Chapter 2: One-Dimensional Kinematics
Physlet® Problems




1.  

A red sportscar moves as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Determine which graph properly represents the position of the car as a function of time during the animation.

Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4


2.  

A red ball moves as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Determine which graph properly represents the position of the ball as a function of time during the animation.

Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4


3.  

A red sportscar moves as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Determine which graph properly represents the position of the car as a function of time during the animation.

Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4


4.  


A hockey puck bounces off a wall and returns to its original starting point where it is stopped as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). What is the average speed of the puck during the time it is in motion, t=0 to t=5? What is the average velocity of the puck during the time it is in motion?. Ignore air friction. Start

0 m/s  /  0 m/s
4.0 m/s  /  0 m/s
4.8  m/s  /  0 m/s
4.8  m/s  /   4.8  m/s


5.  

A red sportscar moves as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Determine which graph properly represents the velocity of the car as a function of time during the animation.

Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4


6.  

A red sportscar moves as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Determine which graph properly represents the velocity of the car as a function of time during the animation.

Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4


7.  

A red ball moves as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Determine which graph properly represents the velocity of the ball as a function of time during the animation.

Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4


8.  

A red sportscar moves as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Determine which graph properly represents the velocity of the car as a function of time during the animation.

Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3
Graph 4


9.  


A 0.5 kg box (shown in the animation with time in seconds and position in meters) slides on ice for 1.5 seconds when it then encounters a rough surface. What is the acceleration of the block in both regions? Start

0  /  -4 m/s2
8 m/s2 / -4 m/s2
0  /  4 m/s2
0  /  -4 m/s2


10.  


Two carts start at rest on similar air tracks as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). At what position will the green cart catch up to the orange cart?   Start

Never
1.6m
6.0m
4.5m


11.  

An object is traveling at a constant speed for one second when it slows to a stop with constant acceleration as shown in the animation (position is shown in meters, and time is in seconds). What is its acceleration during the time it is slowing down? Start 

-2.8 m/s2
-3.6 m/s2
-7.2 m/s2
-6.2 m/s2


12.  

What is the acceleration of the red and green masses respectively (position is shown in meters and time is in seconds)?

-5 m/s2  /  5 m/s2
-5 m/s2 -5 m/s2
-5 m/s2 / -9.8 m/s2
-9.8 m/s2  /  9.8 m/s2


13.  


An object is shot straight up into a thin atmosphere (not necessarily that of Earth) with a certain initial velocity as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). If the object's initial velocity is doubled, what will be it's maximum vertical displacement? Start

136 m
116 m
58.0 m
68.0 m

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