Kinematics Quizzes & Trivia

André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".

Among others, he is the inventor of the SI unit of measurement of electric current, but you will recognize him by the ampere, which was named after him. Nevertheless, what we truly should thank him for is kinematics.

Named by him from the Greek name for motion “kinema”, kinematics provides us with the language and the mathematical tools to describe motion, be it the motion of a charging pachyderm or a charged particle.

“Into what can the study of kinematics be abstracted?”, “What can be used to describe the movements of components of a mechanical system?”, and “What are kinematic chains?”. These questions, if answered correctly, will help you find the key to movement.

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Physics Quiz: Kinematics

Kinematics is the branch of classical mechanics concerned with the motion of various objects without reference to the forces which cause the motion. This physics quiz consists of ten questions of Kinematics to test your knowledge...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 20012 | Last updated: Apr 26, 2021

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A person walks due East for 10 meters and then due North for 10 meters. What is the total distance traveled?

10 meters

14.14 meters

20 meters

20.14 meters

Two-dimensional Kinematics

You may take this quiz up to 3 times. The quiz is open through Sunday, September 11th. (Some questions are review questions, some are new!)

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 2484 | Last updated: Jan 29, 2013

Sample Question
Change in position is called ____________.

Velocity

Displacement

Rate

Chapter 2: Describing Motion: Kinematics In One Dimension

Questions: 78 | Attempts: 1496 | Last updated: Mar 12, 2013

Sample Question
Suppose that an object travels from one point in space to another. Make a comparison between the displacement and the distance traveled.

The displacement is either greater than or equal to the distance traveled.

The displacement is always equal to the distance traveled.

The displacement is either less than or equal to the distance traveled.

The displacement can be either greater than, smaller than, or equal to the distance traveled.

Kinematics Quiz

Kinematics is a branch of classical mechanics that describes the motion of points, bodies (objects), and systems of bodies (groups of objects) without considering the mass of each of the forces that caused the motion. It...

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 1123 | Last updated: Dec 2, 2021

Sample Question
Suppose a car is moving in a straight line and steadily increases its speed. It moves from 20 m/s to 30 m/s in the first second and from 30 m/s to 40 m/s in the second second. What is the car's acceleration?

10 m/s/s

30 m/s/s

35 m/s/s

40 m/s/s

Kinematics Test Level 1: Trivia Quiz

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 2014 | Last updated: Jul 2, 2020

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Different Sources Of Kinematics Quiz

different sources of Kinematics Quiz

Rectilinear Motion, Projectile Motion, Circular Motion. Questions adapted from different sources

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 285 | Last updated: Jul 11, 2018

Sample Question
A particle with initial speed 8m/s moves in a straight line with constant acceleration. If it travels 640m in 40 seconds, its average velocity, final velocity, and acceleration, respectively, are:

4m/s, 16m/s, 0.0m/s2

2560m/s, 24m/s, 40m/s2

16m/s, 24m/s, 0.4m/s2

24m/s, 2560m/s, 0.4m/s2

Kinematics Trivia Quiz: Speed,Velocity, And Acceleration!

Kinematics Trivia Quiz: Speed,Velocity, and Acceleration!

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 464 | Last updated: Dec 11, 2019

Sample Question
A car moves with a constant speed through 3 Km in 5 minutes. What is its speed?

10 m/s

0.6 m/s

1 m/s

600 m/s

Kinematics: Trivia Questions On Speed,Velocity, And Acceleration! Quiz

Kinematics: Trivia Questions on Speed,Velocity, and Acceleration! Quiz

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 161 | Last updated: Dec 11, 2019

Sample Question
A car moves with a constant speed through 150 m in 5 s.What is its speed?

30 m/s

0.033 m/s

750 m/s

0 m/s

Chapter 3: Kinematics In Two Dimensions; Vectors

Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors

Questions: 51 | Attempts: 337 | Last updated: Mar 12, 2013

Sample Question
Which one of the following is an example of a vector quantity?

Distance

Velocity

Mass

Area

Kinematics Of A Particle (1)

Kinematics of a Particle (1)

Lets play Kaun Banega Future Engineer Ya Doctor..... Kinematics or 1-d motions is an important syllabus for IIT-JEE.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 61 | Last updated: Jan 29, 2013

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A balloon starts rising from rest from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s2. After 8s, a stone is released from the balloon. The stone will :

Cover a distance of 40 m

Have a displacement of 50 m

Reach the ground in 4s

Begin to move down after being released

Kinematics Test By Anshul Valecha

kinematics test by Anshul Valecha

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 54 | Last updated: Jan 18, 2013

Sample Question
An insect fly start from one corner of a cubical room and reaches at diagonally opposite corner. The magnitude of the displacement of the insect is 40 (3)1/2. The volume of the cube is

64000 ft3

1600 ft3

64(3)1/2 ft3

None of these