Physics 7th Grade Mid Test Preparation – Semester 2

I. Choose the right answer!

1) You run around, traveling a total of 45 meters, and end up 1 meter to the right of
the origin. The x-axis points left to right. The y-axis points up and down. What is your
position?

a) 45 meters c) +1 meter (x direction)

b) -1 meter (x direction) d) +1 meter (y direction)

2) This graph is broken up into 5 sections, labeled A-E. On this graph, what section(s)
represents positive acceleration?

a) E b) C, E c) A, B, D d) B,D only

3) A car is travelling at constant acceleration along a straight road. Which one of the
following quantities changes by the same amount in equal time intervals?
a) displacement b) resultant force c) kinetic energy d) velocity
4) Calculate the average speed for the course, if you walked the black line in 1.7 hours.

a) 229 m/h b) 229 m/h northwest c) 163 m/h d) 163 m/h northwest

5) A car travels from point A to B in 3 hours and returns back to point A in 5 hours.
Points A and B are 150 miles apart along a straight highway. Which of the following
statements most accurately describes the motion of the car?
a) The average velocity is 40 miles per hour.
b) The total displacement of the trip is 300 miles.
c) The average speed is 37.5 miles per hour.
d) The car travels at 50 mph for the first half and 30 mph for the second half.

6) A police car accelerates quickly to 60 meters per second in order to pursue a

minivan that is recklessly speeding along the highway at 45 meters per second. How
long will it take the police car to catch up if the minivan is 600 meters ahead of the
police car at the beginning of the chase?
a) 10 seconds b) 15 seconds c) 40 seconds d) 50 seconds

7) At time t = 1 min the car is traveling at a velocity of 20 meters per second, and at
time t = 2 min the car reaches a velocity of 40 meters per second. Which statement
best describes the car’s motion during this time interval?
a) The car’s average acceleration is 0.33 m/s2
b) The car’s average speed is the same as the car’s average velocity.
c) The car’s average velocity is 30 m/s, assuming a straight path of travel.
d) The car’s velocity never drops below 20 m/s and never surpasses 40 m/s.

8) An object is dropped from the top of the Empire State Building. Which of the
following statements best describes the motion of the object as it experiences air
resistance during its downward fall?
a) The speed will increase at a constant rate for its fall.
b) The speed will decrease at a constant rate for its fall.
c) Its speed remains constant for the fall.
d) Its acceleration will decrease until the object starts moving with a constant speed.

9) Which of the following statements best represents an example of instantaneous

velocity?
a) The car traveled a distance of 100 miles in the second hour of travel to
Saskatchewan.
b) The projectile was traveling upward at 50 meters per second ten seconds after its
launch from the cannon.
c) The new aircraft built by Boeing has a maximum cruising speed of 400 miles per
hour.
d) The train will take 5 hours in total to reach its final destination of Boston traveling at
15 miles per hour.

10) According to the velocity-time graph below, how many times does the particle
attain zero acceleration during the entire path?

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
11) Based on the velocity-time graph below, which of the following statements best
characterizes the car’s motion?

a) The velocity changes the slowest during the first 1.5 minutes of the trip.
b) The greatest displacement occurs between 4 and 5 minutes.
c) The car has zero instantaneous velocity exactly 3 times during the trip.
d) The car changes direction 4 times during its trip.

12) Based on the displacement-time graph below, which of the following statements
accurately describes the car’s motion?

a) The speed at 4.5 hours is greater than the speed at 1 hour.

b) The car has the greatest velocity from 2.0 to 4.0 hours.
c) The car comes to a halt 3 times during the trip.
d) The car has the greatest acceleration from 4 to 5 hours.

13) The motion of a trolley is recorded on a length of ticker tape, shown below.
What motion could be represented by this length of ticker tape?
a) A trolley moving on a circular track.
b) A trolley moving at a uniform velocity.
c) A trolley moving freely up an inclined runway.
d) A trolley pulled by a rubber band stretched to a constant length.

14) The diagram below shows lengths of ticker tape from a timer in an experiment to
distinguish between different kinds of motion. In each case the tape was being pulled
to the right. Which tape shows an object decelerating while moving to the right?

15) The path PQR of a soccer ball kicked from a point P on the ground is shown in the
diagram below. At point Q, the ball is at its maximum height.

Which ONE of the following vectors may represent the acceleration due to gravity of
the ball at Q?

II. Answer these questions completely!

1) Describe the difference between Scalar Quantities & Vector Quantities, also
mention 3 examples of each!
2) A motorcycle is starting from rest with an acceleration of 3m/s2. Find:
a) the distance travelled in 6 seconds.
b) its velocity after 6 s.
c) its average velocity during the first 6 s.
d) the distance covered by the time the motorcycle attains a velocity of 36 m/s.

3) Car A is 200 m behind car B. Both are travelling at a constant 90 km/hr in the
same direction. A then accelerates and passes B in 20 seconds. Find:
a) the distance car A travels in the 20 sec.
b) the acceleration of car A (assumed to be constant).
c) the speed of car A at the end of the 20 seconds.

4) A dog running at 10 m/s is 30 m behind a rabbit

running at 5 m/s. When will the dog catch up with
the rabbit? (Assume both velocities remain
constant throughout the chase.)

5) Use this information to answer questions about the following graph for an
object:
i) Where is the object at 0.5 s?
ii) Where is the object at 2 s?
iii) Where is the object at 3 s?
iv) Describe completely about the
movement of the object!
i) How fast is the object moving at 1 s?
ii) How fast is the object moving at 3 s?
iii) What is the total distance travelled by the object for the first 4 seconds?
iv) Describe completely about the movement of the object!