KINEMATICS

1. Which feature of a graph allows acceleration to be determined?

(A) The area under a displacement-time graph
(B) The area under a velocity-time graph
(C) The slope of a displacement-time graph
(D) The slope of a velocity-time graph
2. A car is travelling with uniform acceleration along a straight road. The road has marker posts
every 100m. When the car passes one posts, it has a speed of 10ms-1 and, when it passes the next
one, its speed is 20 ms-1.
(A) 0.67 ms-1 (B) 1.5 ms-2
-2
(C) 2.5 ms (D) 6.0 ms-2
3. A motorist travelling at 10 ms-1 can bring his car to rest in a distance of 10m.
If he had been travelling at 30 ms-1, in what distance could he bring the car to rest using the
same braking force?
(A) 17 cm (B) 30 m
(C) 52 m (D) 90 m
4. A tracing car accelerates uniformly through three gear changes with the following average
speeds.
20 ms-1 for 2.0 s
40 ms-1 for 2.0 s
60 ms-1 for 6.0 s
What is the overall average speed of the car?
(A) 12 ms-1 (B) 13.3 ms-1
(C) 40 ms-1 (D) 48 ms-1
5. An experiment is done to measure the acceleration of free fall of a body from rest.
Which measurement are needed?
(A) The height of fall and the time of fall
(B) The height of fall and the weight of the body
(C) The mass of the body and the height of fall
(D) The mass of the body and the time of fall
6. A motorist travelling at 10ms-1 can bring his car to rest in a braking distance of 10m.
In what distance could he bring the car to rest from a speed of 30 ms-1 using the same braking
force?
(A) 17 m (B) 30 m
(C) 52 m (D) 90 m
7. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of height 40 m. The stone falls from rest and air
resistance is negligible.
What time is taken for the stone to fall the last 10 m to the ground?
(A) 0.38 s (B) 1.4 s
(C) 2.5 s (D) 2.9 s
8. A racing car of mass 500 kg. Including driver but not fuel, decelerates from a speed of 50 ms -1 to
30 ms-1 when approaching a bend.
The brakes exert a fixed retarding force of 7000 N. The time for the car to decelerate when it is
almost out of fuel is t1. The time for it to decelerate when it has a full load of 130 kg of fuel is t2.
What is the difference (t2 – t1) in the times?
(A) 0.37 s (B) 0.56 s
(C) 0.93 s (D) 1.43 s
9. The graph relates to the motion of a falling body.
 (A) Distance when air resistance is negligible
(B) Distance when air resistance is not negligible
(C) Speed when air resistance is negligible
(D) Speed when air resistance is not negligible
10. In the absence of air resistance, a stone is thrown from P and follows a parabolic path in which
the highest point reached is T.

The vertical component of acceleration of the stone is:

(A) Zero at T (B) Greatest at T
(C) Greatest at P (D) The same at P as at T
11. A boy throws a ball vertically upwards. It rises to a maximum height, where it is momentarily
at rest, and falls back to his hands.
Which of the following gives the acceleration of the ball at various stages in its motion? Take
vertically upwards as positive. Neglect car resistance.
Rising At max. height Falling
A -9.81 ms-2 0 +9.81 ms-2
B -9.81 ms-2 -9.81 ms-2 -9.81 ms-2
C +9.81 ms-2 +9.81 ms-2 +9.81 ms-2
D +9.81 ms-2 0 -9.81 ms-2
12. A ball falls vertically and bounces on the ground. The following statement are about the forces
acting while the ball is in constant with the ground. Which statement is correct?
(A) The force that the ball exerts on the ground is always equal to the weight of the ball.
(B) The force that the ball exerts on the ground is always equal in direction to the force the ground
exerts on the ball.
(C) The force that the ball exerts on the ground is always greater than the weight of the ball.
(D) The weight of the ball is always equal and opposite to the force that the ground exerts on the ball.
13. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a mass moving up and down on the end of a
spring. Which point represents the velocity of the mass when at the lowest point of its motion?

14. A projectile is launched at point O and follows the path OPQRS, as shown. Air resistance may
be neglected.
 Which statement is true for the projectile when it is at the highest point Q of its path?
(A) The horizontal component of the projectile’s acceleration is zero.
(B) The horizontal component of the projectile’s velocity is zero.
(C) The kinetic energy of the projectile is zero.
(D) The momentum of the projectile is zero.
15. Which graph represents the motion of a car that is travelling along a straight road with a
uniformly increasing speed?

16. An object has an initial velocity u. it is subjected to a constant force F for t seconds, causing a
constant acceleration a. the force is not in the same direction as the initial velocity.
A vector diagram is drawn to find the final velocity r.

What is the length of side X of the vector diagram?

(A) F (B) Ft
(C) at (D) u + at
17. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a car.

What is the distance travelled between time t = 0 and t = 4 s?

(A) 2.5 m (B) 3.0 m
(C) 20 m (D) 28 m
18. The graph shows the variation with time t of the velocity r of a bouncing ball, released from
rest. Downward velocities are taken as positive.
At which time does the ball reach its maximum height after bouncing?
19. A man stands on the edge of a cliff. He throws a stone upwards with a velocity of 19.6 ms-1 at
time t = 0. The stone reaches the top of its trajectory after 2.00 s and then falls towards the
bottom of the cliff. Air resistance is negligible.
Which row shows the correct velocity v and acceleration a of the stone at different times?
t/s v/ms-1 a/ms-2
A 1.00 9.81 9.81
B 2.00 0 0
C 3.00 9.81 -9.81
D 5.00 -29.4 -9.81
20. The graph shows the variation with t of the displacement s of a vehicle moving along a straight
line.

During which time interval does the acceleration of the vehicle have its greatest numerical
value?
21. A tennis ball is released from rest at the top of a tall building.
Which graph best represents the variation with time t of the acceleration a of the ball as it falls,
assuming that the effects of air resistance are appreciable?

22. A car accelerates uniformly from rest along a level road.

The effects of air resistance on the car are negligible.
The car travels 12 m in the time between 1 s and 2 s after starting.
How far does it travel in the time between 3 s and 4 s after starting?
 (A) 28 m (B) 35 m
(C) 48 m (D) 64 m
23. The diagram shows a ball which has been thrown and is being acted on by air resistance.
Which labelled arrow shows the direction of the resultant force on the ball when it is at the
position shown?

24. A motorcycle stunt-rider moving horizontally takes off from a point 1.25 m above the ground,
landing 10 m away as shown.

What was the speed at take-off?

(A) 5 ms-1 (B) 10 ms-1
-1
(C) 15 ms (D) 20 ms-1
-1
25. A train travelling at 2.0 ms passes through a station. The variation with time t of the speed v of
the train after leaving the station is shown below.

What is the speed of the train when it is 150 m from the station?
(A) 6.0 ms-1 (B) 8.0 ms-1
-1
(C) 10 ms (D) 12 ms-1
26. The velocity of an object during the first five seconds of its motion is shown on the graph.
 What is the distance travelled by the object in this time?
(A) 4 m (B) 20 m
(C) 50 m (D) 100 m
27. A table-tennis ball is released in air and falls vertically. The graph shows how its velocity varies
with time.

Which graph best illustrates the variation with time t of its acceleration a?

28. A parachutist steps from an aircraft, falls without air resistance for 2 s and then opens his
parachute.
Which graphs best represents how a, his vertical acceleration varies with time t during the first
5 s of his decent?
29. Which graph shows how the distance d fallen varies with time t for a body falling from rest
through air?

30. A steel ball is held above a horizontal table and released so that it falls onto the table and
rebounds several times.
If the collision is inelastic, which graph best represents the variation of acceleration a of the ball
with time t?
31. A small steel ball falls freely under gravity after being released from rest.
Which graph best represents the variation of the height h of the ball with time t?

32. A student measures the time t for a ball to fall from rest through a vertical distance h, knowing
1 2
that the equation h= at , the students plots the graph shown.
2

Which of the following is an explanation for the intercept?

(A) Air resistance has not been taken into account for larger values of h.
(B) There is a constant delay between starting the time and releasing the ball.
(C) There is an error in the timer that consistently makes it run fast.
(D) The student should have plotted h against t2.
33. A steel ball is released from rest a distance above a rigid horizontal surface and is allowed to
bounce. Which graph best represents the variation with time t of acceleration a?

34. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a particle moving along a straight line.
35. The graph shows the velocity of a racing car changes with time.

Which statement describes the acceleration?

(A) a constant positive acceleration is followed by an acceleration increase and then a negative
acceleration.
(B) The acceleration increases positively in the first two sections and then decreases to zero.
(C) The acceleration is positive at the start, increases, then decreases to zero.
(D) The acceleration starts from zero, increases, then decreases to zero.
36. A cyclist accelerates down a hill and then travels at constant speed before decelerating as he
climbs back up another hill.
Which graph shows the variation with time t of the distance s moved by the cyclist?

37. An object is projected with velocity 40 ms-1 at an angle of 45o to the horizontal. Air resistance is
negligible.
 What is the speed of the object after 5.0 s?
(A) 21 ms-1 (B) 28 ms-1
-1
(C) 35 ms (D) 49 ms-1
38. A ball is thrown vertically upwards and returns along the same path. The graph shows how its
height varies with time.

Which velocity-time graph describes this motion?

39. A electron enters the space between two parallel charged plates with an initial velocity u.

What in the electric field its direction changes by 30o and it emerges with a velocity v. what is
the relation between v and u?
u
(A) v= o (B) v=u cos 30o
cos 30
u
(C) v= o (D) v=u sin 30o
sin30
40. An object is dropped from a great height so that air resistance becomes significant.
Which graph shows how its acceleration varies with time?
41. The graph of velocity against time for an object moving in a straight line shown.

Which of the following is the corresponding graph of displacement against time?

42. A ball is released from rest above a horizontal surface. The graph shows the variation with time
of its velocity.
 Area X and Y are equal.
This is because
(A) The ball’s acceleration is the same during its upward and downward motion.
(B) The speed at which the ball leaves the surface after an impact is equal to the speed at which it
returns to the surface for the next impact.
(C) For one impact, the speed at which the ball hits the surface equals the speed at which it leaves the
surface
(D) The ball rises and falls through the same distance between impacts.
43. A stone is thrown upwards from a point at the edge of a cliff. After the stone has reached its
maximum height, it falls past the cliff edge to the beach, as shown.

The initial vertical component of the velocity of the stone is 10 ms-1. The time taken between the
stone passing the edge of the cliff on its way down and hitting the beach is 1.2s.
Ignoring air resistance, what is the height of the cliff?
(A) 5 m (B) 7 m
(C) 12 m (D) 19 m
44. A steel sphere is released from rest at the surface of a deep tank of viscous oil. A multiple
exposure photograph is taken of the sphere as it falls.
The interval between exposures is always the same.
Which of the following could represents this photograph?

45. An object falls freely with constant acceleration a from above three light gates. It is found that it
takes a time t to fall between the first two light gates a distance of s1 apart. It then takes an
additional time, also t, to fall between the second and third light gates a distance s2 apart.
 What is the acceleration in terms of s1, s2 and t?
( s2−s 1) ( s2−s 1)
(A) 2 (B) 2
t 2t
2(s 2−s1 ) 2(s 2−s1 )
(C) 2 (D) 2
3t t
46. A metal ball is dropped from rest over a bed of sand. It the sand bed one second later and
makes an impression of maximum depth 8.0 mm in the sand.
Air resistance is negligible.
On hitting the sand, what is the average deceleration of the ball?
(A) 6.0 x 102 ms-1 (B) 1.2 x 103 ms-2
3 -2
(C) 6.0 x 10 ms (D) 1.2 x 104 ms-2
47. Two horizontal metal plates are situated in a vacuum. A potential difference is maintained
between the plates as shown.

A beam of negatively-charged particles is horizontal when it enters the region between the
plates. It is deflected as shown in the diagram.
How does this affect the time T that a particle in the beam spends between the plates and the
vertical deflection Y as shown on the diagram?
Effect on T Effect on Y

A Decreases Decreases

B No change Increases

C No change Decreases

D Increases Increases

48. Two cars, initially next to each other and at rest, acceleration in the same straight line at
different uniform rates. After 3 s, they are 12 m, apart.
If they continue to accelerate at the same rate, how far apart will they be 6 s after they started?
(A) 18 m (B) 24 m
(C) 36 m (D) 48 m