Physics Round 1

Mechanics
Marks:100
Time: 3 hours

Set A
1. A 0.200 kg stone is dropped from the top of a building and strikes the ground 6.3 s later. How
high is the building? (3 marks)
2. Johnny Do-Right pushes a 350 kg piano off the top of a building 125 m tall.
a. How much time does Shelly Pancake have to avoid being hit with the piano? (3 marks)
b. At what speed will he piano hit the ground? (3 marks)

3. Billy Armstrong throws a 0.240 kg baseball straight up into the air with an initial speed
of 45 m/s.
a. To what maximum height does it reach? (3 marks)
b. How much time elapses for the ball to go up and then come back down? (3 marks)
c. What will the velocity of the ball be when it reaches the ground again? (3 marks)

4. Susan Batsmade pops a baseball straight up into the air. The ball hits the ground 4.2 s later.
What is the maximum height of this ball? (3 marks)

5. A bomb dropped from an airplane is given an initial downward speed of 10.4 m/s. What is its
final velocity if it hits the ground 40.3 s later? (3 marks)

6. An empty propane tank is accidently dropped from a hot air balloon hits the ground with a
speed of 148.3 m/s. How high off the ground was the balloon? (3 marks)

7. A bullet is fired straight up into the air with an initial speed of 450 m/s.
a. To what maximum height will the bullet reach? (3 marks)
b. How much time will elapse for the bullet to go up and return to the ground? (3 marks)
c. What is the impact velocity of the bullet and the ground? (3 marks)
d. How far off the ground will the bullet be at a time of 6.4 s? (3 marks)

8. Joan throws a 0.175kg hockey puck straight upwards with an initial speed of 23 m/s off the edge
of a 63 m high cliff.
a. What is the maximum height (above the cliff) does the puck reach? (3 marks)
b. How much time will elapse for the puck to go up and hit the ground at the base of the
cliff?
c. What is the impact velocity of the puck with the ground? (3 marks)
d. Where is the puck at a time of 4.5 s? (3 marks)

Set B

Marks
Q no 1-10 =20
Q no 11-17= 20

1.

A motorbike accelerates uniformly from 7.8 m/s to 15.2 m/s in a time of 3.7 s. What is its acceleration?

2. How much time does it take for a cheetah to accelerate from 3.2 m/s to 27.4 m/s while accelerating at 4.5
m/s2?

3. A train accelerates from a speed 3.4 m/s for 14.2 s while undergoing an acceleration of 1.3m/s2. What is the
trains final speed?
4.

Examine the following graph of an object accelerating:

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Velocity
(m/s)

Time (s)
a) What is the acceleration for this object?
b) What was the distance travelled this object over the first 10 seconds.
5.

A car is travelling at 5.6 m/s when it increases it speed to 17.8 m/s over a time of 6.7 s. How much distance
is covered during this acceleration?

6. The initial speed of a plane is 45 m/s. The plane accelerates at 2.3 m/s2 over a distance of 670m. What is the
final speed of the aircraft?

7. Two cars are involved in a race. Car 1 travels at a constant speed of 17 m/s. Car 2 is initially at rest but
accelerates at 3.6 m/s2. Assume both cars start from the same point at the same time.
a) Who has travelled the greatest distance after 14.0 s?
b) At which distance does Car 2 catch up to Car 1? (Careful this is a toughie!)

8. A driver of a car going 110 km/h (30.6 m/s) suddenly sees the lights of a barrier 53 m ahead. The reaction
time for the driver is 0.45 s. When the brakes are applied the acceleration of the car is -10.1 m/s2.
Determine if the car hits the barrier. Prove with calculations.

9.
b)

A stone falls freely from a height of 167 m. (Ignore effects due to air friction.)
a) How much time elapses before the stone hits the bottom?
What is the maximum speed of the stone (impact speed)?
10. A rock falls for a time of 6.7 s. From what height was the rock dropped from? What was its impact
velocity?

11. A ball is hit straight up into the air with an initial speed of 34 m/s. (Ignore effects due to air friction.)

d)

a) How much time elapses before the ball reaches its maximum height?
b) What is the total time for the ball to be in the air?
c) What is the maximum height of the ball?
What is the maximum speed of the ball (impact speed)?

12. A small stone is thrown straight up into the air with an initial speed of 78 m/s up over a 45 m high cliff.

c)

(Ignore effects due to air friction.)

a) What is the maximum height of the stone above the cliff top?
b) How much time elapses before the stone hits the bottom?
What is the maximum speed of the stone (impact speed)?
13. A helicopter is rising straight up with some constant initial speed. An object is let go out of the helicopters
window and takes 4.3 s to fall a distance of -45 m to the ground. At what speed was the helicopter rising at?
14. A weather balloon is floating at a constant height above the Earth when it releases a pack of instruments.
a) What was the height of the balloon if the pack hits the ground with an impact speed of
-89.3 m/s?
b) How much time does it take the instrument pack to fall this distance?

c)

15. A car is launched off a 25 m high cliff with an horizontal speed of 15 m/s.
a) How much time will it take the car to hit the bottom of the cliff?
b) What is the range of the car (distance from the base of the cliff)?
What is the maximum vertical speed of the car (vertical impact speed)?
16. A dog leaps horizontally off a 12 m high cliff and lands in the water at a range of 21 m. With what
horizontal speed did the dog leap into the water?
17. Examine the graph of velocity vs time for a moving object:

30
Velocity
(m/s)

20

10

0
0

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

10

12

14

Time (s)

What is the acceleration during the first 3 seconds?

What is the average acceleration between 2.0 and 10.0 s?
During what times was the velocity constant?
What was the maximum velocity reached by this object?
During what times was the object braking (or slowing down or having (-) acceleration)?

Set C
(30)

1. A car moving at a velocity of 25 m/s, accelerates at a rate of 6 m/s2. Find its velocity after 3s.

2. An object is dropped from rest. Calculate its velocity after 2.5s if it is dropped:
a. On Earth, where the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8m/s2.
b. On Mars, where the acceleration due to gravity is 3.8m/s2.
3. A motorbike is travelling with a velocity of 3m/s. It accelerates at a rate of 9.3m/s for 1.8s.
Calculate the distance it travels in this time.

4. A Tesla Roadster car accelerates from rest at a rate of 7.1m/s2 for a time of 3.9s. Calculate the
distance it travels inn this time.
5. A bullet accelerates at a rate of 90,000m/s2 from rest. Calculate its velocity if it travels a distance of
0.5m while accelerating.

6. An aircraft is travelling along a runway at a velocity of 25m/s. It accelerates at a rate of 4m/s2 for a
distance of 750m before taking off. Calculate its take-off speed.
7. A car is travelling at a speed of 21m/s. It accelerates at an average rate of 3m/s2 for a time of 4
seconds. Find the distance it travels.
8. A car accelerates at a rate of 10m/s2 for a time of 4s. It reaches a speed of 52 m/s. Calculate its initial
speed.
9. A bullet is at rest. It travels a distance of 0.34m in a time of 0.0095 seconds. Calculate its
acceleration.
10. A falcon is diving at a speed of30m/s. It accelerates at a rate of 40m/s2 and reaches a speed of
100m/s. Calculate the distance it travels during its acceleration.

11. A snail is at rest. It accelerates at a rate of 0.00075m/s2. Calculate the time it takes to reach a speed
of 0.0135m/s.

12. A blue shark accelerates at a rate of 16m/s2 for a time of 0.8s. During this time it travels a distance
of 11.52m. Calculate its initial speed.
13. A car is travelling at a speed of 30m/s. It decelerates at a rate of 12m/s2. Calculate the time
taken for the car to come to rest.
14. A stone is thrown vertically upwards. It decelerates at a rate of 9.8m/s2. It reaches a greatest
height of 16.53m. Calculate its initial speed.
15. A rubber toy pops up to a maximum height of 2.51m. Find its initial velocity.

By: Habib