Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration Quiz 2024

An object moves 15.0 m north and then 11.0 m south. What is the distance it has traveled and the magnitude of its displacement?

• Distance: 26.0 m, Displacement: 4.0 m

• Distance: 26.0 m, Displacement: 26.0 m

• Distance: 4.0 m, Displacement: 26.0 m

• Distance: 4.0 m, Displacement: 4.0 m

If, in the figure, you start from the Bakery, travel to the Cafe, and then to the Art Gallery, what distance have you traveled in km?

(a)  

If, in the figure, you start from the Bakery, travel to the Cafe, and then to the Art Gallery, what is the magnitude of your displacement in km (3 sig figs)?

(a)  

If you run a complete loop around an outdoor track of length 400 m in 120 s, what is your average speed.

• 3.33 m/s
• 5.00 m/s
• 2.50 m/s
• 4.00 m/s

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If you run a complete loop around an outdoor track of length 400 m in 120 s, what is your average velocity?

• 5 m/s
• 0 m/s
• 2 m/s
• 3.33 m/s

A car is making a 40-km trip. It travels the first 20.0 km at 20 km/h and the last 20.0 km at 60 km/h. What is the car's average speed for the entire trip in m/s?

• 8.3 m/s

• 15 m/s

• 20 m/s

• 25 m/s

If you are driving 82 km/h along a straight road and you look to the side for 4.0 s, how far do you travel during this inattentive period?

• 91.1 meters

• 100 meters

• 82 meters

• 110 meters

Suppose that an object travels from one point in space to another. Make a comparison between the displacement and the distance traveled.

• The displacement is always equal to the distance traveled.

• The displacement can be either greater than, smaller than, or equal to the distance traveled.

• The displacement is either less than or equal to the distance traveled.

• If the displacement is equal to zero, then the distance traveled will also equal zero.

Suppose that an object is moving with a constant velocity. Make a statement concerning its acceleration.

• The acceleration must be a constant non-zero value.

• The acceleration must be equal to zero.

• The acceleration must be constantly increasing.

• The acceleration must be constantly decreasing.

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At a given instant, the acceleration of a certain particle is zero. This means that

• the velocity is increasing.

• the velocity is zero.

• the velocity is decreasing.

• the velocity is not changing at that instant.