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Section 2.1 Displacement
1. What is the difference between distance and displacement? (a) Distance is a vector,
while displacement is not a vector. (b) Displacement is a vector, while distance is not a
vector. (c) There is no difference between the two concepts; they may be used
interchangeably.
Section 2.2 Speed and Velocity
3. A jogger runs along a straight and level road for a distance of 8.0 km and then runs
back to her starting point. The time for this round-trip is 2.0 h. Which one of the
following statements is true? (a) Her average speed is 8.0 km/h, but there is not enough
information to determine her average velocity. (b) Her average speed is 8.0 km/h, and her
average velocity is 8.0 km/h. (c) Her average speed is 8.0 km/h, and her average velocity
is 0 km/h.
Section 2.3 Acceleration
6. The velocity of a train is 80.0 km/h, due west. One and a half hours later its velocity is
65.0 km/h, due west. What is the trainโs average acceleration? (a) 10.0 km/h2, due west
(b) 43.3 km/h2, due west (c) 10.0 km/h2, due east (d) 43.3 km/h2, due east (e) 53.3 km/h2,
due east.
Section 2.4 Equations of Kinematics for Constant Acceleration
10. In which one of the following situations can the equations of kinematics not be used?
(a) When the velocity changes from moment to moment, (b) when the velocity remains
constant, (c) when the acceleration changes from moment to moment, (d) when the
acceleration remains constant.
13. In a race two horses, Silver Bullet and Shotgun, start from rest and each maintains a
constant acceleration. In the same elapsed time Silver Bullet runs 1.20 times farther than
Shotgun. According to the equations of kinematics, which one of the following is true
concerning the accelerations of the horses? (a) aSilver Bullet = 1.44 aShotgun (b) aSilver Bullet =
aShotgun (c) aSilver Bullet = 2.40 aShotgun (d) aSilver Bullet = 1.20 aShotgun (e) aSilver Bullet = 0.72
aShotgun
Section 2.6 Freely Falling Bodies
19. A rocket is sitting on the launch pad. The engines ignite, and the rocket begins to rise
straight upward, picking up speed as it goes. At about 1000 m above the ground the
engines shut down, but the rocket continues straight upward, losing speed as it goes. It
reaches the top of its flight path and then falls back to earth. Ignoring air resistance,
decide which one of the following statements is true. (a) All of the rocketโs motion, from
the moment the engines ignite until just before the rocket lands, is free-fall. (b) Only part
of the rocketโs motion, from just after the engines shut down until just before it lands, is
free-fall. (c) Only the rocketโs motion while the engines are firing is free-fall. (d) Only
the rocketโs motion from the top of its flight path until just before landing is free-fall. (e)
Only part of the rocketโs motion, from just after the engines shut down until it reaches the
top of its flight path, is free-fall.
22. The top of a cliff is located a distance H above the ground. At a distance H/2 there is
a branch that juts out from the side of the cliff, and on this branch a birdโs nest is located.
Two children throw stones at the nest with the same initial speed, one stone straight
downward from the top of the cliff and the other stone straight upward from the ground.
In the absence of air resistance, which stone hits the nest in the least amount of time? (a)
There is insufficient information for an answer. (b) Both stones hit the nest in the same
amount of time. (c) The stone thrown from the ground. (d) The stone thrown from the top
of the cliff.
Section 2.7 Graphical Analysis of Velocity and Acceleration
24. The graph accompanying this problem shows a three-part motion. For each of the
three parts, A, B, and C, identify the direction of the motion. A positive velocity denotes
motion to the right. (a) A right, B left, C right (b) A right, B right, C left (c) A right, B
left, C left (d) A left, B right, C left (e) A left, B right, C right
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