Title: two dimensional multiple choice
Course: Physics copy 1

Q: A car travels 4.0km [E] and then 3.0km [S]. The total trip requires 15min. The average speed of the car for this trip is
- 28km/h
- 20km/h
- 11km/h
- 4.0k/h
- 0.47km/h
A: 28km/h

Q: A man walks 4.0km north and then 3.0km south. His position relative to the starting point is then
- 1.0km
- 1.0km north
- 1.0km south
- 7.0km
- 7.0km north
A: 1.0km north

Q: A passenger on a bus walks towards the back of the bus at 3.0km/h relative to the bus, while the bus travels south at 15km/h. The passenger's velocity relative to the road is
- 18km/h north
- 18km/h south
- 15km/h south
- 12km/h north
- 12km/h south
A: 12km/h south

Q: A person walks 15km [E], 5km [S], 3km [W], and 5km [N]. The resultant displacement is
- 12km
- 12km [E]
- 15km [E]
- 18km [E]
- 28km
A: 12km [E]

Q: A scalar quantity is one which does NOT have a
- direction
- displacement
- magnitude
- numeral
- unit
A: direction

Q: A stream is flowing at a speed of 3.0 km/h relative to the bank. A boy who can swim at 2.0 km/h in still water enters the stream and proceeds to swim downstream. At a certain point he is approaching a boat going upstream. The boat has a speed of 20km/h relative to the stream. To an observer on the shore, the boat and the boy are approaching each other at a speed of
- 28km/h
- 25km/h
- 22km/h
- 18km/h
- 15km/h
A: 22km/h

Q: Acceleration is ALWAYS in the direction
- of the displacement
- of the initial velocity
- of the final velocity
- of the net force
- opposite to the frictional force
A: of the net force

Q: An athlete completes two laps of a circular track of radium 50.0m. The total displacement of the athlete at the end of the run is
- 0
- 50.0m
- 100m
- 314m
- 728m
A: 0

Q: An object is thrown vertically upward from the earth. While it is rising
- its velocity and acceleration are both upward
- its velocity is upward but its acceleraion is downward
- its velocity and acceleration are both downward
- its velocity is downward but it acceleration is upward
- its velocity and acceleration are both decreasing significantly
A: its velocity is upward but its acceleraion is downward

Q: Car A is travelling north at 50km/h while directly behind it car B is travelling south at 30km/h. The velocity of B relative to A is
- 80km/h north
- 80km/h south
- 20km/h north
- 20km/h south
- 30km/h south
A: 80km/h south

Q: How is a vector different from a scalar?
- a vector has a mass and a scalar does not
- a vector has a direction and a scalar does not
- a vector measures speed while a scalar measures velocity
- a vector has a numeral and a unit while a scalar does not
- a vector measures distance while a scalar measures displacement
A: a vector has a direction and a scalar does not

Q: Particle X moves with a velocity of 15m/s to the right. Particle Y moves with a velocity of 5.0m/s to the left. What is the velocity of particle Y with reference to particle X?
- 5.0m/s to the left
- 10m/s to the right
- 10m/s to the left
- 20m/s to the right
- 20m/s to the left
A: 20m/s to the left

Q: Which of the following physical quantities is a vector quantity?
- length
- force
- time
- mass
- speed
A: force

Q: Which of the following statements includes an example of a vector quantity?
- The density of aluminum is 2700kg/m^2
- Juanita walks 2km to get water
- The jogger runs 3km around the track
- Grimsby lies 24km east of Hamilton
- The speed limit on the Queen Elizabeth Way is 100km/h
A: Grimsby lies 24km east of Hamilton

Q: Which one of the following groups of terms doesn NOT contain a scalar quantity?
- velocity, force, power
- displacement, acceleration, force
- acceleration, speed, work
- energy, work, distance
- pressure, weight, time
A: displacement, acceleration, force

Q: Which one of the following in NOT a scalar quantity?
- density
- distance
- force
- length mass
A: force

Q: Which one of the following is a vector quantity?
- density
- distance
- mass
- time
- velocity
A: velocity

Q: Which one of the following is NOT a vector quantity?
- acceleration
- displacement
- force
- speed
- weight
A: speed

Q: Which one of the following is NOT a vector quantity?
- acceleration
- displacement
- energy
- force
- velocity
A: energy

Q: Which one of the following is NOT a vector quantity?
- acceleration
- force
- mass
- velocity
- weight
A: mass

Q: Which one of the following quantities is NOT a scalar?
- acceleration
- energy
- mass
- temperature
- wind speed
A: acceleration

Q: The sum of the displacements 3m east and 4m north is a displacement of 7m northeast. {enter a t or f for true or false)
A: f