Displacement
Displacement
DISPLACEMENT PROBLEMS
1. What is displacement?
A) The distance traveled by an object. B) The change in position of an object.
C) The time taken to travel a distance. D) The speed of the object.
2. If an object returns to its starting point, what is its displacement?
A) Positive distance B) Negative distance C) Zero D) Equal to the distance traveled
3. Which of the following is a vector quantity?
A) Speed B) Distance C) Displacement D) Mass
4. If an object moves 5 meters east and then 5 meters west, what is the total displacement?
A) 5 meters B) 10 meters C) 0 meters D) 15 meters
5. What is the formula for calculating average displacement?
A) Total distance / Total time B) Final position - Initial position
C) Distance / Time D) Initial position + Distance
6. The displacement of an object is given as 10 meters North. What does this imply?
A) It has traveled 10 meters.
B) It has moved 10 meters in the North direction from the starting point.
C) It is currently 10 meters South.
D) It is stationary.
7. If a car moves 20 km east and then 10 km north, what is the displacement?
A) 10 km B) 30 km C) 22.36 km D) 25 km
8. How is displacement affected by direction?
A) It is only concerned with distance.
B) It can be positive, negative, or zero, depending on the direction.
C) It is always positive.
D) It has no relation to distance.
9. What does a straight line on a displacement-time graph represent?
A) The object is at rest. B) The object is accelerating.
C) The object is moving at a constant speed. D) The object is moving in a circular path.
10. In a displacement-time graph, a steeper slope indicates:
A) Slower speed B) Constant speed C) Faster speed D) No movement
11. Which of the following scenarios represents a negative displacement?
A) Moving 5 meters forward B) Moving 10 meters backward
C) Not moving at all D) Moving 5 meters in a circle
12. What is the displacement when an object moves in a circular path of radius 3 meters and returns to the
starting point?
A) 3 meters B) 6.28 meters C) 0 meters D) 9.42 meters
13. An object travels 10 meters to the right and then 10 meters to the left. What is its total distance traveled?
A) 0 meters B) 10 meters C) 20 meters D) 30 meters
14. What happens to the displacement if an object moves 15 meters east and then moves 15 meters to the
west?
A) Decreases by 15 meters B) Remains the same C) Becomes negative D) Becomes zero
15. If a person walks 4 meters north, 3 meters east, and then 4 meters south, what is their total displacement?
A) 0 meters B) 1 meter C) 3 meters north D) 7 meters east
16. If an object is moving in a straight line and suddenly changes direction, what happens to its
displacement?
A) It increases
B) It remains constant
C) It can change depending on the new position
D) It cannot change
17. A cyclist travels 15 km east and then 20 km south. What is the resultant displacement?
A) 20 km B) 25 km C) 35 km D) 15 km
18. If an object moves with a constant velocity, what does this imply about its displacement?
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A) It is always increasing
B) It is always decreasing
C) It is changing only in distance
D) It is changing in both distance and direction
19. Which of the following is true about instantaneous displacement?
A) It is always greater than average displacement.
B) It refers to the displacement at a specific point in time.
C) It is the sum of all displacements over time.
D) It ignores direction.
20. A runner completes a lap around a 400 m track. What is their displacement after finishing the lap?
A) 400 m B) 200 m C) 0 m D) 800 m
21. Which statement about displacement is NOT true?
A) Displacement can be calculated from distance.
B) Displacement considers only the shortest path between the start and end points.
C) Displacement can be negative.
D) Displacement is always equal to the distance traveled.
22. If a boat sails 10 km north, then 10 km west, what is the displacement?
A) 10 km B) 20 km C) 14.14 km D) 5 km
23. If two people start from the same point and walk in opposite directions, what can be said about their
displacements?
A) They have the same displacement.
B) Their displacements are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
C) Their displacements are zero.
D) One has a positive displacement, and the other has a negative displacement.
24. What is the displacement of an object that moves 8 m east, 6 m south, and then 8 m west?
A) 2 m south B) 6 m east C) 8 m east D) 0 m
25. When calculating displacement in a two-dimensional motion, which method is often used?
A) Arithmetic summation
B) Geometric addition
C) Pythagorean theorem
D) Simple subtraction
26. If a car travels 50 km north in 1 hour and then returns back 50 km in the next hour, what is its average
velocity?
A) 25 km/h B) 0 km/h C) 50 km/h D) 100 km/h
27. A person walks 4 m north, then 4 m east, and finally 4 m south. What is their total distance traveled?
A) 0 m B) 4 m C) 12 m D) 8 m
28. An object moves 3 m to the left then 4 m to the right. What is its displacement?
A) 1 m to the left B) 1 m to the right C) 7 m D) 0 m
29. What is the difference between distance and displacement?
A) Displacement is always longer than distance.
B) Distance has a direction, while displacement does not.
C) Distance is a scalar, while displacement is a vector.
D) There is no difference.
30. When observing the motion of an object, what does a flat line on a displacement-time graph indicate?
A) The object is speeding up.
B) The object is slowing down.
C) The object is stationary.
D) The object is moving with constant speed.
31. If a student walks 10 m north, then 10 m south, then 10 m east, what is the net displacement?
A) 10 m north B) 10 m east C) 10 m southwest D) 0 m
32. A person jogs 5 miles north, then 5 miles west. What is their resultant displacement?
A) 10 miles B) 5 miles C) 7.07 miles D) 0 miles
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33. What is the unit of displacement?
A) m/s B) meters (m) C) kilometers (km) D) Both B and C
34. An object travels 100 m east and then 100 m south. What is the displacement?
A) 100 m B) 141.42 m C) 200 m D) 0 m
35. What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?
A) Distance B) Speed C) Displacement D) Time
36. If a cyclist moves around a circular path with a radius of 10 m and returns to the starting point, what is
their displacement?
A) 10 m B) 20 m C) 0 m D) 31.42 m
37. What is the displacement of an object that moves 6 m to the left and then 6 m to the right?
A) 12 m B) 6 m C) 0 m D) 36 m
38. To find the displacement when moving in three dimensions, which of the following must be considered?
A) Only the total distance traveled
B) The angles and direction of movement
C) Only the final position
D) Time taken to travel
39. An athlete runs 400 meters on a 400-meter track. If they stop at one point on the track, what can be said
about their displacement?
A) It is always 400 m.
B) It could be anything less than 400 m, depending on where they stop.
C) It is 0 m.
D) It is equal to the distance they traveled.
40. An object is moving with a speed of 10 m/s for 5 seconds. What is the distance traveled?
A) 5 m B) 50 m C) 100 m D) 10 m
41. A person walks 5 m east, then 3 m north, and finally 4 m west. What is the total displacement from the
original position?
A) 6 m B) 7 m C) 8 m D) 10 m
42. An object moves 12 m south, then 5 m west, and finally 9 m north. What is the net displacement?
A) 7 m south B) 10 m west C) 7 m D) 5 m northeast
43. A jogger runs 6 km north, 8 km east, and then 10 km south. What is their displacement from the starting
point?
A) 4 km B) 10 km C) 8 km northeast D) 6 km
44. A person travels 3 m forward, 4 m to the right, 2 m backward, and finally 1 m left. What is their total
displacement?
A) 6 m B) 4 m C) 5 m D) 3 m
45. An object moves 20 m north, 15 m east, and then 5 m south. What is the total displacement from the
starting point?
A) 15 m northeast B) 25 m C) 20 m D) 10 m northeast
46. A drone flies 10 m up, 10 m down, 5 m south, and then 5 m east. What is its net displacement?
A) 10 m southeast B) 5 m east C) 5 m south D) 10 m
47. A cyclist travels 4 km north, then turns and travels 3 km west, and finally goes 2 km south. What is their
total displacement?
A) 5 km B) 4 km southeast C) 3 km east D) 7 km northwest
48. A person walks 5 m west, then 12 m south, and then 13 m east. What is their net displacement?
A) 2 m east B) 6 m south C) 5 m D) 10 m
49. An object travels 2 m up, 4 m right, 2 m left, and 2 m down. What is the net displacement from the
starting point?
A) 2 m down B) 4 m right C) 2 m D) 0 m
50. A bird flies 20 m north, then 30 m east, 15 m south, and finally 25 m west. What is the total
displacement from its original position?
A) 10 m northeast B) 5 m C) 35 m D) 25 m southeast
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51. A hiker walks 10 km east, then 24 km north, followed by 10 km west, and finally 6 km south. What is
the total displacement from the starting point?
A) 20 km B) 12 km C) 18 km D) 22 km
52. A car moves 15 km north, then 20 km east, and then 15 km south. What is the total displacement from
the original starting position?
A) 20 km B) 10 km northeast C) 25 km D) 5 km
53. An explorer moves 30 m south, 40 m east, 10 m north, and 20 m west. What is the total displacement?
A) 20 m B) 40 m northeast C) 30 m southeast D) 10 m
54. An athlete runs 5 km north, 12 km east, then 5 km south, and finally 12 km west. What is the net
displacement?
A) 0 km B) 5 km south C) 12 km D) 5 km northeast
55. A person walks 8 m east, 6 m west, 4 m north, and 3 m south. What is the total displacement?
A) 4 m northeast B) 5 m C) 6 m D) 5 m northeast
56. An object moves in a straight line: 12 m south, then turns and moves 16 m east, then turns again and
moves 12 m north. What is the total displacement from the starting point?
A) 4 m east B) 16 m southeast C) 20 m D) 12 m
57. A person travels 7 km north, 3 km east, 5 km south, and finally 1 km west. Calculate the total
displacement.
A) 2 km east B) 5 km northeast C) 4 km D) 3 km south
58. A drone flies 25 m up, 20 m down, 30 m south, and then 40 m east. What is its net displacement?
A) 10 m southeast B) 40 m C) 50 m D) 30 m
59. A student walks 6 m north, 8 m west, then 10 m south, and finally 2 m east. What is their total
displacement?
A) 2 m west B) 4 m C) 2 m east D) 6 m
60. A person walks 25 m to the north, then 60 m to the east, turns around and walks 25 m to the south, and
finishes by walking 30 m to the west. What is their total displacement?
A) 65 m east B) 40 m northeast C) 30 m D) 15 m
61. In a displacement-time graph, which line graph indicates constant speed?
A) A straight, sloped line B) A horizontal line
C) A curved line D) A zigzag line
62. What does a horizontal line on a displacement-time graph represent?
A) Constant speed B) Object at rest
C) Accelerating motion D) Backward motion
63. On a displacement-time graph, if the slope of the line decreases, what does this indicate about the
object's motion?
A) The object is accelerating. B) The object is moving at a constant speed.
C) The object is decelerating. D) The object is at rest.
64. In a displacement-time graph, when the graph shows a downward slope, what does this signify?
A) The object is moving forward. B) The object is moving backward.
C) The object is at rest. D) The object is accelerating.
65. If a displacement-time graph shows a straight line with a steeper slope, what does that indicate?
A) Slower speed B) Faster speed
C) The object is at rest D) The object is changing direction
66. A displacement-time graph has two lines, one steep and one flat. What does the flat line represent?
A) Constant high speed B) Constant low speed
C) No displacement D) Accelerating motion
67. In a displacement-time graph, if the line forms a curve, what does that generally indicate about the
motion?
A) The object is at rest.
B) The object is moving with constant speed.
C) The object is accelerating or decelerating.
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D) The object is moving in a straight line.
68. If a displacement-time graph starts from zero and goes straight upwards, what does this indicate about
the object's motion?
A) The object is moving forward. B) The object is moving backward.
C) The object is at rest. D) The object has returned to the starting point.
69. What can be inferred if a displacement-time graph shows a line that returns to the original displacement?
A) The object is in uniform motion.
B) The object has moved away but returned to the starting point.
C) The object is accelerating.
D) The object is moving at a constant speed.
70. In a graph showing displacement over time, what does a steep angle indicate?
A) The object is moving quickly. B) The object is moving at a constant speed.
C) The object is at rest. D) The object is slowing down.
FILE 2. DISPLACEMENT FIGURE PROBLEMS
The figure above is the displacement versus time graph of an object in uniform linear motion. Please answer
the following questions.
1. What is the motion of the object between 0 and 5 seconds?
A. The object is at rest
B. The object is moving at a uniform speed of 3 m/s
C. The object is moving at a uniform speed of 4 m/s
D. The object is moving at a uniform speed of 5 m/s
2. What happens to the object between 5 and 10 seconds?
A. The object continues moving forward
B. The object changes direction and moves backward
C. The object is at rest
D. The object speeds up
3. How is the object moving between 10 and 15 seconds?
A. Moving at a constant speed of 4 m/s
B. At rest
C. Moving backward at a speed of 3 m/s
D. Moving forward at a speed of 5 m/s
4. What is the displacement of the object at 15 seconds?
A. 0 meters B. 5 meters C. 20 meters D. 25 meters
5. During which time interval does the object change direction?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 5 to 10 seconds
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C. From 10 to 15 seconds D. From 20 to 25 seconds
6. What is the total distance traveled by the object by the end of 25 seconds?
A. 20 meters B. 30 meters C. 50 meters D. 60 meters
7. What is the displacement of the object at 25 seconds?
A. 0 meters B. 5 meters C. 20 meters D. 30 meters
8. At what time does the object return to its initial position?
A. 10 seconds B. 15 seconds C. 20 seconds D. 25 seconds
9. During which time interval is the object at rest?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 5 to 10 seconds
C. From 10 to 15 seconds D. From 20 to 25 seconds
10. What is the average speed of the object over the entire 25 seconds?
A. 1.2 m/s B. 2.4 m/s C. 3.0 m/s D. 4.0 m/s
11. What is the velocity of the object between 0 and 5 seconds?
A. 3 m/s B. 4 m/s C. 5 m/s D. 6 m/s
12. In which time interval does the object have the greatest speed?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 10 to 15 seconds
C. From 20 to 25 seconds D. From 5 to 10 seconds
13. What is the direction of the object’s motion between 10 and 15 seconds?
A. Forward B. Backward C. At rest D. Changing direction
14. How much time does the object spend at rest in total?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 20 seconds
15. What is the object’s velocity between 10 and 15 seconds?
A. 4 m/s forward B. 3 m/s forward C. 3 m/s backward D. At rest
16. What is the total time the object spends moving forward?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 20 seconds
17. At which point does the object have zero displacement?
A. At 5 seconds B. At 10 seconds C. At 15 seconds D. At 25 seconds
18. What is the object’s displacement at 10 seconds?
A. 0 meters B. 5 meters C. 20 meters D. 25 meters
19. How long does the object move backward?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 20 seconds
20. What is the object’s velocity between 20 and 25 seconds?
A. 4 m/s forward B. 5 m/s forward C. 3 m/s backward D. At rest
21. What is the average velocity of the object between 0 and 15 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 1.33 m/s C. 2 m/s D. 3 m/s
22. During which time interval is the object moving with the fastest speed?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 10 to 15 seconds
C. From 20 to 25 seconds D. From 5 to 10 seconds
23. What is the total time the object spends moving backward?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 20 seconds
24. What is the total displacement of the object after 25 seconds?
A. 0 meters B. 20 meters C. 30 meters D. 60 meters
25. How far does the object move during the first 10 seconds?
A. 20 meters B. 25 meters C. 30 meters D. 35 meters
26. At what time does the object reach its maximum displacement?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 20 seconds
27. What is the total distance covered by the object from 10 to 25 seconds?
A. 15 meters B. 25 meters C. 35 meters D. 45 meters
28. What is the object’s velocity from 15 to 20 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 2 m/s C. 3 m/s D. 4 m/s
29. What is the object’s net displacement after 10 seconds?
A. 0 meters B. 5 meters C. 10 meters D. 20 meters
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30. What is the object’s displacement between 5 and 15 seconds?
A. 0 meters B. 5 meters C. -15 meters D. 20 meters
31. How much time does the object spend moving throughout the entire motion (excluding rest periods)?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 20 seconds
32. What is the object’s velocity from 0 to 10 seconds?
A. 0.5 m/s B. 2 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 6 m/s
33. At what time does the object reach its starting position again?
A. 10 seconds B. 15 seconds C. 20 seconds D. 25 seconds
34. What is the change in displacement from 10 to 20 seconds?
A. 0 meters B. -15 meters C. 15 meters D. 20 meters
35. What is the object’s total displacement at the end of the motion?
A. 20 meters B. 25 meters C. 30 meters D. 35 meters
36. What is the object’s velocity from 20 to 25 seconds?
A. 4 m/s B. 5 m/s C. 3 m/s D. 2 m/s
37. How much displacement does the object achieve between 0 and 25 seconds?
A. 20 meters B. 30 meters C. 25 meters D. 15 meters
38. What is the object’s acceleration throughout the motion?
A. 0 m/s² B. 2 m/s² C. -1 m/s² D. 1 m/s²
39. What is the velocity of the object at 15 seconds?
A. 4 m/s forward B. 3 m/s backward C. 0 m/s D. 5 m/s forward
40. What is the object’s average velocity between 0 and 25 seconds?
A. 1.2 m/s B. 2 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 3 m/s
41. At which time intervals does the object have constant velocity?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds, 10 to 15 seconds, and 20 to 25 seconds
B. From 0 to 5 seconds, 5 to 10 seconds, and 15 to 20 seconds
C. From 10 to 15 seconds and 15 to 20 seconds
D. The object never has constant velocity
42. What can be said about the motion between 15 and 20 seconds?
A. The object is accelerating B. The object is decelerating
C. The object is at rest D. The object is moving backward
43. How much distance did the object cover in the first 15 seconds?
A. 5 meters B. 10 meters C. 35 meters D. 20 meters
44. What is the object’s velocity between 10 and 20 seconds?
A. 3 m/s backward B. 0 m/s C. 4 m/s forward D. 5 m/s forward
45. Question 45:
If the object maintained the same velocity as it had from 20 to 25 seconds, how far would it travel in the next
10 seconds?
A. 40 meters B. 50 meters C. 60 meters D. 70 meters
46. What is the total time the object spends moving in the positive direction?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 20 seconds
47. At which point on the graph does the object have the highest displacement?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 20 seconds
48. What can be said about the object’s motion from 10 to 15 seconds?
A. The object is at rest
B. The object is accelerating
C. The object is moving backward at a constant speed
D. The object is moving forward at a constant speed
49. What is the object’s total displacement between 5 and 20 seconds?
A. 0 meters B. 5 meters C. 10 meters D. 15 meters
50. If the object continued moving at the velocity it had from 0 to 5 seconds, how far would it travel in the
next 5 seconds?
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A. 10 meters B. 15 meters C. 20 meters D. 25 meters
51. What is the instantaneous velocity of the object at 5 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 4 m/s forward C. 3 m/s backward D. 5 m/s forward
52. What is the instantaneous speed of the object at 10 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 4 m/s C. 3 m/s D. 5 m/s
53. What is the instantaneous velocity of the object at 12 seconds?
A. 4 m/s forward B. 3 m/s backward C. 5 m/s forward D. 0 m/s
54. At what time does the object have its highest instantaneous speed?
A. 0 to 5 seconds B. 10 to 15 seconds C. 20 to 25 seconds D. 5 to 10 seconds
55. What is the instantaneous velocity of the object at 15 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 4 m/s forward C. 3 m/s backward D. 5 m/s forward
56. What is the instantaneous speed of the object at 25 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 5 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 3 m/s
57. At which time interval does the object’s instantaneous velocity change direction?
A. 0 to 5 seconds B. 5 to 10 seconds C. 10 to 15 seconds D. 15 to 20 seconds
58. How does the instantaneous velocity of the object at 10 seconds compare to that at 15 seconds?
A. They are both positive B. They are both negative
C. They are both zero D. They are in opposite directions
59. What is the instantaneous velocity of the object just before it stops at 5 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 4 m/s forward C. 3 m/s backward D. 5 m/s forward
60. What is the relationship between the object’s instantaneous speed and velocity between 20 and 25
seconds?
A. Speed is zero, velocity is positive B. Speed is negative, velocity is positive
C. Speed and velocity are the same D. Speed is positive, velocity is zero
61. What happens to the object’s instantaneous velocity between 0 and 5 seconds?
A. It decreases B. It remains constant
C. It increases D. It becomes zero
62. What is the instantaneous velocity of the object just after 15 seconds?
A. 4 m/s forward B. 3 m/s backward C. 0 m/s D. 5 m/s forward
63. During which time interval is the instantaneous velocity negative?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 10 to 15 seconds
C. From 20 to 25 seconds D. From 15 to 20 seconds
64. At which point is the object’s instantaneous speed equal to zero?
A. 5 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. All of the above
65. What happens to the instantaneous velocity between 10 and 15 seconds?
A. It becomes zero B. It changes from positive to negative
C. It remains constant and negative D. It increases to a positive value
66. What is the instantaneous speed of the object at 20 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 4 m/s C. 5 m/s D. 3 m/s
67. Which of the following time intervals has the highest instantaneous speed?
A. 0 to 5 seconds B. 10 to 15 seconds C. 20 to 25 seconds D. 5 to 10 seconds
68. At what time does the object have zero instantaneous velocity?
A. 10 seconds B. 5 seconds C. 25 seconds D. 0 seconds
69. What is the instantaneous velocity of the object just before it starts moving backward at 10 seconds?
A. 4 m/s forward B. 0 m/s C. 3 m/s backward D. 5 m/s forward
70. How does the instantaneous velocity change between 20 and 25 seconds?
A. It increases B. It decreases C. It remains constant D. It becomes zero
71. What is the object’s instantaneous speed at the midpoint between 0 and 5 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 3 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 5 m/s
72. During which interval does the object have the greatest change in instantaneous velocity?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 5 to 10 seconds
C. From 10 to 15 seconds D. From 20 to 25 seconds
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73. At what point does the object’s instantaneous velocity change from positive to negative?
A. 0 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. 5 seconds
74. What is the relationship between the object’s instantaneous speed and instantaneous velocity between 10
and 15 seconds?
A. Speed is positive, velocity is negative B. Speed and velocity are both negative
C. Speed and velocity are both positive D. Speed is zero, velocity is zero
75. How does the instantaneous speed compare to the instantaneous velocity at 0 seconds?
A. Speed is greater than velocity B. Velocity is greater than speed
C. Speed and velocity are equal D. Speed is positive, velocity is zero
76. What is the instantaneous velocity of the object at 22 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 5 m/s forward C. 4 m/s backward D. 3 m/s forward
77. What is the instantaneous speed of the object at the end of 25 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 5 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 3 m/s
78. At which time does the object experience the largest drop in instantaneous velocity?
A. 0 seconds B. 5 seconds C. 10 seconds D. 15 seconds
79. What is the instantaneous speed at 12 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 3 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 5 m/s
80. At which points on the graph is the instantaneous velocity equal to zero?
A. At 0, 5, 10, and 20 seconds B. At 0, 5, 15, and 20 seconds
C. At 5, 10, 15, and 20 seconds D. At 0, 10, 15, and 25 seconds
81. How does the instantaneous velocity at 5 seconds compare to the instantaneous velocity at 15 seconds?
A. Both are positive B. Both are negative
C. Both are zero D. One is positive, the other is negative
82. During which time intervals does the object’s instantaneous speed remain constant?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds, 10 to 15 seconds, and 20 to 25 seconds
B. From 0 to 5 seconds and 20 to 25 seconds only
C. From 10 to 15 seconds only
D. From 5 to 10 seconds and 15 to 20 seconds
83. What is the object’s instantaneous speed at the moment it changes direction at 10 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 3 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 5 m/s
84. At which time does the object experience the largest increase in instantaneous velocity?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 10 to 15 seconds
C. From 15 to 20 seconds D. From 20 to 25 seconds
85. What is the object’s instantaneous speed immediately after it starts moving backward at 10 seconds?
A. 3 m/s B. 4 m/s C. 5 m/s D. 0 m/s
86. How does the instantaneous velocity of the object at 25 seconds compare to the velocity at 0 seconds?
A. They are the same B. They are both zero
C. One is positive, the other is zero D. One is negative, the other is positive
87. What is the object’s instantaneous speed immediately before it comes to rest at 15 seconds?
A. 4 m/s B. 3 m/s C. 5 m/s D. 0 m/s
88. At what point does the object’s instantaneous velocity change most abruptly?
A. At 5 seconds B. At 10 seconds C. At 15 seconds D. At 20 seconds
89. What is the instantaneous speed of the object at the midpoint between 20 and 25 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 4 m/s C. 5 m/s D. 3 m/s
90. At which points on the graph does the object have zero instantaneous speed?
A. At 0, 10, and 15 seconds B. At 5, 10, and 15 seconds
C. At 5, 15, and 25 seconds D. At 0, 5, and 20 seconds
91. What does the slope of the graph represent in a displacement-time graph?
A. Distance B. Velocity C. Acceleration D. Time
92. What is the slope of the graph between 0 and 5 seconds?
A. 0 B. 3 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 5 m/s
93. What is the slope of the graph between 10 and 15 seconds?
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A. -3 m/s B. 0 m/s C. 4 m/s D. -4 m/s
94. During which time intervals is the slope of the graph zero?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 5 to 10 seconds and from 15 to 20 seconds
C. From 10 to 15 seconds D. From 20 to 25 seconds
95. What does a negative slope on the graph indicate?
A. The object is moving forward B. The object is moving backward
C. The object is at rest D. The object is accelerating
96. At which time interval is the slope steepest?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 10 to 15 seconds
C. From 20 to 25 seconds D. From 15 to 20 seconds
97. What happens to the slope of the graph at 5 seconds?
A. It becomes positive B. It becomes zero
C. It becomes negative D. It remains the same
98. What does the change in slope at 10 seconds indicate?
A. The object is moving forward faster B. The object is moving backward
C. The object is at rest D. The object is accelerating
99. At which time does the graph have the most significant change in slope?
A. At 5 seconds B. At 10 seconds C. At 15 seconds D. At 20 seconds
100. If the slope of the graph is constant, what does that tell us about the object’s motion?
A. The object is accelerating B. The object is decelerating
C. The object is moving at a constant velocity D. The object is changing direction
101.What does it mean if the slope of the graph is positive?
A. The object is moving backward B. The object is moving forward
C. The object is at rest D. The object is changing direction
102. What does the slope between 20 and 25 seconds tell us about the object’s velocity?
A. It is decreasing B. It is increasing
C. It is constant and positive D. It is constant and negative
103. How does the slope between 10 and 15 seconds compare to the slope between 0 and 5 seconds?
A. Both slopes are positive B. Both slopes are negative
C. One slope is positive, and the other is negative D. Both slopes are zero
104. What does a zero slope between 15 and 20 seconds indicate?
A. The object is moving forward B. The object is moving backward
C. The object is at rest D. The object is accelerating
105. What can be said about the object’s motion if the slope of the graph suddenly changes from positive to
negative?
A. The object continues moving forward B. The object stops moving
C. The object changes direction D. The object is accelerating
106. At what point does the slope of the graph change most drastically?
A. At 0 seconds B. At 5 seconds C. At 10 seconds D. At 15 seconds
107. How does the slope between 0 and 5 seconds compare to the slope between 20 and 25 seconds?
A. Both slopes are positive, but the slope between 20 and 25 seconds is steeper
B. Both slopes are negative
C. The slope between 0 and 5 seconds is steeper D. Both slopes are zero
108. What does the flattening of the slope at 10 seconds indicate?
A. The object is speeding up B. The object is slowing down
C. The object is at rest D. The object is changing direction
109. At which time interval is the slope of the graph steepest?
A. From 0 to 5 seconds B. From 10 to 15 seconds
C. From 20 to 25 seconds D. From 5 to 10 seconds
110. What does the steepness of the slope tell us about the object’s speed?
A. The steeper the slope, the slower the object moves B. The steeper the slope, the faster the object moves
C. The slope does not affect speed D. The slope only affects direction, not speed
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