Kinematics Multiple Choice: 2D Motion

10) A ball is thrown with a velocity of 20 m/s at an angle of 60° above the horizontal. What is the horizontal component of its instantaneous velocity at the exact top of its trajectory? A) 10 m/s B) 17 m/s C) 20 m/s D) zero

A

10) Three vectors, expressed in Cartesian coordinates, are What is the magnitude of the resultant vector S + T + U? A) 4.9 B) 24 C) 16 D) 18

A

11) Ignoring air resistance, the horizontal component of a projectile's acceleration A) is zero. B) remains a non-zero constant. C) continuously increases. D) continuously decreases.

A

12) A soccer ball is kicked with a velocity of 25 m/s at an angle of 45° above the horizontal. What is the vertical component of its acceleration as it travels along its trajectory? A) 9.80 m/s2 downward B) (9.80 m/s2) × sin (45°) downward C) (9.80 m/s2) × sin (45°) upward D) (9.80 m/s2) upward

A

2) Which of the following operations will not change a vector? A) Translate it parallel to itself. B) Rotate it. C) Multiply it by a constant factor. D) Add a constant vector to it.

A

22) A plane flying horizontally at a speed of 50.0 m/s and at an elevation of 160 m drops a package. Two seconds later it drops a second package. How far apart will the two packages land on the ground? A) 100 m B) 162 m C) 177 m D) 283 m

A

28) Your motorboat can move at 30 km/h in still water. How much time will it take you to move 12 km downstream, in a river flowing at 6.0 km/h? A) 20 min B) 22 min C) 24 min D) 30 min

A

3) If you walk 6.0 km in a straight line in a direction north of east and you end up 2.0 km north and several kilometers east. How many degrees north of east have you walked? A) 19° B) 45° C) 60° D) 71°

A

3) Which of the following is an accurate statement? A) A vector cannot have zero magnitude if one of its components is not zero. B) The magnitude of a vector can be less than the magnitude of one of its components. C) If the magnitude of vector A is less than the magnitude of vector B, then the x-component of A is less than the x- component of B. D) The magnitude of a vector can be positive or negative.

A

30) A plane is flying due South (270°) at 500 km/h. A wind blows from East to West (180°) at 45.0 km/h. Find the plane's velocity with respect to the ground. A) 502 km/h at 265° B) 502 km/h at 85° C) 520 km/h at 5° D) 545 km/h at 265°

A

32) A fighter plane moving 200 m/s horizontally fires a projectile with speed 50.0 m/s in a forward direction 30.0° below the horizontal. What is the speed of the projectile with respect to a stationary observer on the ground? A) 245 m/s B) 250 m/s C) 268 m/s D) 293 m/s

A

36) A swimmer heading directly across a river 200 m wide reaches the opposite bank in 6 min 40 s. She is swept downstream 480 m. How fast can she swim in still water? A) 0.50 m/s B) 1.2 m/s C) 1.4 m/s D) 1.8 m/s

A

5) A 400-m tall tower casts a 600-m long shadow over a level ground. At what angle is the Sun elevated above the horizon? A) 34° B) 42° C) 48° D) can't be found; not enough information

A

7) Three forces, each having a magnitude of 30 N, pull on an object in directions that are 120° apart from each other. Make a statement concerning the resultant force. A) The resultant force is zero B) The resultant force is greater than 30 N. C) The resultant force is equal to 30 N. D) The resultant force is less than 30 N.

A

1) Which one of the following is an example of a vector quantity? A) distance B) velocity C) mass D) area

B

14) Two forces are acting on an object as shown in Fig. 3-1. What is the magnitude of the resultant force? A) 47.5 N B) 185 N C) 198 N D) 200 N

B

18) A ball is thrown at an original speed of 8.0 m/s at an angle of 35° above the horizontal. What is the speed of the ball when it returns to the same horizontal level? A) 4.0 m/s B) 8.0 m/s C) 16 m/s D) 9.8 m/s

B

19) When a football in a field goal attempt reaches its maximum height, how does its speed compare to its initial speed? A) It is zero. B) It is less than its initial speed. C) It is equal to its initial speed. D) It is greater than its initial speed.

B

2) If a ball is thrown with a velocity of 25 m/s at an angle of 37° above the horizontal, what is the vertical component of the velocity? A) 12 m/s B) 15 m/s C) 19 m/s D) 25 m/s

B

20) A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower at the same instant a ball is dropped vertically. Which object is traveling faster when it hits the level ground below? A) It is impossible to tell from the information given. B) the stone C) the ball D) Neither, since both are traveling at the same speed.

B

24) A pilot drops a bomb from a plane flying horizontally at a constant speed. Neglecting air resistance, when the bomb hits the ground the horizontal location of the plane will A) be behind the bomb. B) be over the bomb. C) be in front of the bomb. D) depend on the speed of the plane when the bomb was released.

B

24) A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 60.0 m/s at an angle of 30.0° above the horizontal. What is the maximum height reached by the projectile? A) 23 m B) 46 m C) 69 m D) 92 m

B

25) A rifle bullet is fired at an angle of 30° below the horizontal with an initial velocity of 800 m/s from the top of a cliff 80 m high. How far from the base of the cliff does it strike the level ground below? A) 130 m B) 140 m C) 150 m D) 160 m

B

26) You are traveling at 55 mi/h in the +x axis relative to a straight, level road and pass a car traveling at 45 mi/h. The relative velocity of your car to the other car is A) -10 mi/h. B) 10 mi/h. C) 65 mi/h. D) 35 mi/h.

B

31) An airplane with a speed of 120 km/h is headed 30.0° east of north in a wind blowing due west at 30.0 km/h. What is the speed of the plane relative to the ground? A) 90.0 km/h B) 110 km/h C) 137 km/h D) 150 km/h

B

35) The driver of a motorboat that can move at 10 m/s in still water wishes to travel directly across a narrow strait in which the current flows at 5.0 m/s. At what angle upstream should the driver head the boat? A) 27° B) 30° C) 60° D) 63°

B

37) A swimmer heading directly across a river 200 m wide reaches the opposite bank in 6 min 40 s. She is swept downstream 480 m. What is the speed of the current? A) 0.50 m/s B) 1.2 m/s C) 1.4 m/s D) 1.8 m/s

B

5) Two displacement vectors have magnitudes of 5.0 m and 7.0 m, respectively. When these two vectors are added, the magnitude of the sum A) is 2.0 m. B) could be as small as 2.0 m, or as large as 12 m. C) is 12 m. D) is larger than 12 m

B

6) Two vectors A and B have components (0, 1) and (-1, 3), respectively. What are the components of the sum of these two vectors? A) (1, 4) B) (-1, 4) C) (1, 2) D) (-1, 2)

B

9) Ignoring air resistance, the horizontal component of a projectile's velocity A) is zero. B) remains constant. C) continuously increases. D) continuously decreases.

B

13) If the acceleration vector of an object is directed anti-parallel to the velocity vector, A) the object is turning. B) the object is speeding up. C) the object is slowing down. D) the object is moving in the negative x-direction.

C

14) If the acceleration of an object is always directed perpendicular to its velocity, A) the object is speeding up. B) the object is slowing down. C) the object is turning. D) this situation would not be physically possible.

C

15) At what angle should a water-gun be aimed in order for the water to land with the greatest horizontal range? A) 0° B) 30° C) 45° D) 60°

C

19) A girl throws a rock horizontally, with a velocity of 10 m/s, from a bridge. It falls 20 m to the water below. How far does the rock travel horizontally before striking the water? A) 14 m B) 16 m C) 20 m D) 24 m

C

20) A ball thrown horizontally from a point 24 m above the ground, strikes the ground after traveling horizontally a distance of 18 m. With what speed was it thrown? A) 6.1 m/s B) 7.4 m/s C) 8.1 m/s D) 8.9 m/s

C

21) A bullet is fired horizontally, and at the same instant a second bullet is dropped from the same height. Ignore air resistance. Compare the times of fall of the two bullets. A) The fired bullet hits first. B) The dropped bullet hits first. C) They hit at the same time. D) cannot tell without knowing the masses

C

21) A jumper in the long-jump goes into the jump with a speed of 12 m/s at an angle of 20° above the horizontal. How long is the jumper in the air before returning to the Earth? A) 0.21 s B) 0.42 s C) 0.84 s D) 1.3 s

C

23) A package of supplies is dropped from a plane, and one second later a second package is dropped. Neglecting air resistance, the distance between the falling packages will A) be constant. B) decrease. C) increase. D) depend on their weight.

C

25) The acceleration of gravity on the Moon is only one-sixth of that on Earth. If you hit a baseball on the Moon with the same effort (and at the speed and angle) that you would on Earth, the ball would land A) the same distance away. B) one-sixth as far. C) 6 times as far. D) 36 times as far.

C

28) On a calm day (no wind), you can run a 1500-m race at a velocity of 4.0 m/s. If you ran the same race on a day when you had a constant headwind which slows your speed by 2.0 m/s, the time it would take you to finish would be A) 250 s. B) 750 s. C) 1125 s. D) 9000 s.

C

34) The driver of a motorboat that can move at 10 m/s in still water wishes to travel directly across a river 1.6 km wide in which the current flows at 5.0 m/s. How long will it take to cross the river? A) 5.3 min B) 2.7 min C) 2.4 min D) 1.8 min

C

4) A butterfly moves with a speed of 12.0 m/s. The x component of its velocity is 8.00 m/s. The angle between the direction of its motion and the x axis must be A) 30.0°. B) 41.8°. C) 48.2°. D) 53.0°.

C

6) Two vectors, of magnitudes 20 and 50, are added. Which one of the following is a possible answer for the magnitude of the resultant? A) 10 B) 20 C) 40 D) 80

C

8) Vector A= (1,3). Vector B= (3,0). Vector C= A+B. What is the magnitude of C? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 7

C

9) A car travels 20 km west, then 20 km south. What is the magnitude of its displacement? A) 0 km B) 20 km C) 28 km D) 40 km

C

1) Vector A has magnitude 8.0 m at an angle of 30 degrees below the +x axis. The y component of A is A) 6.9 m. B) -6.9 m. C) 4.0 m. D) -4.0 m.

D

11) Three vectors, expressed in Cartesian coordinates, are What is the angle of the resultant vector S + T + U measured from the positive x axis? A) 24° above B) 24° below C) 66° above D) 66° below

D

12) If vector A = (-3.0, -4.0) and vector B = (+3.0, -8.0), what is the magnitude of vector C = A - B? A) 13 B) 16 C) 144 D) 7.2

D

13) A runner runs halfway around a circular path of radius 10 m. What is the displacement of the jogger? A) 0 B) 5 m C) 10 m D) 20 m

D

15) Two forces are acting on an object as shown in Fig. 3-1. What is the direction of the resultant force? A) 12° above -x B) 78° above -x C) 12° above +x D) 78° above +x

D

16) An Olympic athlete throws a javelin at four different angles above the horizontal, each with the same speed: 30°, 40°, 60°, and 80°. Which two throws cause the javelin to land the same distance away? A) 30° and 80° B) 40° and 60° C) 40° and 80° D) 30° and 60°

D

17) You are throwing a ball for the second time. If the ball leaves your hand with twice the velocity it had on your first throw, its horizontal range R (compared to your first serve) would be A) 1.4 times as much. B) half as much. C) twice as much. D) four times as much.

D

23) A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 60.0 m/s at an angle of 30.0° above the horizontal. How far does it travel? A) 152 m B) 160 m C) 184 m D) 318 m

D

27) You are trying to cross a river that flows due south with a strong current. You start out in your motorboat on the east bank desiring to reach the west bank directly west from your starting point. You should head your motorboat A) due west. B) due north. C) in a southwesterly direction. D) in a northwesterly direction.

D

33) A boat, whose speed in still water is 8.0 m/s, is directed across a river with a current of 6.0 m/s. What is the speed of the boat as it crosses the river? A) 5.3 m/s B) 6.0 m/s C) 8.0 m/s D) 10.0 m/s

D

4) The resultant of two vectors is the smallest when the angle between them is A) 0°. B) 45°. C) 90°. D) 180°

D

7) Two vectors A and B have components (0, 1) and (-1, 3), respectively. What is magnitude of the sum of these two vectors? A) 2.8 B) 3.2 C) 3.9 D) 4.1

D