AL DURRAH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Science Department
                                                                            2020
- 2021
Physics
Student’s Name: Shadan Ibrahim Zulghina        Grade (9) /Section: AG
Chapter (2): Motion in One Dimension         Date: 25/5/2021
Lesson (2):  Acceleration                              
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Answer the following Questions.

1. A skater glides off a frozen pond onto a patch of ground at a speed of 1.8 m/s. Here she is
slowed at a constant rate of 3.00 m/s2. How fast is the skater moving when she has slid 0.37
m across the ground?
Answer: vf = 1 m/s
Given: vi = 1.8 m/s
a = -3.00
∆x = 0.37m
vf = ??
vf = ± √vi2 + 2a∆x
vf = ± √(1.8 m/s)2 + 2(-3.00 m/s2)(0.37m)
vf = ± 1 m/s

2. Human reaction time is usually about 0.20 s. If your lab partner holds a ruler between your
finger and thumb and releases it without warning, how far can you expect the ruler to fall
before you catch it?
(a = 9.81 m/s2.)
Answer: - 0.196 m
Given : ∆t = 0.20 s
a = -9.81 m/s2
∆x = ?
1
∆x = a (∆t)2
2
1
∆x = (-9.81)(0.20)2
2
1
∆x = (-9.81)(0.04)
2
∆x = - 0.196 m

3. A cat walking at 0.25 m/s sees a mouse and accelerates uniformly at 0.40 m/s2 for 3.0 s. What
is the cat’s displacement during this time?
Answer: 2.6 m

Given : vi = 0.25 m/s

 a = 0.40 m/s2

∆t = 3.0 s
∆x = ?

1
∆x = vi ∆t + a (∆t)2
2
1
∆x = (0.25 m/s)(3.0) + (0.40m/s2) (3.0)2
2
∆x = 2.55 ≈ 2.6 m