AL DURRAH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Science Department
                                                                            2020
- 2021
Physics
Student’s Name: Omar Zidan        Grade (9) /Section: A
Chapter (2): Motion in One Dimension         Date: 5/26/2021
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: Unknown:

Vi: 1.8 m/s Vf

A: -3 m/s^2

Δx : 0.37

Vf^2 = Vi^2 + 2 x a x Δx

Vf^2 = 1.8^2 + 2 x -3 x 0.37

Vf^2 = 3.24 + -6 x 0.37

Vf^2 = 3.24 + (-2.22)

Vf^2 = 1.02

√ Vf^2 = √ 1.01

Vf = 1
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 : Unknown:
ΔT : 0.20 s Δx
Vi = 0
Vf = 0
A = -9.81 m/s^2

ΔX = vi x Δt + ½ a (Δt)^2
ΔX = o x Δt + ½ (-9.81) (0.2)^2
ΔX = ½ (-9.81) (0.2)
ΔX = -1.962

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 : Unknown:

Vi = 0.25 m/s Δx

A = 0.5 m/s^ 2

Δt = 35

Δx = vi x Δt + ½ x a (Δt)^2

Δx = 0.25 x 3 + ½ x 0.4 x (3)^2

Δx = 0.75 + 0.2 x 9
Δx = 0.75 + 1.8

Δx = 2.6