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Measurement and Kinematics quiz for Singapore N(A)-Level Science (Physics) (SEAB 5105/5106) quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What is the SI base unit of mass?

  2. A car travels 240 m240\ \text{m} in 12 s12\ \text{s}. What is its average speed?

  3. Which quantity is a vector?

  4. A train speeds up from 4.0 m s14.0\ \text{m s}^{-1} to 16 m s116\ \text{m s}^{-1} in 6.0 s6.0\ \text{s}. What is its acceleration?

  5. On a distance-time graph, what does a horizontal (flat) line show?

  6. What does the gradient of a speed-time graph represent?

  7. What does the area under a speed-time graph represent?

  8. Which prefix means one thousandth?

  9. What is the most suitable instrument for measuring the time for a pendulum to make several swings?

  10. An object in free fall near Earth accelerates at about:

  11. Why do a feather and a coin fall at the same rate in a vacuum?

  12. Convert 3 km3\ \text{km} into metres.

  13. A speed-time graph shows a straight line sloping downward to zero. What is the motion?

  14. A car moves at a steady 15 m s115\ \text{m s}^{-1} for 8.0 s8.0\ \text{s}. How far does it travel?