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Third Quarter – Module 1
Describing Motion
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Science – Grade 7
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Third Quarter – Module 1: Describing Motion
First Edition, 2020
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Table of Contents
Many of the things around us move. Some move slowly like turtles and
clouds, others move more quickly like the satellites. Motion is so common and it
seems to be very simple. Describing motion actually requires careful use of scientific
definitions.
This module provides you with scientific knowledge and skills necessary to
describe motion along a straight path. You will learn to describe the motion of objects
in terms of position and distance travelled with respect to time. You will also learn to
interpret the motion of objects using illustrations.
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What I Know
Directions: Choose the letter of your answer and write it in your Science activity
notebook.
About two centuries ago, people used animals like horses and donkeys to
transport people and goods. In 1860, the internal combustion engine was developed
by Nicolaus Otto that led the way to the invention of motor cars, trains, ships,
airplanes and jets which enabled people to travel faster. All of these involved motion.
What’s In
Activity 1: Sketch It
Directions: Copy figure 1 completely in a graphing paper. Consider the center of
your graphing paper as the reference point. Sketch the four vector quantities
in one graphing paper following the given example. Paste your graphing
paper in your Science activity notebook.
North
Example:
6 meters East
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
South
Figure 1. Graph
What’s New
Motion is the change in position with respect to the reference point. An object
is said to be moving when it has traveled a certain distance or displaced from a point
of reference. Describing the point of reference and its direction will be learned by
performing activity 2.
SCHOOL
HOME
What Is It
Motion is the change in position for a particular time interval. If a body has
changed its position, we can say that it has moved with respect to its original position.
Thus, the original position serves as the reference point.
An object may be moving with respect to another reference. For example,
when you are inside a bus, you are not moving with respect to the other passengers,
but you are moving with respect to the ground.
Motion can be described by measuring the total length of the path travelled by
the object, and by measuring the distance between the initial position and final
position of the
object.
Example:
A car ran 100 meters from
point A to point B, then 50 meters
from point B to point C, and
another 100 meters from point C to
Figure 3: Distance travelled
point D. See Figure 3 and 4.
To solve the total length of path travelled you can simply add the length of
path from point A to B, B to C and C to D.
Total length of path = length A to B + length B to C + length C to D.
= 100 meters + 50 meters + 100 meters
Total length of path = 250 meters
The length of the entire path that the object travelled is referred to as
distance. Based on the example above, the total length of path is equal to 250
meters. This means that the distance travelled by the car is equal to 250 meters.
Displacement is the shortest
distance between the object’s initial
and final positions as shown in Figure
4.
To solve the displacement of
the car, simply subtract the final
position by the initial position.
Figure 4. Displacement
Displacement = Final position – Initial position
= 50 meters – 0
Displacement = 50 meters
Activity 3: My Travel
Directions: Trace the distance and displacement using the figure below.
Answer the following questions in your Science activity notebook.
Situation:
You are told to buy some foods in the market. You walked 12 m East from
home, 12 m North, 6 m West, 6 m South, 6 m West, and finally, 8 m North to reach
the market.
What’s In
Just yesterday John and Mary were given assignments to record the measured distance and time
John’s home is 400 meters while Mary is 200 meters away
from the school. It took 400 seconds for John while Mary needed 200 seconds to reach the scho
200 m
400 m
Figure 6. Distance from Home to School
What is it?
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑑
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = ; in symbols, 𝑣=
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡
We can express speed in terms of miles per hour (mi/h), kilometers per hour
(km/h), or meters per second (m/s).
Examples:
Solving for Mary’s speed: Given: Solving for John’s speed: Given:
d = 200 m t = 200 s d = 400 m t = 400 s
Asked: Asked:
𝑣 =? 𝑣 =?
Formula: Formula:
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
Solution: Solution:
𝑑 𝑑
𝑣=𝑡 𝑣=𝑡
200 𝑚 400 𝑚
𝑣 = 200 𝑠 𝑣 = 400 𝑠
𝒗 = 𝟏𝒎/𝒔 𝒗 = 𝟏𝒎/𝒔
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑⃑
𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 = ; in symbols, 𝑣⃑=
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡
As shown in Figure 7a, the total distance from home to school is 3.0 km while
the displacement is 2.0 km, East as shown in Figure 7b.
Suppose you take 0.5 hour to travel from home to school, use the
information in Figure 7a and 7b to solve for your average speed and velocity.
Solving for average speed: Given: Solving for average velocity: Given:
d = 3.0 km t = 0.5 h 𝑑⃑= 2.0 km t = 0.5 h
Asked: Asked:
𝑣 =? 𝑣⃑= ?
Formula: Formula:
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 =
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
Solution: Solution:
𝑑 𝑑⃑
𝑣=𝑡 𝑣⃑= 𝑡
3.0 𝑘𝑚 2.0 𝑘𝑚, 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡
𝑣=
0.5 ℎ 𝑣⃑=
0.5 ℎ
𝒗 = 𝟔. 𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 𝒗⃑= 𝟒. 𝟎 𝒌𝒎/𝒉, East
What’s More
You decided to have a morning jog to keep your body fit. You jog 100 m East
in 150 s, made a left turn and jog 150 m in 180 s, and finally made another left turn
for 100 m in 90 s.
In this lesson, you will learn to describe the motion of an object in which velocity
changes in magnitude, direction, or both.
What’s In
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Vehicles rarely move at constant speed but oftentimes they changed speed.
Consider the figure below.
00:0000:01 s00:02 s00:03 s00:04 s
𝒗
⃑⃑𝒇 − ⃑𝒗⃑𝒊
𝒂⃑=
𝒕𝒇 − 𝒕𝒊
Change in velocity is the difference between the final velocity (v f) and the
initial velocity (vi). Change in time is the difference between the final time (tf) and the
initial time (ti).
Average acceleration refers to the total change in velocity divided by the
total time taken for the change. Since the unit of velocity is meter per second (m/s),
acceleration is expressed in meter per second per second (m/s/s). Oftentimes, the unit
of acceleration is written as m/s2.
Based on Figure 10, the car’s average acceleration is
𝑣⃑𝑓 − 𝑣⃑𝑖
𝑎⃑=
𝑡𝑓 − 𝑡𝑖
50 𝑘𝑚⁄ℎ−0 𝑘𝑚⁄ℎ
𝑎⃑= 4 𝑠−0 𝑠
50𝑘𝑚⁄ℎ
𝑎⃑= 4𝑠
1000 𝑚
(50𝑘𝑚⁄ )
1ℎ
)
( )(
𝑎⃑= ℎ 1 𝑘𝑚 3600 𝑠
4𝑠
13.9 𝑚/𝑠
𝑎⃑= 4𝑠
𝒂⃑ = 𝟑. 𝟒𝟕 𝒎/𝒔𝟐
Example:
A passenger vehicle with a speed of 20 m/s slowed down to 10 m/s in 10
seconds. What is its acceleration?
Given: vi = 20 m/s vf = 10 m/s ∆t = 10 s
Solutions:
Problem: A racehorse coming out from the gate accelerates from rest to a
velocity of 15 m/s West in 3 seconds. What is its acceleration?
Directions: Complete the paragraph by filling in the blanks using the correct word/s
from the box. Write your answers in your Science activity notebook.
What I Can Do
Directions: Copy and complete the table by solving the missing values of the
quantities. Write your answers in your Science activity notebook.
1 10 20 2
2 20 70 5
3 50 30 10
4 15 30 3
5 12 12 2
Assessment
Directions: Choose the letter of your answer and write it in your Science
activity notebook.
1. It is a continuous change in position of an object with respect to a reference
point.
A. At rest B. Magnitude C. Motion D. Reference
2. When is an object considered to be in motion?
I. When its position changes with respect to a point of reference.
II. When its distance changes with respect to a point of reference.
III. When its direction changes with respect to a point of reference.
IV. When its speed changes with respect to a point of reference.
A. I only B. I and II only C. I, II and III D. I, II, III and IV
3. Which of the following is true about an object that travels 5 meters to the left, then 2
meters up, then another 5 meters to the right?
A. Displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters.
B. Displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters down.
C. Total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters.
D. Total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters down.
4. This refers to the speed of an object at a specific moment in time.
A. Average Speed C. Instantaneous Speed
B. Constant Speed D. Zero Speed
5. If a person runs 100 meters in 10 seconds, what is his average speed?
A. 2 m/s B. 5 m/s C. 10 m/s D. 20 m/s
6. A car traveling in a circle has changing velocity because it is .
A. not traveling at a constant speed
B. not traveling in a constant direction
C. traveling too slowly to measure its velocity
D. traveling in a constant direction at a constant speed
7. From home, Dong walked 300 m East to visit Inday. Both Dong and Inday walked
another 400 m North and 300 m West. Which of the following statements is NOT
TRUE?
A. Dong went home.
B. Dong travelled a total distance of 1,000 m.
C. Dong’s displacement is zero if they continue to travel 400 m South.
D. Dong’s displacement is shorter than the total distance he has travelled.
8. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
I. The distance travelled by an object can be equaled to its
displacement.
II. The displacement of a moving object can be greater than its distance
travelled.
III. The displacement of a moving object is lesser than its distance travelled.
Initial Position
B
A
C
D Final Position
Figure 11. Diagram of the Skateboarder
100 m 3 min
A D 3 min
Answer Key
References
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