PHYSICS X11 Concepts of Physics - Berkeley University - Practice 1.2

Question 1
1 / 1 pts
A mosquito flying at 3 m/s that encounters a breeze blowing at 3 m/s in the same direction has a speed of
   
0 m/s
 
Correct!
   
6 m/s
 
   
3 m/s
 
   
4 m/s
 
 
Question 2
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The two measurements necessary for calculating average speed are
   
velocity and time
 
   
distance and acceleration
 
Correct!
   
distance and time
 
   
velocity and distance
 
   
acceleration and time
 
 
Question 3
1 / 1 pts
While a car travels around a circular track at a constant speed, its
   
velocity is zero
 
   
acceleration is zero
 
   
inertia is zero
 
Correct!
   
none of the above
 
 
Question 4
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A car's speed 3 seconds after accelerating from rest at 2 m/s2 is
Correct!
   
6 m/s
 
   
2 m/s
 
   
4 m/s
 
   
3 m/s
 
 
Question 5
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What is the acceleration of a car that starts from rest and 5 seconds later reaches a speed of 20 m/s?
   
1 m/s^2
 
   
2 m/s^2
 
   
3 m/s^2
 
Correct!
   
4 m/s^2
 
   
5 m/s^2
 
 
Question 6
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The distance a freely falling bowling ball falls each second
Correct!
   
increases
 
   
is about 10 m
 
   
is about 5 m
 
   
none of the above
 
 
Question 7
1 / 1 pts
If a stone falls to the bottom of a mineshaft in 6 seconds, then the depth of the shaft is about
   
60 m
 
   
more than 200 m
 
Correct!
   
180 m
 
   
120 m
 
 
Question 8
1 / 1 pts
At one instant an object in free fall is moving downward at 50 m/s. One second later its speed is
Correct!
   
60 m/s
 
   
100 m/s
 
   
25 m/s
 
   
55 m/s
 
   
50 m/s
 
 
Question 9
1 / 1 pts
An object falls freely from rest on a planet where the acceleration due to gravity is twice as much as on Earth. In the first 5 seconds it falls a distance of
   
150 m
 
   
500 m
 
Correct!
   
250 m
 
   
100 m
 
   
none of the above
 
 
Question 10
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Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
   
acceleration
 
   
velocity
 
Correct!
   
speed
 
   
all are vector quantities
 
   
none are vector quantities
 
 
Question 11
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A bird flying at 8 km/h in a 6-km/h crosswind has a resultant speed of
   
6 km/h
 
   
14 km/h
 
Correct!
   
10 km/h
 
   
8 km/h
 
 
Question 12
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A seagull flying at 10 km/h in a 10-km/h crosswind has a resultant speed of
   
more than 20 km/h
 
   
20 km/h
 
Correct!
   
about 14 km/h
 
   
10 km/h

           


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