Unit

1 Exam: One-Dimensional Motion

Directions: Record your responses to the multiple-choice questions
on your answer sheet. Then complete
the f ree response questions.
1. A car travels 50 miles in 2 hours, what is the 6. A ball is dropped from a window and
cars speed? falls toward the ground. What is the
a. 25 mi velocity of the ball after 2 seconds?
b. 25 hr a. 20 m/s
c. 25 mi/hr b. 1 m/s
d. 0mi/hr c. 30 m/s
d. 5 m/s
2. A bus traveling at 20 m/s sees an animal in
the road and slows down to 10 m/s in 5 7. How far will a car travel in 4 hours if
seconds. What is the deceleration of the it travels at a pace of 60 mi/hr?
bus? a. 15 miles
a. 2m/s2 b. 15 hours
b. 10 m/s2 c. 240 miles
c. -2 m/s2 d. 240 hours
d. -10 m/s2
8. Based on the graph below what is
3. Which is not an example of acceleration? the cars acceleration at t=5.0
a. Increasing speed seconds?
b. Decreasing speed
c. Changing direction
d. Traveling at a constant speed

4. A car accelerates at 3m/s2 from rest. Ho
long will it take for the car to reach a speed
of 12 m/s?
a. -4 seconds
b. 4 seconds
c. 8 seconds
d. 20 seconds

5. The graph below represents the
relationship between velocity and time for
a toy car moving in a straight line.

a. 0 m/s2
b. 2 m/s2
c. 2.5 m/s2
d. 10 m/s2

9. A person walks 8 meters east then 4
The shaded area under the line represents meters north. What is the total
the toy cars.. distance walked?
a. displacement
b. momentum
c. acceleration
d. speed




Use the graph to answer questions 10-12 The graph below shows the motion of a
ball rolling down a ramp. Use the graph
below to answer questions 13-15















10. Which of the following statements best
describes the car trip shown in the graph.

a. A car traveled at a constant speed 13. How far did the ball roll in the
without stopping for 6 seconds. first 6 seconds?
b. The car had one stop during the trip, but a. 15 m
did not make a round trip. b. 45 m
c. The car made a round trip including one c. 90 m
stop. d. 6 m
d. The car did not more for the entire 6
seconds. 14. Which of the following statements
best describes the car trip shown
11. During which time interval is the car at in the graph.
rest?
a. 0-1 second a. The ball is at rest then accelerates.
b. 1-3 seconds b. The ball accelerates down the
c. 4.5-6 seconds ramp then travels at a constant
d. Both 0-1 second and 3-4.5 seconds velocity.
c. The ball travels at a constant
12. What is the velocity of the car from 1-3 velocity then stops.
seconds? d. The ball rolls the same speed the
a. 15 m/s entire 10 seconds.
b. 20 m/s
c. 16 m/s 15. What is the ball acceleration from
d. 2 m/s 6-10 seconds?
a. 2.5 m/s2
b. 0 m/s2
c. 10 m/s2
d. 15 m/s



Match the graph with the correct description of the motion. Use each graph only once!
A B C D

Distance

Distance

Distance
Distance



time time time time

16. Object moving backwards at constant speed

17. Object moving the slowest

18. Object at rest (not moving)

19. Object moving the fastest in the forward direction

20. When a cars velocity is positive and its acceleration is negative, what is happening to the cars
motion?
a. The car is speeding up
b. The car is slowing down
c. The car is traveling at a constant speed
d. The car remains at rest.


Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Period: _________
Exam 1: One-Dimensional Motion
Multiple Choice (1 point each, 20 points total): Read each question carefully, and then write the letter of the
best answer.

1. 8. 15.

2. 9. 16.

3. 10. 17.

4. 11. 18.

5. 12. 19.

6. 13. 20.

7. 14.

Short Answer: Read each question carefully and write the answer in the space provided. For calculations,
SHOW ALL WORK!!
21. You drive a car 150 km from North from Richmond, VA to Baltimore, MD in 2.5 h. What is the velocity?

22. (Describe a scenario where an two people have the same speed but not the same velocity.

23. a. What is the average speed of a car that travels 336km in 4.2h?

b. Use the speed calculated above to determine how far could the car travel in 15h?

c. How long would it take the car to travel 100km?


24. Use the velocity versus time graph to the left to answer the
following questions

a. During which part is the object accelerating?

b. Calculate the objects acceleration.

c. During which part(s) is the object moving at

constant speed?
Bonus: How far did the object travel?

d. What is the constant speed of the object?

25. Describe the motion in the Position Versus Time graph on

the left in complete sentences.

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