Physics Review Quiz 1st Quarter

What is another term for a vector that has the same effect as a given vector?

• Resultant

• Equilibrant

• Force

• Direction

What term refers to the measurement of consistency and conformity to an accepted value?

• Accuracy

• Precision

• Percent Error

• Percent Difference

What type of motion is characterized by any line on a body remaining parallel to the body itself?

• Rotational

• Translational

• Elliptical

• Circular

How can you resolve two vector components acting at an angle graphically?

• Using the polygon method

• Using the parallelogram method

• Using the component method

• Using the right triangle method

How can a vector be represented?

• Line

• Arrow

• Line and arrow

• Parentheses

What does the slope of a distance-time graph represent?

• Velocity

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Displacement

Which branch of physics deals with the motion of bodies without considering the causes of motion?

• Statics

• Kinetics

• Kinematics

• Dynamics

What could be happening to car A if it passes car B?

• accelerating

• accelerating at a greater rate than car B

• moving faster than car B and accelerating more than car B

• moving faster than car B, but not necessarily accelerating

Which of the following statements is NOT true about a free-falling object?

• An object in a state of free fall falls with a constant speed of -10 m/s

• An object in a state of free fall falls with an acceleration of -9.8 m/s²

• An object in a state of free fall falls under the sole influence of gravity

• An object in a state of free fall falls with downward acceleration which has a constant magnitude

At t=0, an object is traveling to the right along the +x axis at a speed of 10.0 m/s with an acceleration of -2.0 m/s². Which statement is true?

• The object will slow down, eventually coming to a complete stop

• The object cannot have a negative acceleration and be moving to the right

• The object will continue to move to the right, slowing down but never coming to a complete stop

• The object will slow down, momentarily stopping, then pick up speed moving to the left