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Sample Problems: Kinematics

Problem Name Multiple-Choice/Short Answer Multiple-Choice/Multiple Response Representation Translation Ranking Tasks Context-Based Reasoning Problems Estimation Problems Qualitative Questions Essay Questions
K1. What happens at the top? (*)            
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K2. Driving to New York (*)          
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K3. Testing the motion detector (*)        
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K4. Hitting a bowling ball (*)
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K5. Waking the Balrog (*)        
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K6. Running in circles (*)    
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K7. Little Casey Jones    
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K8. Cars speeding up and slowing down (*)  
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K9. Two balls, passing in the night (*)    
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K10. Tailgating(*)        
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K11. Graph for a cart on a tilted airtrack -- with spring (*)  
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K12. Round the track    
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K13. Velocity graphs
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K14. Mice in a maze (*)  
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K15. Galileo's theorems (*)  
 
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K16. The tortoise and the hare (*)  
 
 
 
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K17. Blast off! (*)  
 
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K18. Kinematic equations (*)  
 
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K19. Racing model cars (*)  
 
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K20. Passing at 70  
 
 
 
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K21. TA on a skateboard(*)    
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K22. The return of the skateboarding TA(*)    
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K23. Balls up!(*)
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K24. Speeding up and slowing down(*)    
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(*) Problems marked with an asterisk have web solutions available. Click on the asterisk to go to the solution. A password is required. Contact redish@umd.edu to get access.

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