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2.1 – Motion - IB Questionbank | RevisionDojo

Practice 2.1 – Motion with authentic IB Physics exam questions for both SL and HL students. This question bank mirrors Paper 1A, 1B, 2 structure, covering key topics like mechanics, thermodynamics, and waves. Get instant solutions, detailed explanations, and build exam confidence with questions in the style of IB examiners.

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Level

Question 1

HLPaper 1A

A stone is thrown at an angle to the horizontal. Ignoring air resistance, the horizontal component of the initial velocity of the stone determines the value of

Question 2

HLPaper 1A

The graph shows the variation with time of the velocity of a truck of fixed mass.

What can be deduced from the graph?

Question 3

HLPaper 1A

A body starting from rest moves along a straight-line under the action of a constant force. After travelling a distance $d$ the speed of the body is $v$ .

The speed of the body when it has travelled a distance $\frac{d}{2}$ from its initial position is

Question 4

HLPaper 1A

A ball is thrown vertically upwards into the air. At the highest point, its acceleration is

Question 5

HLPaper 1A

A football is kicked with an initial velocity $u$ at an angle $\theta$ to the horizontal and reaches the ground $t$ seconds later.

Ignoring air resistance what is the range $R$ of the football?

Question 6

HLPaper 1A

A car accelerates uniformly from rest. It attains a speed $v$ after having travelled a distance $d$ . If air resistance can be ignored, the best estimate for the speed attained after having travelled a distance $2d$ is

Question 7

SLPaper 1A

An object of mass 8.0 kg is falling vertically through the air. The drag force acting on the object is 60 N. What is the best estimate of the acceleration of the object?

Question 8

HLPaper 1A

An object has initial speed $u$ and acceleration $a$ . After travelling a distance $s$ , its final speed is $v$ . The quantities $u, v, a$ and $s$ are related by the expression

$v^{2}=u^{2}+2 a s \text {. }$

Which of the following includes the two conditions necessary for the equation to apply?

A.	$a$ has constant direction	$u$ and $v$ are in the same direction
B.	$a$ has constant direction	$a, u$ and $v$ are in the same direction
C.	$a$ has constant magnitude	$a$ has constant direction
D.	$a$ has constant magnitude	$u$ and $v$ are in the same direction

Question 9

HLPaper 1A

A car accelerates from rest. The acceleration increases with time. Which graph shows the variation with time $t$ of the speed $v$ of the car?

Question 10

HLPaper 1A

The masses and weights of different objects are independently measured. The graph is a plot of weight versus mass that includes error bars.

These experimental results suggest that

2.1 – Motion Questionbank