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Measurement and Kinematics quiz for Singapore O-Level Physics (SEAB 6091) quiz

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

  1. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

  2. What is the SI base unit of length?

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

  4. A cyclist speeds up from 4.0 m s14.0\ \text{m s}^{-1} to 16 m s116\ \text{m s}^{-1} in 3.0 s3.0\ \text{s}. What is the acceleration?

  5. On a distance-time graph, what does the gradient (slope) of the line represent?

  6. On a velocity-time graph, what does the area under the line represent?

  7. Which instrument is most suitable for measuring the thickness of a single sheet of metal about 0.5 mm0.5\ \text{mm} thick?

  8. Why is it better to time 20 swings of a pendulum and divide by 20 rather than time a single swing?

  9. A ball is dropped from rest and falls freely. Taking g=9.8 m s2g = 9.8\ \text{m s}^{-2} and ignoring air resistance, what is its velocity after 3.0 s3.0\ \text{s}?

  10. In a vacuum, a feather and a coin are released together from the same height. What happens?

  11. A velocity-time graph shows a horizontal straight line above the time axis. What does this tell you about the motion?

  12. Which of these correctly converts 72 km h172\ \text{km h}^{-1} to metres per second?

  13. A runner returns to her exact starting point after a lap. Which statement is correct?

  14. What is the acceleration of an object moving with a constant velocity of 15 m s115\ \text{m s}^{-1}?