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SL - Space, Time & Motion

25 MCQ from 2025 Question Bank Space, Time & Motion (all topics)

DP IB SL Physics Quiz

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1. An object of mass M on a string moves in a circle of radius r at a constant speed.

 

 

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Which of the following statements is true about the motion of the object:

  • I.  The resultant work done on the object is zero.
  • II.  The velocity of the object is constant.
  • III.  The object is accelerating

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2. A car of mass m and a truck of mass 3m travelling in opposite directions collide and stick together. The speeds of the car and the truck just before the crash are  and  respectively. What is their speed after the collision

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3. The engine of a racing car provides a forward thrust of . The average of the total resistive forces acting on the car is and the car covers a distance of  in .

What is the average output power of the engine?

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4. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

 

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5. A pilot intends to fly a plane from point  to point . Due to strong winds, she points the nose of the plane in the direction shown by the vector . Which of the choices below best represents the direction of the wind encountered by the plane?

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A. B.
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C. D.
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6. A lead ball is dropped from a height of 12  above the ground. Assuming that air resistance is negligible, which of the following expressions best describes the total energy of the ball when it is at a height of 3 m above the ground in terms of its kinetic energy (E) and gravitational potential energy (E)?

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7. The diagram below shows a car of mass m descending a slope. The car, initially at rest, covers a distance of  in 3.0 s.

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The magnitude of the acceleration is given by

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8. The graph below shows the variation of the resultant force  acting on a box with time t.

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The box starts to move from rest. Which of the following graphs shows the variation of the momentum p of the box with time t?

A. B.
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C. D.
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9. A student throws a ball with an initial velocity in the horizontal direction. Air resistance is negligible. At t=2.0 s, the ball has travelled a distance x in the horizontal direction and a distance  in the vertical direction.

What are the horizontal and vertical distances covered at t=1.0s, in terms of x and ?

Horizontal distance Vertical distance
A. x/2 y/4
B. x/2 y/2
C. x/4 y/2
D. x/4 y/4

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10. Consider the weight, W, of a skydiver falling through the air with a drag force

If the skydiver experiences terminal velocity, which of the following best represents the skydiver's motion by means of a free body diagram?

 

 

A. B.
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C. D.
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11. A football player bounced the ball off their head as shown while diving sideways

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Which of the following gives a Newton’s Third Law pair of forces that applies to this situation?

 Force 1  Force 2
A. Force of the ball on the player Force of the ball on the earth
B. Force of the player on the earth Force of the ball on the player
C. Force of the earth on the ball Force of the ball on the earth
D. Force of the earth on the player Force of the player on the ball

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12. A box is pulled by a child with a horizontal force of 5. The box moves a horizontal distance of 4 in a time of 2. The average power delivered by the child to the box is

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13. Which of the following is not a suitable SI unit of energy?

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14. The Sankey diagram below shows the energy degraded at different stages of a nuclear power plant.

Which of the following sections corresponds to the stage with the highest energy degradation?

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15. A box of mass m is pulled across a horizontal surface with a force  as shown in the diagram. The coefficient of dynamic friction between the box and the surface is µ. What is the energy transferred to thermal energy while a box is moved by a distance of d?

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16. The diagram below shows a tennis ball of mass m striking a wall with an initial velocity, , and rebounding with velocity . A second, softer ball of the same mass strikes the wall with the same speed but rebounds with a slower rebound speed.

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Which of the following statements is correct about the magnitudes of the impulse and change in momentum applied to the second ball compared to the first?

 

 

Impulse Change in momentum
A. Greater Smaller
B. Smaller Greater
C. Greater Greater
D. Smaller Smaller

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17. The graph shows the variation with time  of the velocity  of a car traveling along a straight and level road.

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What time does it take for the car to travel a distance of 31.5 m from  = 0?

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18. A ball is projected in an environment where air resistance can be ignored.

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Which graph shows the variation of the resultant force R acting on the ball with the height h of the object?

A. B.
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C. D.
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19. A stone attached to one end of a rod rotates in a vertical circle at a constant speed. Two positions of the stone at two different instants, X and Y, are shown in the diagram below.

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In the table below, which row is correct for the centripetal force acting on the stone at X and Y?

 

 

 

 The direction of centripetal Force The magnitude of centripetal Force
A. Same Same
B. Same Different
C. Different Same
D. Different Different

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20. A box is pulled up a slope inclined at 30° to the horizontal by a force of F. The angle between the direction of  and the plane of the incline is also 30°.

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The box is pulled a distance of d up along the slope. What is the work done by F on the box?

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21. A basketball is launched at an angle and undergoes projectile motion. Air resistance is negligible. Which of the following is correct for the direction of its velocity vector and its acceleration vector at the highest point of its trajectory?

Direction of velocity vector Direction of acceleration vector
A. horizontal no acceleration
B. no velocity no acceleration
C. no velocity downward
D. horizontal downward

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22. A spring of negligible mass and length of  is attached to a fixed point. When the spring is extended by an external force , the length of the spring increases to l. The graph shows how the length of the spring varies with the tension in spring. The tension in the spring is equal to , where k is a constant, and  is the extension of the spring.

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What are the gradient and y-intercept of the graph?

 Gradient  y-intercept
 A. 1/k l
 B. 1/k lo
 C. k lo
 D. 1/k Δl

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23. The figure below shows Sankey's diagram for a small thermal plant. What is the efficiency of the system?

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24. A mass is attached to the mirror of a car by a string. As the car accelerates to the left, the string makes an angle with the vertical as shown in the diagram below.

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Which of the following shows the correct free-body diagram that represents the forces acting on this mass when it is accelerating?

A. B.
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C. D.
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25. A ball of mass  is falling vertically through the air. The drag force acting on the ball is given by  where  is a constant and  is the speed of the ball. What is the maximum speed reached by the ball?

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