Unit 4: One Dimensional Motion

1. What is kinematics primarily concerned with?

• a. The study of forces and energy
• b. Mathematical formulas for motion analysis
• c. The relationship between mass and acceleration
• d. The principles of thermodynamics

2. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

• a. Velocity
• b. Distance
• c. Displacement
• d. Acceleration

3. The standard unit for velocity is:

• a. Kilometers per hour
• b. Miles per hour
• c. Meters per second
• d. Meters per second squared

4. What does displacement measure?

• a. Total distance traveled
• b. Time elapsed during motion
• c. Speed at a given moment
• d. Distance from starting position

• a. Multiplication
• b. Division
• c. Change
• d. Addition

6. Earth's gravitational acceleration is approximately:

• a. -8.9 m/s^2
• b. -9.8 m/s^2
• c. -10.2 m/s^2
• d. -11.0 m/s^2

7. When an object is thrown upward, at its highest point its velocity is:

• a. Maximum
• b. Negative
• c. Zero
• d. Increasing

8. Which mathematical method is used to find the area underneath a graphed function?

• a. Integration
• b. Derivation
• c. Multiplication
• d. Extrapolation

9. The slope of a velocity-time graph represents:

• a. Position
• b. Speed
• c. Distance
• d. Acceleration

10. A vector quantity must include:

• a. Only magnitude
• b. Both magnitude and direction
• c. Only direction
• d. Neither magnitude nor direction