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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. 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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2. 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 6m in 9s. What is the power delivered to the bundle?

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

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5. A coin is tossed vertically upwards from a height of 1.5 m. What is the maximum height reached above the ground if the coin was projected with an initial velocity of 3.0 m s−1? (Take g=10 m s−2)

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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. A car enters a roundabout with a speed . The dotted line shows the path of the car. The road is slightly banked at an angle to the horizontal.

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The coefficient of friction between the tires of the car and the road is . When  decreases, which of the following changes could prevent the car from slipping away on this roundabout?

 Banking angle of the turn  Speed of the car
A. increase increase
B. decrease increase
C. increase decrease
D. decrease decrease

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10. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

 

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11. 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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12. A projectile is fired at an angle above the horizontal on the surface of Moon. Which of the following statements is correct about its motion:

 

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13. 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?

 

 

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C. D.
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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 spring with spring constant k is extended by a distance .

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The uncertainty of  is 2% and that of  is 3%.

What is the uncertainty of the potential energy stored in the spring?

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16. An object moves  east, then 12m north.

What is the magnitude of the total displacement of this object?

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17. 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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18. A block of wood is placed on a rough inclined surface. Which of the diagrams below correctly represents the forces acting on the block when it is at rest?

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C. D.
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19. A table tennis ball of mass m is dropped on a level surface from a height . The ball rebounds to a height  after impact. Which of the following is correct about the nature of the collision and magnitude of the change in momentum () of the ball as a result of this impact?

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20. 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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21. 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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22. A football player kicks a ball initially at rest. The ball reaches a speed of 36 km h^−1 in a time of . Which of the following is the acceleration of the ball in terms of the gravitational acceleration, ?

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23. The take-off speed of a passenger aircraft is 75.0 . A plane starts from rest and accelerates at a steady rate of 1.25 . Which of the following correctly states the minimum duration of taxiing and the minimum length of the runway needed for the takeoff?

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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?

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C. D.
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25. 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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