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Motion Graphs

This document contains a worksheet with questions about interpreting position-time and velocity-time graphs to determine an object's motion. It includes graphs showing an object's position and velocity over time and asks about the object's motion and velocity during different time intervals. It also provides data from Carl Lewis's 1991 100m dash and asks the student to plot graphs of his displacement and velocity over time.

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Motion Graphs

This document contains a worksheet with questions about interpreting position-time and velocity-time graphs to determine an object's motion. It includes graphs showing an object's position and velocity over time and asks about the object's motion and velocity during different time intervals. It also provides data from Carl Lewis's 1991 100m dash and asks the student to plot graphs of his displacement and velocity over time.

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  • Motion Graph Analysis
  • Plotting Exercise

Unit: Kinematics (Motion) Physics

Name: Block:

Motion Graphs

1. An object’s motion is described by the following graph of position vs. time:

(a) What is the object doing between 2 s


and 4 s? What is its velocity during that
interval?

(b) What is the object doing between 6 s


and 7 s? What is its velocity during that
interval?

(c) What is the object doing between 8 s


and 10 s? What is its velocity during
that interval?

2. An object’s motion is described by the following graph of velocity vs. time:

(a) What is the object doing between 0 s


and 2 s? What are its velocity and ac-
celeration during that interval?

(b) What is the object doing between 2 s


and 4 s? What is its acceleration dur-
ing that interval?

(c) What is the object doing between 6 s


and 9 s? What is its acceleration dur-
ing that interval?

Most of the questions on this worksheet were collected from a variety of internet sources, and are reproduced here in accordance with the doctrine of
fair use.
Motion Graphs Page 2

3. The graph on the left below shows the position of an object vs. time. Sketch a graph of
velocity vs. time for the same object on the graph on the right.

4. In 1991, Carl Lewis became the first sprinter to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 m
dash, completing the event in 9.86 s. The chart below shows his time for each 10 m interval.

distance interval (s) time (s)


0m 0 0
10 m 1.88 1.88
20 m 1.08 2.96
30 m 0.92 3.88
40 m 0.89 4.77
50 m 0.84 5.61
60 m 0.84 6.45
70 m 0.84 7.29
80 m 0.83 8.12
90 m 0.85 8.97
100 m 0.89 9.86

Plot Lewis’s displacement vs. time and velocity vs. time on the graphs below.

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