Velocity and Acceleration Quiz Quiz

10 multiple choice questions

1. What type of quantity is velocity?

A) Acceleration B) Scalar (speed) C) Vector D) Force

2. What is the average speed of a car that travels 100 km in 2 hours?

A) 40 km/h B) 50 km/h C) 800 km/h D) 25 km/h

3. A car accelerates from 10 m/s to 40 m/s in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration?

A) 2 m/s^2 B) 4 m/s^2 C) 6 m/s^2 D) 10 m/s^2

4. When acceleration is negative, what is happening to the object's motion?

A) Speeding up B) Slowing down (deceleration) C) Constant speed D) Zero speed

5. What condition describes motion with constant acceleration in one direction?

A) Motion is circular B) Motion is in a straight line without turning back C) Speed is constant D) Acceleration is zero

6. In physics, what does displacement measure?

A) Distance B) Acceleration C) Speed D) Displacement

7. What happens to acceleration when an object is thrown straight up?

A) Increasing B) Decreasing C) Zero D) Constant

8. What is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth?

A) 5 m/s^2 B) 10 m/s^2 C) 9.8 m/s^2 downward D) 100 m/s^2

9. At the highest point of a vertically thrown ball, what is the velocity?

A) Maximum upward velocity B) Zero velocity C) Maximum downward velocity D) Maximum acceleration

10. What does "velocity" tell you that "speed" does not?

A) Velocity B) Speed and direction C) Acceleration D) Force

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