happens to the final velocity when the acceleration is zero?In the equation for displacement under constant acceleration, how does the displacement depend on elapsed timeAccording to the problem-solving procedure for one-dimensional kinematics, what should be done last?A runner is said to accelerate at 0.40 m/s^2 from rest for 100 s. What final speed does this give, and why is What average value is used for the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the Earth?Over what range does the acceleration due to gravity vary across the surface of the Earth?An object is described as being in free fall. What does this mean?In the absence of air resistance, how do a heavy hammer and a light feather fall at the same place on Earth?What is the acceleration due to gravity on the Moon?A rock is thrown straight up from a cliff edge with an initial velocity of 13.0 m/s. Taking upward as positiveThe same rock is thrown straight up at 13.0 m/s with upward taken as positive. What is its velocity 1.00 s aftA rock thrown straight up reaches its highest point at 1.5 s. What are its velocity and acceleration at that iA rock thrown straight up from a cliff edge is at +6.40 m with a velocity of -6.60 m/s at 2.00 s. What does thA rock is thrown straight down from a cliff edge at 13.0 m/s. What is its velocity when it is 5.10 m below theA metal ball dropped from rest falls 1.0000 m in 0.45173 s with air resistance negligible. What is the local aA chunk of ice breaks off a glacier and falls freely through 30.0 m before it hits the water. How long does thWhat physical quantity is given by the slope of a graph of position against time?What physical quantity is given by the slope of a graph of velocity against time?A jet car moving in a straight line has a position of 525 m at 0.50 s and 2000 m at 6.40 s, and the position aOn a curved position against time graph, the tangent drawn at 25 s runs from a position of 1300 m at 19 s to aOn a velocity against time graph the tangent at 25 s runs from 210 m/s at 1.0 s to 260 m/s at 51 s. What is thFor a straight-line graph written in the form y = mx + b, what do the constants m and b represent?On a graph of two physical quantities, which variable is usually plotted along the horizontal axis?A position against time graph is a curve whose slope becomes steadily steeper. What does this describe?