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2023/24 (2016 E.C ) 1st Semester 2nd Quarter Physics

worksheet-1(From motion in one and two dimensions) for grade 11
Name:__________________________Grade:_______Section____RollNo:_____

I. Choose the best answer(s) from the given alternatives and write the letter of
the correct answer on the space provided.
1. An object moves at a constant speed of 6 m/s. This means that the object:
A. Increases its speed by 6 m/s every second
B. Decreases its speed by 6 m/s every second
C. Has a positive acceleration
D. Moves 6 meters every second
The graph represents the relationship between velocity and time for an object moving in a straight line. Use this
graph to answer questions 2 and 3.

2. What is the velocity of the object at 5 s?

A. 1 m/s B. 2 m/s C. 3 m/s D. 5 m/s
3. The graph represents the relationship between velocity and time for an object moving in a straight line. What is
the traveled distance of the object at 9 s?
A. 45m B. 24 m C. 36 m D. 40 m
The following graph represents the position as a function of time for a moving object. Use this graph to answer
questions 4 and 5.

4. Which of the following is true?

A. The object increases its velocity C. The object’s velocity stays unchanged
B. The object decreases its velocity D. The object stays at rest

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5. What is the velocity of the object?
A. 4 m/s B. 20 m/s C. 7.5 m/s D. 40 m/s
6. An object moves with a constant acceleration of 5 m/s2. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The object’s velocity stays the same
B. The object moves 5 m each second
C. The object’s acceleration increases by 5 m/s2 each second
D. the object’s velocity increases by 5 m/s each second
7. A car and a delivery truck both start from rest and accelerate at the same rate. However, the car accelerates for
twice the amount of time as the truck. What is the traveled distance of the car compared to the truck?
A. Half as much
B. The same
C. Twice as much
D. Four times as much
A ball is thrown straight up from point A, reaches a maximum height at point B, and then falls back to point C.
Use this for questions 8 and 9.
8. Which of the following is true about the direction the ball’s velocity and acceleration between A and B?
A. B. C. D.

9. Which of the following is true about the ball’s velocity and acceleration atthe highest point B?
A. Its velocity and acceleration are both zero
B. Its velocity is up and non-zero constant and acceleration is zero
C. Its velocity is down and non-zero constant and acceleration is zero
D. Its velocity is zero and acceleration is up and non-zero constant
10. A football, a hockey puck, and a tennis ball all fall down in the absence of air resistance. Which of the following is
true about their acceleration?
A. The acceleration of the football is greater than the other two
B. The acceleration of the hockey puck is greater than the other two
C. The acceleration of the tennis ball is greater than the other two
D. They all fall down with the same constant acceleration
11. A package is dropped from an air balloon two times. In the first trial the distance between the balloon and the
surface is H and in the second trial 4H. Compare the time it takes for the package to reach the surface in the
second trial to that in the first trial?
A. The time in the second trial is four times greater
B. The time in the second trial is two times greater
C. The time the same in both trials because it doesn’t depend on height
D. The time in the second trial is four times less
12. Two baseballs are thrown from the roof of a house with the same initial speed, one is thrown up, and the other is
down. Compare the speeds of the baseballs just before they hit the ground.
A. The one thrown up moves faster because the initial velocity is up
B. The one thrown down moves faster because the initial velocity is down
C. They both move with the same speed
D. The one thrown up moves faster because it has greater acceleration

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13. An archer practicing with an arrow bow shoots an arrow straight up two times. The first time the initial speed is
v0 and second time he increases the initial sped to 4v0. How would you compare the maximum height in the
second trial to that in the first trial?
A. Four times greater
B. Eight times greater
C. Sixteen times greater
D. The same
The velocity as a function of time of a moving object is
presented by the graph to the right. Use this graph
for questions 14 and 15.
14. What is the magnitude of acceleration of the object
between 6 s and 10 s?
A. 0 m/s2B. 1 m/s2C. 2 m/s2D. 3 m/s2
15. How far from the origin does the object move in first
10 s?
A. 4 mB. 16 mC. 20 mD. 28 m

16. The position, velocity and acceleration as a function of time of a moving object are presented by the graph sown
above. Which of the following could be used to describe this type of motion?
A. The object accelerates from rest at a constant rate.
B. The object slows down at a constant acceleration.
C. The object is thrown straight up.
D. The object slides up and down the frictionless inclined plane.
17. The velocity as a function of time of two moving objects is presented
by the graph to the right. Which of the following is true?
(A) At time t0 object I is behind object II
(B) At time t0 object II is behind object I
(C) Object I has a greater acceleration than object II
(D) Object II has a greater acceleration that object I

18. Which interval the cart is moving forward at constant speed? The displacement-time graph below represents
themotion of a cart initially moving forward along a straight line.

A. ABB. CDC. BCD. DE

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 19. A bus beginning to move with an acceleration of 1 m/s2. A boy who is 48m behind the bus starts running at
10m/s. After what time will the boy be able to catch the bus?
A. 6 sec. C. 10 sec.
B. 8 sec. D. the boy cannot catch the bus.
20. A particle is thrown vertically upward with speed 100 m/s. The time to reach the particle back on earth is : (g =
10m/s2)
A. 10 sec. C. 15 sec.
B. 20 sec. D. 5 sec.
21. In one –dimensional motion where the velocity changes linearly with time, the slope of a velocity- time
graph represents:
A.Displacement C. velocity
B. Acceleration D. speed
22.A particle experiences constant acceleration for 20 second after starting from rest. It travels a distance
S1 in first 10 second and a distance S2 in the next 10 second, then:
A. S1 = S2 C. S2 = 2S1
B. S2 = 3S1 D. S2 = 4S1
23. If a body having initial velocity zero is moving with uniform acceleration 8m/s 2; the distance traversed by
it in fifth second will be:
A. 36m C. 100m
B. 40m D. zero
24. A body moving with constant retardation “a” loses 2/3 of its initial velocity V o. What is the distance covered by
the body in the time during which this occurs?

( )
2 2
2 vo 2 vo
A. C.
3a 3a
2 2
4 vo 2 vo
B. D.
ga ga
25. A ball is dropped from a balloon moving vertically upward with a speed of 30 m/s. If the balloon is 80 m above the
ground at the instant the ball is dropped, how long does it take the ball to reach the ground?

A. 4 s C. 8 s

B. 6 s D. 10 s

26. A car traveling at a constant acceleration covers the distance between two points 180 m apart in 6 s. If the speed of
the car at the second point is 45 m/s, what is the acceleration of the car?
A. 5 m/s2 C. 10 m/s2
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B. 15 m/s D.20 m/s2
27. An object moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration of 4 m/s 2. At a certain instant its velocity is 16 m/s.
What is the velocity of the object 2 seconds later?
A. 24 m/s C. 28 m/s

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 B. 32 m/s D. 36 m/s
28. A ball is thrown vertically downward with an initial speed of 20 m/s from a height of 60 m. What is the speed of the
ball just before it strikes the ground? (Take g = 10 m/s2)
A. 20 m/s C. 30 m/s
B. 40 m/s D. 50 m/s
29. A ball is thrown with a speed of 20 m/s at angle of 37o above the horizontal directly toward a tall pole. If the pole is
32 m from the release point of the ball, how far above the release point does the ball hit the pole? (use
sin370=0.6 and cos370=0.8)
A. 2 m C. 3 m
B. 4 m D. 5 m
30.A ball is thrown horizontally with a speed of 8 m/s from the top of a building. The ball strikes the ground 24 m from
the base of the building. What is the height of the building?

A. 15 m C. 45 m

B. 30 m D. 60 m

31. A stone is thrown downward from the top of a tower with an initial speed of 15 m/s. If the stone hits the ground
after 3 s, what is the height of the tower?
A. 45 m C. 135 m
B. 90 m D. 60 m
32. A boy releases a ball from the edge of a tall building. 2 seconds later he throws a second ball with initial speed of 40
m/s downward. How many seconds after the second ball is thrown and at what point below the edge of the
building will the second ball overtake the first?
A. 1 s and 45 m C. 3 s and 45 m
B. 1 s and 5m D. 3 s and 165m
33. If A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 20 m/s at an angle of 30 o above the horizontal, then what is the
maximum height reached by the projectile? ( use sin30◦=0.5)
A. 8 m C. 5 m
B. 12 m D. 10 m
34. Hannah threw a rock straight upward from the top of a hill with a velocity of 30 m/s. The hill is 100 meters tall. What
is the time needed in seconds for the rock to return at the level of Hannah?
A. 6.1 C. 4.2
B. 5.3 D. 3.4
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35. A footballer kicks a ball at an angle of 37 from the horizontal, with an initial speed of 25m/s. How long will the ball
be in the air and how far down the field did the ball land, respectively?
A. 5.35 seconds, 55.3 meters C. 3.07 seconds, 61.3 meters
B. 3.24 seconds, 67.8 meters D. 4.62 seconds, 70.5 meters

36. A particle moves a long a horizontal line. The velocity – time graph of particle’s motion is
shown in figure below. The total distance moved by the particle is:

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0 2 5 t(s)

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A.10m C. 26m
B. 52m D. zero
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37. An athlete accelerates at 2m/s for 4 sec at the beginning of a race. What is the speed of the athlete at the end
of a 5000m race?
A. 2m/s C. 6m/s
B. 4 m/s D. 8m/s
38. A car with initial speed of 4m/s starts accelerating in a straight line at 3.2m/s2 for 10seconds. If the brakes
are then applied and it travels a further 20m before stopping, what is the acceleration in m/s 2?
A. -48.6 C. -8.1
B. -16.2 D. -32.4
39. A ball rolls off the edge of a horizontal table top 4m high. It strikes the floor at a point 5m horizontally away
from the edge of the table. How long was the ball in the air in seconds?
3 2
A. C.
√5 √3
1 2
B. D.
√5 √5
40. A stone thrown vertically upwards with speed u, reaches a height h. If the stone is thrown up with speed 2u,
it reaches a height:
A. h C. 1.5h
B. 2h D. None
41. A ball is thrown vertically down ward with an initial speed of 20m/s from a height of 60m. What is the
speed of the ball just before it strikes the ground?
A. 20m/s C. 40m/s
B. 30m/s D. 50m/s
42. A cart on an air track is moving at 0.5 m/s when the air is suddenly turned off. The cart comes to rest after
traveling 1 m. The experiment is repeated, but now the cart is moving at 1 m/s when the air is turned off. How
far does the cart travel before coming to rest?
A. 1 m. C. 3 m.
B. 2 m. D. 4 m.
43. A car accelerates steadily from 0 m/s to 30 m/s in a distance d and a time t. Another car takes a time 3t to
accelerate steadily from stationary to the same final velocity. What distance does the second car cover
during the new acceleration?
A. 3d. C. d/3.
B. d. D. d/9 .

44. A object moving with uniform acceleration has a velocity of 12 m/s in the positive x direction when its x
coordinate is 3 cm. If its x coordinate 2 sec. later is -5 cm, what is its acceleration?

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A. -12 m/s .C. -16 m/s .
2 2

B. -13 m/s . D. 12 m/s .

2 2

45. A driver moving at a constant speed of 20 m/s sees an accident up ahead and hits the brakes. If the car
accelerates at a constant rate of -5 m/s2, how far does the car go before it comes to stop?
A.120 m. C. 40 m.
B. 100 m. D. 20 m.
46. A placekicker must kick a football from a point which is at a distance of 36.0 m from the goal. When kicked, the
ball leaves the ground with a speed of 20.0 m/s at an angle of 530to the horizontal. If the ball hits the crossbar of
the goal at a height h and bounces back what will be the height of the crossbar?
A. 2.45 m. C. 3.00 m.
B. 2.85 m. D. 3.15 m.
47. A rock is thrown straight up from the edge of a cliff. The rock reaches the maximum height of 15 m above
the edge and then falls down to the bottom of the cliff 35 m below the cliff. What is the traveled distance
of the rock?
A. 30 m C. 50 m
B. 35 m D. 65 m
48. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate 5 m/s2. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The car travels 5 m in every second
B. The car decreases its velocity 5 m/s in every second
C. The car increases its velocity 5 m/s in every second
D. The car’s velocity doesn’t change
An object is thrown straight up with an initial velocity v0. The graph represents the object’s vertical displacement as a
function of time. Use the graph to the right for questions 49 through 51.

49. What is the total flying time of the object?

A. 2 s C. 6 s
B. 4 s D. 8 s
50. What is the maximum height reached by the object?
A. 60mC. 160m
B. 80m D. 8320m
51. What is the initial velocity v0 of the object?
A. 20 m/s C. 80 m/s
B. 40 m/s D. 50 m/s

The graph to the right describes the relationship between velocity and time for a moving object. Use this graph for
questions 52 through 57.

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52. What is the acceleration at time t = 1 s?
A. 4 m/s2 C. -2 m/s2
2 2
B. 2 m/s D. -4 m/s
53. What is the acceleration at time t = 8 s?
A. 4 m/s2C. -4 m/s2
B. -2 m/s2D. 0 m/s2
54. What is the acceleration at time t = 6 s?
A. 1 m/s2C. -4 m/s2
B. 2 m/s2D. 0 m/s2
55. What is the total displacement for the entire trip?
A. 18 mC. 6 m
B. 12 m D. 30 m
56. What is the total traveled distance for the entire trip?
A. 18 m C. 6 m
B. 12 m D. 30 m
57. Between what times does the object approach the origin at the constant speed?
A. 2 s to 5 s C. 7 s to 9 s
B. 6 s to 7 s D. 9 s to 10 s
58. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A. An object moving toward the east cannot have acceleration toward the west.
B. If the average velocities of an object zero in some time interval, the average speed of the object for that time
interval is also zero.
C. The velocity- time graph of an object moving with constant acceleration is parallel to the time axis.
D. An object having zero velocity can have acceleration different from zero.
59. Which one of the following statement is correct regarding the motion in a plane
A. When a body movies in a horizontal circle, its velocity is constant.
B. When a body movies in a vertical circle, its speed is constant.
C. In projectile motion the horizontal component of the motion is uniformly accelerated
D. The centripetal force for a body moving in either vertical or horizontal circle is toward the center.
60. A woman is rotating a bucket of water in a vertical circle of radius 0.9 m, the mass of bucket and water is 5 kg.
What is the bucket’s minimum speed at the top of the circle if no water is to spill out?
A. 0 C. 3 m/s.
B. 1 m/s. D. 9 m/s.