11 markeasy
Which distance-time graph shows an object moving with constant speed?
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Physics
Motion — Multiple-Choice Questions (Cambridge International IGCSE Physics): Exam Questions
Exam code:062527 questions · 27 marks · ≈ 27 min
21 markeasy
Which speed-time graph shows an object moving with a constant speed?
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31 markeasy
In which section of the graph is the most distance covered?
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41 markeasy
What is the speed of a bowling ball which travels down a 30 m lane in 2.5 seconds?
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75 miles per hour
75 metres per second
12 metres per second
12 miles per hour
51 markeasy
A BASE jumper, initially at rest, falls from the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Air resistance is not ignored.
Which graph represents their motion as they approach terminal velocity?
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61 markeasy
The graph shows how the distance travelled by a vehicle changes with time.
Which row describes the speed of the vehicle in each section of the graph?
| P to Q | Q to R | R to S | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | constant | zero | constant |
| B | constant | zero | decreasing |
| C | increasing | constant | decreasing |
| D | increasing | zero | constant |
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71 markeasy
The speed–time graph for a train is shown.
Which regions of the graph show the train moving ?
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P, Q, R and S
Q, R and S only
Q and S only
R only
81 markeasy
Extended Tier Only
A speed–time graph is used to describe the motion of an object.
Which quantities are calculated from the gradient of the graph and from the area under the graph?
| gradient of the graph | area under the graph | |
|---|---|---|
| A | acceleration | distance travelled |
| B | acceleration | total journey time |
| C | distance travelled | acceleration |
| D | total journey time | distance travelled |
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91 markeasy
A student carries out an experiment to find the average speed of a metal ball as it rolls down a slope.
Which pieces of equipment are needed?
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top pan balance and metre ruler
metre ruler and stopwatch
top pan balance and stopwatch
measuring cylinder and stopwatch
101 markmedium
A car travels along a clear 10.0 km section of motorway in 6.0 minutes. It then drives through 3.0 km of roadworks in 3.0 minutes.
Which calculation will give the correct average speed for the journey?
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= 1.00 km/min
= 1.67 km/min
= 2.67 km/min
= 1.44 km/min
111 markmedium
The graph shows the journey undertaken by a car.
Which equation correctly gives the distance travelled by the car?
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121 markmedium
During a Go Karting race, a car does 8 laps of a 300 m course. It takes 4.0 minutes to complete the race.
What was the average speed of the Go Kart?
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75 m/s
10 m/s
1.25 m/s
600 m/s
131 markmedium
Extended tier only
A charged particle is accelerated when passing through an electric field.
What is the acceleration of the particle at 0.4 s?
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4.6 × 10−4 m/s2
2.2 × 10−3 m/s2
7.5 × 102 m/s2
2.2 × 103 m/s2
141 markmedium
Four speed-time graphs have axes with the same scales. Each large square has a height of 1 m/s and width of 1 s.
Which graph shows the greatest distance covered?
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151 markmedium
Two runners take part in a race.
The graph shows how the speed of each runner changes with time.
What does the graph show about the runners at time t?
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Both runners are moving at the same speed.
Runner 1 has zero acceleration.
Runner 1 runs ahead of runner 2.
Runner 2 is slowing down.
161 markmedium
Extended Tier Only
When does an object falling vertically through the air reach terminal velocity?
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when the acceleration of the object becomes negative
when the acceleration of the object is equal to g
when the air resistance equals the weight of the object
when the air resistance is greater than the weight of the object
171 markmedium
Extended Tier Only
An athlete runs a 100 m race in a straight line. The table shows how his speed changes with time for the first 5.0 s of the race.
| speed m/s | 0 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| time/s | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
What is the average acceleration of the athlete between time 2.0 s and time 3.0 s?
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1.6 m/s2
1.9 m/s2
4.9 m/s2
5.7 m/s2
181 markmedium
A man stands next to a railway track.
A train travelling at 40 m/s takes 2.0 s to pass the man.
What is the length of the train?
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20 m
38 m
40 m
80 m
191 markmedium
The graph represents the motion of a vehicle.
What is the distance travelled by the vehicle in 400 s?
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20 m
400 m
4000 m
8000 m
201 markmedium
The diagram shows a distance– time graph for an object moving in a straight line.
equation
What is the average speed between X and Y?
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0.20 m / s
0.30 m / s
0.40 m / s
0.60 m / s
211 markmedium
An object falls towards the surface of the Earth.
The object is falling at its terminal velocity.
Which statement is correct?
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There is air resistance and the acceleration of the object is negative.
There is air resistance and the acceleration of the object is zero.
There is no air resistance and the acceleration of the object is negative.
There is no air resistance and the acceleration of the object is zero.
221 markmedium
The diagram shows a speed–time graph for a car travelling along a straight road.
What is the distance travelled by the car while it is moving at constant speed?
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231 markhard
Extended tier only
A cannonball is dropped from a three story building.
Which row of the table correctly describes both the speed and the acceleration of the cannonball as it falls?
You can ignore air resistance for this question.
| Speed | Acceleration | |
|---|---|---|
| A | constant | constant |
| B | increasing | constant |
| C | increasing | increasing |
| D | constant | increasing |
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241 markhard
The graph shows the motion of a motorbike.
What is the distance travelled by the motorbike while it is moving at a constant speed?
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150 m
50 m
300 m
750 m
251 markhard
A helicopter flies the route shown below.
It stops at point I for 30 minutes to pick up some cargo.
The total time the helicopter takes between taking off from H and landing at L is 4.0 hours.
Calculate the average speed of the helicopter when it is flying.
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55.6 km/h
250 km/h
62.5 km/h
71.4 km/h
261 markhard
A man claps in a forest. There is nobody around to hear the sound.
However, there is a very flat cliff face some distance away, and the man hears an echo from the clap 0.84 s later.
The speed of sound in air is 343 m/s.
How far away was the man from the cliff?
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408 m
288 m
144 m
204 m
271 markhard
Extended tier only
The graph shows the speed-time graph of a cyclist moving in a straight line.
What is the acceleration of the cyclist at a time of 20 seconds?
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0.5 m/s2
-0.5 m/s2
0 m/s2
11.5 m/s2