11 mark
An object travelled 800 m in 40 seconds.
Use the equation: distance travelled (m) = speed (m/s) × time (s)
What is the speed of the object?
0.05 m/s
20 m/s
840 m/s
32 000 m/s
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Motion (OCR Gateway GCSE Physics: Combined Science)
Exam Questions
1 hour22 questions21 mark
Which is a scalar?
Acceleration
Displacement
Force
Speed
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31 mark
A cyclist travels 750 m in 50 seconds.
Calculate the speed of the cyclist.
Use the equation: speed = distance / time
0.015 m/s
15 m/s
37.5 m/s
375 m/s
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11 mark
Which distances are the same?
1 × 10–3 m and 1 μm
1 × 10–6 m and 1 mm
1 × 10–9 m and 1 nm
1 × 10–12 m and 1 Gm
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21 mark
A car accelerates from 0 to 60 mph (miles per hour) in about 9 seconds.
Use the relationship: 1 m/s = 2.24 mph
Estimate the acceleration for this car in m/s2.
1 m/s2
3 m/s2
7 m/s2
15 m/s2
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31 mark
A bus takes 1.8 hours to travel 24 km.
What is the average speed of the bus?
43.2 km/h
25.8 km/h
22.2 km/h
13.3 km/h
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41 mark
Look at the distance-time graph for a journey to school.
What is the average speed for the journey?
Use the equation: average speed = distance travelled ÷ time
0.2 m/s
5.0 m/s
6.0 m/s
50 m/s
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51 mark
A car travels at 72 km/h.
How fast is this in metres per second (m/s)?
1.2 m/s
20 m/s
120 m/s
1200 m/s
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61 mark
A car travels 200 km in four hours.
The car doubles its speed.
How long would it take for the car to travel 50 km?
0.5 hours
1.0 hours
2.0 hours
4.0 hours
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71 mark
Look at the distance-time graph.
Which line shows the largest average speed?
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81 mark
A girl runs twice around a 400 m circular track.
What is the final displacement of the girl from her starting point?
0 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
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91 mark
Look at the velocity-time graph of an object.
What is the distance travelled by the object in 5 s?
0.63 m
1.6 m
20 m
40 m
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11 mark
Two cars head towards each other on a road.
What velocity does the driver of car Q see car P travelling towards him at?
10 m/s
15 m/s
25 m/s
40 m/s
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21 mark
Which graph shows a bouncing ball?
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