Science 10 Modified – Physics Test Outline



Science 10 – Physics Test Outline

• Study your chapter 5 wordlist for multiple choice/mix and match style questions. Add the following terms to the list: uniform motion, slope, and velocity time graph.

• Be able to calculate differences in time intervals, distance and displacement.

• Be able to identify the symbols, units used, and definitions of the 7 terms used to describe the language of physics.

• Be able to graph data given on a position time graph and answer questions about that data.

• Be able to describe motion based on the shape of a position time graph. Know what direction applies to a positive, negative and zero slope

• Be able to calculate speed and velocity using the motion formulas. You must also know the difference between speed and velocity. Always check your units!!!

• Be able to complete a position time graph and calculate velocity of the object using the slope of the graph.

• Be able to calculate average acceleration using the acceleration formula from a word problem or a velocity time graph.

• Be able to calculate speed, distance, time. Review the sheets we completed in class

• Be able to calculate velocity, displacement, time. Review the sheets we completed in class.

• Review the handout we completed in class on acceleration. Know how to use the formula to find acceleration from word problems.

• Review ICA’s and quizzes!

Physics Test Review

Word Problems

1. If two hikers travel west on the Trans-Canada trail for 5.0h and cover 42 km, what is their average velocity for the trip?

2. Mary walked east along the trail at a velocity of 3.6 km/h. for 2.1 h. What was Mary’s displacement?

3. How long would it take a hiker to travel a total distance of 25.0km at an average velocity of 5.2 km/h?

4. In 1997, Thrust SSc, the world’s fastest jet-engine car, traveled 604 m N at an average velocity of 341 m/s N. How long did this take?

5. A hockey player’s slap shot averages 51.5 m/s on its flight from the blue line to the goal, 20. m away. How long does the puck take to reach the goal?

6. An earthquake created a succession of giant water waves, called tsunamis, off the coast of Japan. The waves traveled at an average velocity of 800.km/h. If the distance from the source of the waves to the northern coast of Australia is 8200km, how long did it take the first wave to reach the Australian coast?

7. A car passes Truro at 2: 00 pm. It travels to Amherst at a constant velocity of 110.0 km/h. The distance between Truro and Amherst is 175 km. What time will the car reach Amherst?

8. A car takes 15.0 s to come to a stop. If the car was traveling at 30.0 m/s initially, what was the car’s acceleration, in m/s2?

9. A train traveling at 25 m/s slows down with a constant acceleration of –0.60 m/s2. How long, in s, does it take the train to stop?

Graphing Problems

|Time (s) |Position (m) |Time (s) |Position (m) |

|0 |0 |0.6 |-5.0 |

|0.1 |+10.0 |0.7 |-10.0 |

|0.2 |+20.0 |0.8 |-15.0 |

|0.3 |+30.0 |0.9 |-5.0 |

|0.4 |+15.0 |1.0 |+5.0 |

|0.5 |0.0 |1.1 |+15.0 |

10. a. Plot the following data:

b. Find the velocity for each time interval (segment).

c. In what time interval(s) does the object move in a positive direction?

d. In what time interval(s) does the object move in a negative direction?

e. In what time interval does the object move the fastest? Explain how you know this.

f. In what time interval does the object move the slowest? Explain how you know this.

g. What is the average velocity for the whole trip?

Velocity Questions

1)      A car drives 100 km, north in 3 hours. What is the car’s average velocity?

2)      How long does it take a student who lives 2000 m E from school to walk from home to school of he walks at a speed of 5 m/s E?

3)      A runner can maintain a velocity of 12 m/s W for 8 seconds. How far can she run in this time?

4)      How long does it take a swimmer to complete a +25 meter length of the pool if he swims at an average velocity of +2.1 m/s ?

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