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    SURYA VARSANI ACADEMY

    HANDOUT 2
    Date: P2 DESCRIBING MOTION SUBJECT: PHYSICS
    Name: __________________ IGCSE GRADE: IX

    REST: A body is said to be in a state of rest when its position does not change with respect to a
    reference point.

    MOTION: A body is said to be in a state of motion when its position change continuously with
    reference to a point.

    TYPES OF MOTION
     Circulatory motion/Circular motion – In a circular path.
     Linear motion – In a straight line path.
     Oscillatory/Vibratory motion – To and fro path with respect to origin.

    SCALAR QUANTITY: It is the physical quantity having own magnitude but no direction e.g.,
    distance, speed.

    VECTOR QUANTITY: It is the physical quantity that requires both magnitude and direction e.g.,
    displacement, velocity.

    DISTANCE: The actual path or length travelled by an object during its journey from its initial position
    to its final position is called the distance. Distance is a scalar quantity. It remains positive, can’t be
    ‘0’ or negative.

    DISPLACEMENT: Shortest length between initial point and far point of an object. It is vector
    quantity. It can be positive (+ve), negative (-ve) or zero.
    (Note: Displacement can be zero (when initial point and final point of motion are same) Example,
    circular motion.)

    UNIFORM MOTION: When a body travels equal distance in equal interval of time, then the motion
    is said to be uniform motion.

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    NON UNIFORM MOTION: In this type of motion, the body will travel unequal distances in equal
    intervals of time.
    ACCELERATED MOTION: When motion of a body increases with time.
    DE-ACCELERATED MOTION: When motion of a body decreases with time.

    MOTION
    distance
     Speed is defined as the rate of change of distance i.e. Speed = time . SI unit: m/s.
    total distance
     Average speed = total time
     Velocity is the rate of change of displacement i.e. speed in a particular direction. SI unit: m/s.
    displacement
    Velocity = time
    intial velocity + final velocity u + v
     Average velocity = 2 = 2

     Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. SI unit: m/s2.


    change in velocity v - u
    Acceleration (a) = time = t

    DISTANCE - TIME GRAPH


     The gradient is velocity. Negative gradient is
    returning back to the starting point
     A horizontal line means the object is stationary.
     If the distance is zero, it is back at the starting point
     A curved line means that the velocity of the body is
    changing, it is accelerating.

    SPEED - TIME GRAPH


     The gradient is acceleration. Negative gradient (i.e.
    negative acceleration) is deceleration
     If the speed is zero, it is at rest.
     A horizontal line means the object has a constant
    speed.
     The area under the line is the distance travelled.
     A curved line means that the acceleration is
    changing.
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    DISTANCE - TIME GRAPHS VELOCITY –TIME GRAPHS

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    CALCULATING GRADIENT FROM GRAPH
    Consider velocity - time graph as shown in the figure.
     Measure the lengths Δv and Δt.

    Speed (m/s)
    Δv
    Δv
     Gradient = Δt .
    Δt
    (Note: An object moving in a circular path is always
    accelerating (towards centre of circle. This is due continuous Time (s)
    change in direction at every point which indicates acceleration.

    FREE FALL
     A body falling freely under the influence of gravity.
     Without air resistance, the pull of gravity causes an acceleration of 9.81 m/s 2.
     With air resistance, as the object approaches Earth, its speed increases.
    As the object comes closure to Earth there is an increase in air resistance, decreases its
    acceleration and finally becomes equal to each other causing a zero resultant force on the
    object.
    Therefore, the object falls with zero acceleration i.e. constant speed. This constant speed is
    called TERMINAL VELOCITY.

    CONVERSION FACTOR
    5
     Change from km/hr to m/s: multiply by 18 .

    18
     Change from m/s to km/hr: multiply by 5 .

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