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NCEA Level 1 Motion in One Dimension — practice questions

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Order the equations of motionRead the answer and worked solution →Sort scalars from vectorsRead the answer and worked solution →Match each motion equation to its useRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the bigger answer each roundRead the answer and worked solution →Judge these motion graph claimsRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps to find final velocityRead the answer and worked solution →Kinematics is the branch of physics that studies motion in what way?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a reference frame, as used to describe motion?Read the answer and worked solution →A cyclist rides 3 km west and then turns around and rides 2 km east. Taking west as the positive direction, what is her displacement?Read the answer and worked solution →A cyclist rides 3 km west and then turns around and rides 2 km east. What total distance does she ride?Read the answer and worked solution →A marble rolls 5.2 m in 1.8 s. What is its average speed?Read the answer and worked solution →Layla jogs with an average velocity of 2.4 m/s east. What is her displacement after 46 seconds?Read the answer and worked solution →Phillip walks 428 m west from his house to school with an average velocity of 1.7 m/s west. How long does the walk take him?Read the answer and worked solution →A pitcher throws a baseball 18.4 m from the mound to home plate in 0.46 s. What is the ball's average speed?Read the answer and worked solution →Cassie walks to her friend's house, 205 m away, with an average speed of 1.40 m/s. How long does the trip take?Read the answer and worked solution →A trucker drives along a straight highway for 0.25 h and ends up with a displacement of 16 km south. What is the trucker's average velocity?Read the answer and worked solution →A biker rides west for 50 miles from his starting position, then turns and bikes back east 80 miles. What is his net displacement?Read the answer and worked solution →A car travels with an average speed of 23 m/s for 82 s. Which displacement could NOT have been the car's over that time?Read the answer and worked solution →What does a car's odometer actually record over a trip?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the slope of a straight-line graph of position versus time?Read the answer and worked solution →What physical quantity does the area under a velocity versus time graph represent?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Order the equations of motion

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Steps
  1. v = u + at
  2. s = ut + ½at²
  3. v² = u² + 2as
  4. s = (u + v)/2 · t
Instructions
Tap the equations of motion one by one in their standard order.

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Sort scalars from vectors

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Items
  1. Item
    Mass
    Answer
    left
  2. Item
    Speed
    Answer
    left
  3. Item
    Distance
    Answer
    left
  4. Item
    Velocity
    Answer
    right
  5. Item
    Displacement
    Answer
    right
  6. Item
    Acceleration
    Answer
    right
Categories
Left
Scalar
Right
Vector
Instructions
Swipe each quantity left for Scalar or right for Vector.

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Match each motion equation to its use

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    v = u + at
    Right
    Final velocity
  2. Left
    s = ut + ½ a t²
    Right
    Displacement using time
  3. Left
    v² − u² = 2as
    Right
    Displacement without time
  4. Left
    s = (u + v)/2 × t
    Right
    Displacement via average velocity
Instructions
Tap an equation of motion, then tap what that equation helps you find.

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