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HL - Space, Time & Motion

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

DP IB HL Physics Quiz

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1. A ball rolls horizontally off the edge of the top of a cliff. It hits the ground at a distance 2.0 from the base of the cliff with a vertical speed of 20. What is the height of the cliff?

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2. Two trucks X and Y are pulling a car out of thick mud along a straight path. The only other horizontal force acting on the car is a drag force opposite to the direction of motion. The diagram shows the direction of the force applied by truck  and the direction of motion of the car.

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Which of the following vectors shows the direction of the force applied by truck ?

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3. A box is pulled up a slope inclined at 30° to the horizontal by a force of . 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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4. Observations of muon decay can be used as evidence of

I. Time dilation
II. Length contraction
III. Absolute simultaneity

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5. 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  acting on the ball with the height  of the object?

A. B.
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C. D.
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6. 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.
PH0284C PH0284D

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7. A builder uses a block and tackle pulley system to lift a bundle of materials of mass 15 kg to the top of a building of height 6 m in 9 s. What is the power delivered to the bundle?

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8. As a truck is brought to rest, the brakes apply a force of 5.1×10^3 N. Which answer best describes the magnitude of the change in momentum of the truck if the brakes are applied for 3.0 ?

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9. Two eggs of equal mass fall from the same height onto a padded floor. One of them is broken while the other one bounces upwards intact. The time of collision is the same for both. Which of the following correctly describes the egg that exerts more force on the floor and the reason?

 

 

Egg exerting more force Reason
A. Broken Greater change in momentum
B. Bounces Less change in momentum
C. Broken Less change in momentum
D. Bounces Greater change in momentum

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

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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 ?

A. B.
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C. D.
PH0579c PH0579d

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11. Consider the weight, , of a skydiver falling through 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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12. An object moves at constant velocity for a period of time, after which it undergoes uniform deceleration until it comes to rest. A velocity-time graph is plotted for this motion. On the graph, which of the following represents the displacement of the object?

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13. 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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14. The graph shows the variation with time t 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 t = 0?

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

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The magnitude of the acceleration is given by

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16. A box is pulled by a child with a horizontal force of 5 N. 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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17. An object moves in a circular path of radius  with angular displacement of  in .

What is the linear speed of the object?

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18. Two cyclists,  and , start riding their bicycles from the same point. Cyclist  moves northwards with a speed of  relative to the ground, and cyclist  moves westwards with a speed of  relative to the ground.

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The magnitude of the velocity of the Cyclist  relative to the Cyclist  is

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19. A cargo container is released from an airplane. A parachute is opened remotely a few seconds later to land it safely. Which graph shows the variation of the vertical acceleration with time  for the cargo container from when it leaves the plane until landing?

 

 

A. B.
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C. D.
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20. 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 1.0 km in .

What is the average output power of the engine?

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21. An airplane in straight level flight experiences a lift force  that is proportional to the speed of the plane and is perpendicular to the axis of the wings and as shown in diagram.

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On a banked turn at the same speed, the wings make an angle  with the horizontal.

Which of the following gives the centripetal force on the airplane?

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22. The diagram below shows a tennis ball of mass  striking a wall with an initial velocity, u, 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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23. A rocket ejects hot gas in space in a direction opposite to its travelling direction. What is correct for the magnitude of the momentum and the kinetic energy of the rocket?

 Momentum  Kinetic Energy
A. Conserved Conserved
B. Increased Conserved
C. Conserved Increased
D. Increased Increased

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24. 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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25. A car of mass m and a truck of mass  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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