Motion

1) Consider the following distancetime graphs below

Which of the graph(s) show(s) that one of runners started 10 yards further ahead of
the other?

In which of the following graphs shows that both runners were moving at the same
speed?

Which graph(s) show(s) that one of the runners overtook the other runner during
the race?
Which graph(s) show(s) that one runner was trying to catching up, but never really
succeeded?

2. Deduce which car is

a) moving forward at constant speed b) moving forward but

slowing down

c) moving backward at constant speed d) at rest

3. Deduce which car is

a) speeding up b) slowing down

c) moving at constant speed d) at rest

4) Complete the sentences:
i) For a displacement-time graph, the gradient corresponds
to................................................................

ii) A straight diagonal line on the displacement-time graph means

that ................................... is constant.

iii) For a velocity-time graph, the gradient corresponds

to....................................................................................................................

iv) For an object moving forward, a positive gradient on the v-t graph means the
object is .......................................... and a negative gradient means
it's ........................................

v) A straight diagonal line on the velocity-time graph means

that ................................... is constant.

vi) For a velocity-time graph, the area under the graph corresponds
to............................................................................................

vii) A mathematical relation between speed, distance and time

is.................................................................................................

vii) A mathematical relation between acceleration, starting and final velocities and
time is.................................................................................................
5. (adapted, past exam) A runner
accelerates from 0 to 10 m/s for 0.5
seconds. He then tires a bit and
decelerates from 10 m/s to v m/s within
the next 10 seconds as he completes a
100-meter sprint.
i) Calculate the acceleration for the
first 0.5 second. [2]
ii) Calculate the distance that he has
run while he was accelerating. [2]
iii) Use geometry and algebra to
calculate the value of v, keeping in mind
that the runner has run 100 meters. [4]
iv) Suggest how the average speed for the runner throughout the entire run in a
situation like this, when the speed was never constant, should be calculated. [2]

6. Melissa was driving at 20 m s1 when a squirrel came out of a bush, 40 meters

ahead and right into the path of the car. Melissa hesitated for 0.4 second before she
slammed on the brakes which provide a deceleration of 5 m/s 2 as Melissa stopped
the car.

a) Sketch a velocitytime graph for the car and use it to determine whether the
squirrel will get hit? [6]

b) If Melissa is mildly drunk and takes 1 second to react, how will the vt graph
be similar and different? Also, will the fate of the squirrel be different? [4]