Name ____________________ Hastings Regents Physics

Mr. Willie Midterm Practice-1

Kinematics

1. Acartravelsbetweenthe100.-meterand 5. Arockdroppedoffabridgetakes5secondstohit
250.-meterhighwaymarkersin10.seconds.The thewater.Approximatelywhatwastherock's
averagespeedofthecarduringthisintervalis velocityjustbeforeimpact?

A) 10.m/s B) 15m/s A) 5m/s B) 2m/s

C) 25m/s D) 35m/s C) 50m/s D) 125m/s

2. Aracecarstartingfromrestacceleratesuniformly 6. Whichgraphbestrepresentsthemotionofafreely
atarateof4.90meterspersecond 2.Whatisthe fallingbodyneartheEarth'ssurface?
carsspeedafterithastraveled200.meters?
A) B)
A) 1960m/s B) 62.6m/s
C) 44.3m/s D) 31.3m/s

C) D)

3. Baseyouranswertothefollowingquestiononthe
informationbelow:

A10.-kilogramobject,startingfromrest,
slidesdownafrictionlessinclinewitha
constantaccelerationof2.0m/sec2forfour 7. Arockfallsfromrestoffahighcliff.Howfarhas
seconds. therockfallenwhenitsspeedis39.2metersper
Duringthe4.0seconds,theobjectmovesatotaldistance second?[Neglectfriction.]
of A) 19.6m B) 44.1m
A) 32m B) 16m C) 8.0m D) 4.0m C) 78.3m D) 123m

4. Abicyclistacceleratesfromresttoaspeedof5.0
meterspersecondin10.seconds.Duringthesame
10.seconds,acaracceleratesfromaspeedof22
meterspersecondtoaspeedof27metersper
second.Comparedtotheaccelerationofthe
bicycle,theaccelerationofthecaris
A) less B) greater
C) thesame
8. Afteramodelrocketreacheditsmaximumheight,
itthentook5.0secondstoreturntothelaunch
site.Whatistheapproximatemaximumheight
reachedbytherocket?[Neglectairresistance.]
A) 49m B) 98m
C) 120m D) 250m
 9. Whichpairofgraphsrepresentsthesamemotionofanobject?

A)

B)

C)

D)

Baseyouranswerstoquestions10through12onthe 11. Duringtheintervalt=8secondstot=10

graphbelowwhichrepresentstherelationshipbetween seconds,thespeedoftheobjectis
speedandtimeforanobjectinmotionalongastraight
line. A) zero
B) increasing
C) decreasing
D) constant,butnotzero

12. Whatisthetotaldistancetraveledbytheobject
duringthefirst3seconds?

A) 15m B) 20m
10. Whatistheaccelerationoftheobjectduringthe C) 25m D) 30m
timeintervalt=3secondstot=5seconds?

A) 5.0m/sec 2 B) 7.5m/sec 2
C) 12.5m/sec 2 D) 17.5m/sec 2
 Baseyouranswerstoquestions13and14onthe
informationbelow.

Acaronastraightroadstartsfromrestand
acceleratesat1.0meterpersecond2for10.seconds.
Thenthecarcontinuestotravelatconstantspeedfor
anadditional20.seconds.
13. Determinethespeedofthecarattheendofthe
first10.seconds.

14. Calculatethedistancethecartravelsinthefirst10.seconds.[Showallwork,includingtheequation
andsubstitutionwithunits.]

Vectors

15. Whichquantityisavector? 16. Abaseballplayerruns27.4metersfromthe

batter'sboxtofirstbase,overrunsfirstbaseby
A) impulse B) power 3.0meters,andthenreturnstofirstbase.
C) speed D) time Comparedtothetotaldistancetraveledbythe
player,themagnitudeoftheplayer'stotal
displacementfromthebatter'sboxis

A) 3.0mshorter B) 6.0mshorter
C) 3.0mlonger D) 6.0mlonger
 17. Whichisascalarquantity?

A) acceleration B) momentum
C) speed D) displacement

18. Inthediagrambelow,a20.-newtonforcedue
northanda20.-newtonforcedueeastact
concurrentlyonanobject,asshowninthe
diagrambelow.

Theadditionalforcenecessarytobringtheobjectintoa
stateofequilibriumis

A) 20.N,northeast B) 20.N,southwest
C) 28N,northeast D) 28N,southwest

19. Baseyouranswertothefollowingquestiononthe
informationbelow.

Astreamis30.meterswideanditscurrent
flowssouthwardat1.5meterspersecond.A
toyboatislaunchedwithavelocityof2.0
meterspersecondeastwardfromthewest
bankofthestream.
Whatisthemagnitudeoftheboatsresultantvelocityas
itcrossesthestream?

A) 0.5m/s B) 2.5m/s
C) 3.0m/s D) 3.5m/s
 20. Thevectordiagrambelowrepresentstwoforces,F 1 andF 2simultaneouslyactingonanobject.

Whichvectorbestrepresentstheresultantofthetwoforces?

A) B)

C) D)

21. Thediagrambelowrepresentstwoforcesacting 24. Aforceof100.Newtonsisappliedtoanobjectat

concurrentlyonanobject.Themagnitudeofthe anangleof30fromthehorizontalasshownin
resultantforceisclosestto thediagrambelow.Whatisthemagnitudeofthe
verticalcomponentofthisforce?

A) 20.N B) 40.N C) 45.N D) 60.N

A) 0N B) 50.0N
22. Ifawomanruns100metersnorthandthen70 C) 86.7N D) 100.N
meterssouth,hertotaldisplacementwillbe

A) 30mnorth B) 30msouth
C) 170mnorth D) 170msouth

23. Anairplaneflieswithavelocityof750.
kilometersperhour,30.0southofeast.Whatis
themagnitudeoftheeastwardcomponentofthe
planesvelocity?

A) 866km/h B) 650km/h
C) 433km/h D) 375km/h
 25. Baseyouranswerstopartsathroughcontheinformationbelow.

AUSPostalcarrieronherdeliveryroutetravels250.metersduewestandthenturnsandwalks
175.metersduesouth.


P

aDrawavectordiagramfollowingthedirectionsbelow.
(1)UsingarulerandprotractorandstartingatpointP,constructthesequenceoftwodisplacementvectors
forthepostalcarrier'sroute.Useascaleof1.0centimeter=25.meters.Labelthevectors.
(2)Constructandlabelthevectorthatrepresentsthecarrier'sresultantdisplacementfrompointP.

bWhatisthemagnitudeofthecarrier'sresultantdisplacement?

cWhatistheangle(indegrees)betweenwestandthecarrier'sresultantdisplacement?

ProjectileMotion

26. Thediagramto 27. Baseyouranswertothefollowingquestiononthe

theright followinginformation.Inthediagrambelow,a
representsa 10.-kilogramsphere,A,isprojectedhorizontally
bicycleand withavelocityof30.metersperseconddueeast
ridertraveling fromaheightof20.metersabovelevelground.
totherightata Atthesameinstant,a20.-kilogramsphere,B,is
constantspeed. projectedhorizontallywithavelocityof10.
Aballis meterspersecondduewestfromaheightof80.
droppedfrom metersabovelevelground.[Neglectairfriction.]
thehandofthe
cyclist.
Whichsetofgraphsbestrepresentsthehorizontal
motionoftheballrelativetotheground?[Neglectair
resistance.]

A)

B)

Themagnitudeofthehorizontalaccelerationofsphere
Ais
C)
A) 0.0m/s 2 B) 2.0m/s 2
C) 9.8m/s 2 D) 15m/s 2
D)
 28. Baseyouranswertothefollowingquestiononthe 31. Abookispushedwithaninitialhorizontal
informationanddiagrambelow. velocityof5.0meterspersecondoffthetopofa
desk.Whatistheinitialverticalvelocityofthe
Aballisthrownhorizontallywithaninitial book?
velocityof20.0meterspersecondfromthe
topofatower60.0metershigh. A) 0m/s B) 2.5m/s
C) 5.0m/s D) 10.m/s

32. Baseyouranswertothefollowingquestiononthe
informationbelow.

Anoutfielderthrowsabaseballtothefirst
basemanataspeedof19.6meterspersecond
andanangleof30.abovethehorizontal.
Whichpairrepresentstheinitialhorizontalvelocity(vx)
andinitialverticalvelocity(vy)ofthebaseball?

A) v x =17.0m/s,v y =9.80m/s
B) v x =9.80m/s,v y =17.0m/s
Whatisthehorizontalvelocityoftheballjustbeforeit
reachestheground?[Neglectairresistance.] C) v x =19.4m/s,v y =5.90m/s
D) v x =19.6m/s,v y =19.6m/s
A) 9.81m/s B) 20.0m/s
C) 34.3m/s D) 68.6m/s

33. Agolfballishitatanangleof45abovethe
horizontal.Whatistheaccelerationofthegolf
Baseyouranswerstoquestions29and30onthe ballatthehighestpointinitstrajectory?[Neglect
informationbelow. friction.]

ProjectileA islaunchedhorizontallyataspeedof A) 9.8m/s 2 upward

20.meterspersecondfromthetopofacliffand B) 9.8m/s 2 downward
strikesalevelsurfacebelow,3.0secondslater.
ProjectileB islaunchedhorizontallyfromthesame C) 6.9m/s 2 horizontal
locationataspeedof30.meterspersecond. D) 0.0m/s 2
29. Approximatelyhowhighisthecliff?

A) 29m B) 44m
34. Agolfballisgivenaninitialspeedof20.meters
C) 60.m D) 104m
persecondandreturnstolevelground.Which
launchangleabovelevelgroundresultsinthe
balltravelingthegreatesthorizontaldistance?
30. ThetimeittakesprojectileB toreachthelevel [Neglectfriction.]
surfaceis
A) 60 B) 45 C) 30. D) 15
A) 4.5s B) 2.0s C) 3.0s D) 10.s
Baseyouranswerstoquestions35through37ontheinformationbelow.

Thepathofastuntcardrivenhorizontallyoffacliffisrepresentedinthediagrambelow.After
leavingthecliff,thecarfallsfreelytopointAin0.50secondandtopointBin1.00second.

35. DeterminethemagnitudeoftheverticalvelocityofthecaratpointA.
36. Calculatethemagnitudeoftheverticaldisplacement,d y,ofthecarfrompointAtopointB.[Neglect
friction.][Showallwork,includingtheequationandsubstitutionwithunits.]

37. DeterminethemagnitudeofthehorizontalcomponentofthevelocityofthecaratpointB.[Neglect
friction.]
 Answer Key
Midterm Practice 1

1. B 25.
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. C B)305m( )15m;
C)35( )2
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. A 26. A
10. B 27. A
11. C 28. B
12. C 29. B
13. 10m/s 30. C
2 31. A
14. d=v it+at
d=0+(1.0m/s 2 32. A
2
)(10.s)
33. B
d=50.m
34. B
or 35. 4.9m/s

d 36.

=area=bh
37. 16m/s
d
=(10.s)(10.m/s)
d=50.m
15. A
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. B
24. B