70 The National Strategies | Secondary

Force and motion

Diagnostic questions
Car distance
A car is travelling along a straight road.

Distance (m)
600
This graph shows its distance from
its starting point, over a period of 100 400

seconds.

0 40 60 100
Time (s)
Which of the following graphs correctly shows the speed of the car during this journey?
Write one letter (A, B, C or D) in this box to show your answer:
Speed (m/s)

Speed (m/s)

10 10

5 5

0 40 60 100 0 40 60 100
Time (s) Time (s)
A B

10
Speed (m/s)

Speed (m/s)

10 10

5 5

0 40 60 100 0 40 60 100
Time (s) Time (s)
C D

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Moving object

Distance from starting point

An object is moving along in a straight line. +
This graph shows its distance from its
starting point, over a period of 5 seconds.

0
1 2 3 4 5

-
Time (s)

Which of the following graphs correctly shows the velocity of the object during this time?
Write one letter (A, B, C or D) in this box to show your answer:

+ +
Velocity

Velocity

0 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3
-
A Time (s) -
B 4 5
Time (s)

+ +
Velocity
Velocity

0 0
1 2 3 1 2 3
4 5
-
C Time (s)
-
D 4 5
Time (s)
+
Velocity

0
1 2 3 4 5
Time (s)
- E
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Force and motion

Five graphs
The five graphs below show the motion of a car, travelling along a level straight road.
Note that the quantity plotted on the y-axis is not the same each time.
Distance

Velocity
0 0
Time Time
A Acceleration B
Velocity

0 0
Time Time
C D
Acceleration

0
Time

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Force and motion

(a) Which of these represents motion at a constant velocity?

Tick ONE box

A, B and D

A and C

B and E

C only

E only

(b) Which of them represents motion at a constant (non-zero) acceleration?

Tick ONE box

A, B and D

A and C

B and E

D only

E only

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