Describing Motion Quiz
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1. Which of these is a vector quantity?
- A. Distance
- B. Speed
- C. Velocity
- D. Energy
2. A car travels 120 m in 8 s. What is its average speed?
- A. 10 m/s
- B. 15 m/s
- C. 20 m/s
- D. 960 m/s
3. On a velocity-time graph, what does the area under the line represent?
- A. Speed
- B. Acceleration
- C. Distance travelled
- D. Momentum
4. A cyclist accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 s. What is the acceleration?
- A. 2 m/s²
- B. 3 m/s²
- C. 4 m/s²
- D. 8 m/s²
5. A ball starts at 4 m/s and accelerates at 3 m/s² over a distance of 10 m. Using v² − u² = 2ax, what is closest to the final velocity?
- A. 6 m/s
- B. 9 m/s
- C. 12 m/s
- D. 15 m/s