1.
The two measurements necessary for calculating average speed are
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
Distance and acceleration
E. 
2.
A horse gallops a distance of 10 kilometers in a time of 30 minutes. Its average speed is
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
3.
A car maintains a constant velocity of 100 km/hr for 10 seconds. During this interval its acceleration is
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
4.
While an object near the Earth's surface is in free fall, its
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
5.
A hockey puck is set in motion across a frozen pond. If ice friction and air resistance are neglected, the force required to keep the puck sliding at constant velocity is
A. 
B. 
C. 
Equal to its weight divided by its mass
D. 
Equal to the product of its mass times its weight
6.
An object at rest near the surface of a distant planet starts to fall freely. If the acceleration there is twice that of the Earth, its speed one second later would be
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
7.
If an object falling freely were somehow equipped with an odometer to measure the distance it travels, then the amount of distance it travels each succeeding second would be
A. 
B. 
Less and less each second
C. 
Greater than the second before
D. 
8.
If a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer, its speed reading would increase each second by about
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
Depends on its initial speed
9.
If a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer on a planet where the acceleration due to gravity is 20 m/s/s, then its speed reading would increase each second by
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
Depends on its initial speed
10.
Twelve seconds after starting from rest, an object falling freely will have a speed of
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
11.
If an object moves with constant acceleration, its velocity must
A. 
B. 
Change by the same amount each second
C. 
Change by varying amounts depending on its speed
D. 
12.
If a car increases its velocity from zero to 60 km/h in 10 seconds, its acceleration is
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
13.
If a rocket initially at rest accelerates at a rate of 50 m/s2 for one minute, its speed will be
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
14.
An apple falls from a tree and hits the ground 5 meters below. It hits the ground with a speed of about
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
Not enough information given to estimate
15.
It takes 6 seconds for a stone to fall to the bottom of a mine shaft. How deep is the shaft?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
16.
In each second of fall, the distance a freely falling object will fall is
A. 
B. 
C. 
The same, but not 5 m or 10 m
D. 
E. 
17.
A car accelerates at 2 meters/s/s. Assuming the car starts from rest, how far will it travel in 10 s?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
18.
Drop a rock from a 5-m height and it accelerates at 10 m/s2 and strikes the ground 1 s later. Drop the same rock from a height of 2.5 m and its acceleration of fall is about
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
19.
A ball tossed vertically upward rises, reaches its highest point, and then falls back to its starting point. During this time the acceleration of the ball is always
A. 
In the direction of motion
B. 
C. 
D. 
20.
While a car travels around a circular track at a constant speed, its
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
21.
If a car accelerates from rest at 2 meters per second per second, its speed 3 seconds later will be about
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
22.
A ball is thrown upwards and returns to the same position. Compared with its original speed after release, its speed when it returns is about
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
23.
An object covers a distance of 8 meters in the first second of travel, another 8 meters during the next second, and 8 meters again during the third second. Its acceleration in meters per second per second is approximately
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
24.
At one instant an object in free fall is moving downward at 50 meters per second. One second later its speed should be about
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
25.
At one instant a heavy object in air is moving upward at 50 meters per second. One second later its speed is approximately
A. 
B. 
C. 
D.