Meritus Academy Physics 11 Class 1 Homework (Page 1/4)

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Physics 11 Class 1 Homework: Motion Quantities

For vector quantities (position, displacement, velocity, acceleration), you must answer with both magnitude
and direction. For 1D problems, you may answer using +/− directions, but you must indicate the positive
direction. Scalar quantities (speed, distance, time) do not have a direction. Write neatly. Put a box around
your answers. Answer with the appropriate number of significant figures.
1. State the number of significant figures. If there are infinite number of sig. figs., write “∞”; if there is
not enough information to tell, write an “X”. The numbers in BOLD FACE are to be treated as integers.
Pay attention to units; they may give you clues about how to treat the numbers.

(a) 4206 km √
(e) 2 (i) 0.005 001 0 T

(b) 2.998 × 108 m/s (f) 𝑒4 (j) −273.15 ◦ C

𝜋
(c) (g) 21 cars (k) 3600 N
2

2. Express the following arithmetic operations with the correct number of significant figures and units:

(a) 4.13 m/s × 6.2 s = (d) 6.4 m × 3.62 m =

(b) 8.9921 m − 2.63 m = (e) 1.419 934 m ÷ 62 m/s =

(c) 26.195 m/s2 × 89 s = (f) 1.897 Ω + 0.2119 Ω =

3. Convert the following quantities into different common units. Answer with the appropriate number of
significant figures. (i.e. the number of sig. figs. after the conversion is the same as what is given to you.)
Conversion factors from imperial to SI units are exact.
(a) 90 km/h = m/s

(b) 30.0 m/s = km/h

(c) 24.0 h = s

(d) 16 ft = m (1 ft = 12 in, 1 in = 0.0254 m)

(e) 7.3 × 109 J = kW· h (1 kW· h = 3.6 × 106 J)

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4. The Earth is approximately a sphere of radius 6.37 × 106 m.

(a) What is its circumference in metres?

(b) What is its surface area in square metres?

(c) What is its volume in cubic metres?

5. One US gallon of paint (1 gal = 3.78 × 10−3 m3 ) covers an area of 25.0 m2 . What is the thickness of the
paint on the wall?

6. Calculate the number of kilometres in 20.0 mi using only the following conversion factors:
1 mi = 5280 ft, 1 ft = 12 in, 1 in = 2.54 cm, 1 m = 100 cm, and 1 km = 1000 m.

7. How many grams of copper are required to make a hollow spherical shell with an inner radius of
𝑟𝑖 = 5.70 cm and an outer radius of 𝑟 𝑜 = 5.75 cm? The density of copper is 𝜌 = 8.93 g/cm3 . (Mass and
volume are related by 𝑚 = 𝜌𝑉.)
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8. A rock is thrown straight upward from the edge of a 30 m cliff, rising 10 m then falling all the way down
to the base of the cliff.
(a) What is the distance that the rock travelled?

(b) What is it displacement after it hits the base of the cliff?

9. A student athlete runs around a 400 m track and completes it in 53 s. Find her average speed and velocity:

10. A stalled car starts to roll backwards down a hill. At the instant that it has a velocity of 4.0 m/s down the
hill, the driver is able to start the car and start accelerating backup. After accelerating for 3.0 s, the car
is travelling uphill at 3.5 m/s. Determine the car’s average acceleration once the driver got it started.

11. A basketball player gains the ball at centre court. He then dribbles down to the opponents’ basket and
scores 6.0 s later. After scoring, he runs back to guard his own team’s basket, taking 9.0 s to run down
the court. A basketball court is 30 m long. Find the average velocity of the basketball player
(a) while he is dribbling up the opponents’ basket

(b) while he is running down from the opponents’ basket to his own team’s basket

(c) for the entire sequence of motion

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12. A car is travelling west and approaching a stop sign. As it is slowing to a stop, the directions associated
with the object’s velocity and acceleration, respectively, are
A. West, East
B. West, West
C. East, East
D. East, West
E. There is not enough information to tell.

13. If a car travelling at 60 km/h [S] stops in a time of 3.5 s, its acceleration is:
A. 4.8 m/s2 [S]
B. 4.8 m/s2 [N]
C. 17 m/s2 [S]
D. 17 m/s2 [N]

14. The distance 𝑑 travelled by an accelerating object is described by the equation

1
𝑑 = 𝑎Δ𝑡 2
2
where 𝑎 is the acceleration, and Δ𝑡 is the time interval for the acceleration. How would the distance
change if Δ𝑡 is doubled?
A. Increase by a factor of 2
B. Increase by a factor of 4
C. Remains the same
D. Decrease by a factor of 1/2
E. Decrease by a factor of 1/4

15. The gravitational force between two masses 𝑚 1 , 𝑚 2 at a distance 𝑟 apart is described by the law of
universal gravitation:
𝐺𝑚 1 𝑚 2
𝐹=
𝑟2
What is the force 𝐹 ′ if 𝑟 is tripled and 𝑚 1 is decreased by half?
A. 𝐹 ′ = 𝐹/6
B. 𝐹 ′ = 𝐹/18
C. 𝐹 ′ = 9𝐹/2
D. 𝐹 ′ = 3𝐹/2
E. 𝐹 ′ = 6𝐹

16. For any motion, the average speed is always the magnitude of average velocity.
A. greater than
B. greater than or equal to
C. equal to
D. less than or equal to
E. less than