Name :

DANIEL CREATIVE SEMARANG

JUNIOR HIGH Class :

TEST OF COMPETENCE Date :

SCORE : PARENT’S
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Subject : Physics Grade : VIII

Unit 1 : Motion and Force Point : 55

A. Cross out the correct answer. (35 points)

1. What is the distance traveled divided by the time taken to travel that distance?
a. acceleration b. speed c. velocity d. inertia

2. Which of the following objects is NOT accelerating?

a. a jogger moving at a constant speed c. Earth orbiting the Sun
b. a car that is slowing down d. a car that is speeding up

3. Wolly backstrokes at an average speed of 8 meters per second, how long will it take him to
complete the race of 200 meters length?
a. 25 second b. 25 hours c. 1.600 second d.1.600 hours

4. You would NOT use ________ to ind the acceleration of an object.

a. initial speed b. weight c. final speed d. time

5. __________ is the speed of an object and the direction of motion.

a. Friction b. Mass c. Gravity d. Velocity

6. Which of these is an acceleration?

a. 5 m east b. 15 m/s east c. 52 m/s² east d. 32 s² east

7. What is 18 cm/h north an example of ?

a. speed b. velocity c. acceleration d. momentum

8. Which is true when the velocity and the acceleration of an object are in the same direction?
a. The object’s speed is constant. c. The object speeds up.
b. The object changes direction. d. The object slows down.

9. For the motion of the object plotted on the graph, how does the acceleration
between 0 s and 3 s compare to the acceleration between 3 s and 5 s?
a. Speeding up
b. Slowing down
c. Changing direction
d. There’s not enough hint for this question

10. Which of the following equals the change in velocity divided by the time?
a. speed b. momentum c. displacement d. acceleration

11. You travel to a city 200 km away in 2.5 hours. What is your average speed in km/h?
a. 180 km/h b. 80 km/h c. 12.5 km/h d. 500 km/h

12. Sound travels at a speed of 330 m/s. How long does the sound of thunder to travel 1,485 m?
a. 45 s b. 4,900 s c. 4.5 s d. 0.22 s

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13. Which of the following can occur when an object is accelerating?
a. It speeds up b. It slows down c. It changes direction d. All answers are right

Use the igure below to answer questions number 14 and 15.

14. During which time period is the ball’s average speed the fastest?
a. between 0 and 1 s c. between 2 and 3 s
b. between 1 and 2 s d. between 3 and 4 s

15. What is the average speed of the ball?

a. 0.75 m/s b. 10 m/s c. 1 m/s d. 1.3 m/s

Use the igure on the right side to questions number 16–18.

16. What is the acceleration between 0 and 2 s?
a. 10 m/s² c. 0 m/s²
b. 5 m/s² d. 5 m/s²

17. During what time period does the object have a constant
speed?
a. between 0 and 2 s c. between 4 and 6 s
b. between 2 and 4 s d. between 0 and 6 s

18. What is the acceleration between 4 and 6 s?

a. 10 m/s² b. 6 m/s² c. 4 m/s² d. 3 m/s²

19. An acorn falls from the top of an oak and accelerates at 9.8 m/s². It hits the ground in 1.5 s.
What is the speed of the acorn when it hits the ground?
a. 9.8 m/s b. 15 m/s c. 20 m/s d. 30 m/s

20. Which one represents balanced forces?

a. One student is stronger than the other c. Bicycle is rolling down hill
b. Mangos are falling from the tree d. When there is no changes in motion

21. Based on the graph beside, which one of the following is a correct statement?
a. The fastest is object A, the slowest is object B
b. The fastest is object C, the slowest is object A
c. The fastest is object B, object A and C are the slowest
d. Object A and C are the fastest, the slowest is object B

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22. The motion of a car is plotted on the speed-time graph above.
Over which section of the graph is the acceleration of
the car zero? Q
a. P-Q b. Q-R c. R-S d. P-R

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23. The force that always acts opposite to the direction of the motion of an object is called
a. Gravity b. Velocity c. Friction d. Speed

24. What causes an object's motion to change speed?

a. Volume b. Forces c. Mass d. Size and shape

25. Jaden pushes a box of books across the loor. What causes the box to move?
a. A force b. Friction c. Gravity d. Inertia

26. Newton's ____________ law of motion explains why you may lean sideways in a car if the driver
turns a corner too quickly.
a. First b. Second c. Third d. Primary

27. When a force of 1N acts on a mass of 1kg that is free to move, the object moves with ________.
2
a. speed of 1 m/s c. an acceleration 10 m/s
2
b. a speed of 1 km/s d. an acceleration of 1 m/s

28. A force of 10 N is acting on an object of mass 10 kg. What is the acceleration produced in it?
a. 1 m/s² b. 1 m/s c. 100 m/s2 d. 100 m/s

29. Two students are pushing on the left side of a box and one student is
pushing on the right. The diagram below shows the forces they
exert. Which way will the box move?
a. up b. down c. left d. right Rig
ht

30. What combination of units is equivalent to the newton? Left

a. m/s² b. kgm/s c. kgm/s² d. kg/m

31. Which of the following has no direction?

a. force b. weight c. acceleration d. mass

32. What is the weight of a book that has a mass of 0.35 kg?
a. 0.036 N b. 3.4 N c. 28 N d. 34 N

33. If you swing an object on the end of a string around in a circle, the string pulls on the object
to keep it moving in a circle. What is the name of this force?
a. inertial b. centripetal c. resistance d. gravitational

Use the igure below to answer questions 34 and 35.

34. It shows the horizontal forces that act on a box that is pushed from the left
with a force of 12 N. What force is resisting the horizontal motion?
a. friction b. gravity c. inertia d. momentum

35. What is the acceleration of the box?

a. 27 m/s² b. 4.8 m/s² c. 4.3 m/s² d. 0.48 m/s²

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B. Answer the questions correctly. (20 points)

1. A bee lies 25 m north of the hive, then 10 m east, 5 m west, and 10 m south. How far north
and east of the hive is it now? Explain how you calculated your answer. (5 points)

2. Make and Use a Graph A sprinter had the following speeds at different times during a race: 0 m/s
at 0 s, 4 m/s at 2 s, 7 m/s at 4 s, 10 m/s at 6 s, 12 m/s at 8 s, and 10 m/s at 10 s. Plot these data on a
speed-time graph. During what time intervals is the acceleration positive? Negative? Is the
acceleration ever zero? (5 points)

3. Pay attention to the igure below. Is the force on the box balanced? Explain. (5 points)

4. Julia is bicycling to school for a total distance of 4.5km. She has to slow down twice to cross
busy streets, but overall the journey takes her 0.65h. What is Julia's average speed during the
trip? (5 points)

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