Lesson 2 Analysing Motion Graphs: Solution
Lesson 2 Analysing Motion Graphs: Solution
Lesson 2 Analysing Motion Graphs: Solution
ANALYSING MOTION
GRAPHS
Introduction
Velocity – Time graphs
The motion graphs is a useful method
of summarising the motion of an
object. In the graph the nature of the Gradient = acceleration
motion can be seen quite clearly. Area under the graph =
displacement
Example 2
Example 1
(b) describe the motion of the (c) Calculate the total displacement
object between travelled of the car during
(i) AB (ii) BC (i) the first 10 s of motion
(iii) CD (ii) the car moves with uniform
velocity
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(iii) the last 10 s of motion
(d) Calculate
(i) the total displacement for the
whole journey.
(ii) the total distance for the whole
journey.
TUTORIAL
(e) Calculate 2
(i) the average velocity 1 An object moves with an uniform
(ii) the average speed acceleration.
With of the following shows the
Solution motion of the object. ?
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Which of the following graphs
correctly 6 The graph shows how the
describes the motion of the displacement,s of an object
ball? changes with time,t.
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D The car first decelerates and
then moves
with a steady velocity
A 60 ms-2 B 30 ms-
8 Which of the following cases 2
represents a uniformly accelerated
motion? C 2.5 ms-2 D 1.25
-2
ms
A A straight line with constant E 0.5 ms-2
slope in a velocity-time graph
B A straight line with constant 11 A skier is traveling downhill. The
slope in an acceleration-time acceleration on hard snow is 4 ms-2
graph and on soft snow is 2 ms-2.
C A straight line with constant Which graph shows the motion of
slope in a displacement -time the skier when moving from hard
graph snow to soft snow?
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14 Based on the velocity –time graph
above calculate the average
12 Based on the displacement – time velocity.
graph above ,
what is the total displacement.,
A 10 ms-1 B 9 ms-1
A 0m B 5m C 6 ms-1 D 4 ms-1
C 10 m D 20 m E 2 ms-1
E 50 m
A 10 B 15
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C 20 D 30 ………………………………………
E 45 …………
(d) What was the cat’s time for
the race?
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(e) Calculate the average speed of
the man.
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(b) After how many seconds did
the cat overtake the man?
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……………………………………… car .
……….... It takes 3 s to travel from P to Q ,
(c) How far from the start did the 5 s from Q to R and another 11 s
cat overtake the man? from R to S.
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Figure B shows distance – time the brakes again more strongly
graph represents the motion of the until it stops before the road block.
toy car. The following graph shows the
motion of the car.
(a) (i) Which region of the graph
shows the maximum speed
of the car.
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(ii) Give the reason for your
answer in (a)(i)
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(a) How long the driver takes the
(b) What is the total displacement time during he starts see the
of the car road block until the brakes are
for the whole journey. effective.
(e) Calculate the average speed (c) Based on the graph velocity-
for the whole journey. time above , sketch the graph
acceleration- time.
(f) Plot graph speed – time for
the whole journey of the car.
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