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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. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. Which of the following is not a suitable SI unit of energy?

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8. 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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9. 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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10. A projectile is fired with a launch angle α above the horizontal and an initial velocity of 40 m s^−1 towards a cliff that rises 300 m above the plane of projection. The cliff is 120 m from the launch point.

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Assuming that air resistance has no effect on the motion, then the time of flight taken by the projectile to reach the plane of the cliff, is given by;

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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. An electric motor is used to raise a block of mass 18.0 kg vertically to the top of a building at a constant speed of 1.5 m s−1. If the power rating of the motor is 297 W, calculate the efficiency of the motor.

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15. As a truck is brought to rest, the brakes apply a force of 5.1×10power3 N. Which answer best describes the magnitude of the change in momentum of the truck if the brakes are applied for 3.0 s?

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16. 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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17. Which of the following units is not a unit of power?

 

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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. An object with a weight  connected to one end of a rod of negligible mass rotates at constant speed in a vertical plane.

 

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When the object is at the top position of the circular path, the tension on the rod is zero. What is the magnitude of tension at the bottom position of the circular path?

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22. 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 t for the cargo container from when it leaves the plane until landing?

A. B.
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C. D.
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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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