Science Class 9

Chapter Motion ISAM Workseet 2

Worksheet 2

1. What is the difference between uniform linear motion and uniform circular motion?

Uniform linear motion

Motion of body in straight line path with constant velocity.

The motion is not accelerated.

The direction of motion doesn’t change. The direction is the same throughout the motion.

Ex- A car running on a straight road.

Ex- Motion of train on track with constant speed.

Uniform circular motion

Motion of the object in a circle whose radius is constant with a constant angular velocity.

Ex- Motion of earth around the sun.

Ex- Artificial satellites orbiting around the earth.

2. Why is the motion in a circle at constant speed called accelerated motion?

Because in uniform circular motion speed remains constant but velocity changes at every instant
because of change of direction. So it is an accelerated motion.

Motion will be accelerated and direction of acceleration will be normal to the velocity of the

satellite

Explanation:

It is given that a satellite is moving around the earth with uniform speed

Speed is uniform but as the satellite is moving around earth so direct on speed is changing at
every instant means velocity is not uniform

And if velocity is not uniform means there is change in velocity so there will be acceleration in
the motion

4. What do graphs provide?

Graph is defined as a pictorial representation of information which is a two-dimensional drawing

explaining the relationship between dependent and independent variables.

The direction of acceleration will be normal to the velocity and directed towards center of earth.
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5. Give an example of use of bar graph and straight graph

A bar chart is a graph with rectangular bars.

Straight graph is a linear graph with rate of change of dependent variable proportional to
independent variable

7. Name the different types of graph.

Line graph, bar graph, area graph

8. Which type of graph is used to describe motion?

Line graph

9. How can we represent the change in the position of an object with time?

The change in the position of an object with time can be represented on the distance-time graph
adopting a convenient scale of choice. In this graph, time is taken along the x–axis and distance
is taken along the y-axis. Distance-time graphs can be employed under various conditions where
objects move with uniform speed, non-uniform speed, remain at rest etc

10. What is the slope of dt-graph?

In a distance-time graph, the slope or gradient of the line is equal to the speed of the object. The
steeper the line (and the greater the gradient) the faster the object is moving.
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11. What is the slope of vt-graph?

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The slope in the velocity-time graph represents the acceleration.

13. Draw a velocity versus time graph of a stone thrown vertically upwards and then
coming downwards after attaining the maximum height.

When a stone is thrown vertically upwards, it has some initial velocity (letu). As the stone goes
its velocity goes on decreasing (v it is moving against the gravity) and at the highest point i.e.,
maximum height) its velocity become zero. Let the stone takes time ‘t’ second to reach at the
highest point. After that stone begins to fall (with zero initial velocity) and its velocity goes on
increasing (since it is moving with the gravity) and it reaches its initial point of projection with
the velocity v in the same time (with which it was thrown). So,

Here, we have taken -u because in the upward motion velocity of stone is in upward direction
and in the downward motion, the velocity is in downward direction.

The velocity-time graph for the whole journey is shown above

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14. How will the equations of motion for an object moving with a uniform velocity change?

The equation of motion is derived based on the Newton’s laws of motion. And it changes
accordingly when an object changes with uniform velocity.

Given is that object moves with uniform velocity, that is no change in velocity so there will no
acceleration.

As we know    

Here, u = v (due to uniform velocity)

1st equation of motion is, v = u + at

2nd equation of motion, 

3rd equation of motion, 

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15. A girl walks along a straight path to drop a letter in the letterbox and comes back to her
initial position. Her displacement–time graph is shown in Figure. Plot a velocity–time graph for
the same.
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For the initial 50 second, velocity is 2 m/s. After that, velocity drops of zero, as shown by vertical line
in graph.
For the next 50 second, velocity is taken in negative because displacement is becoming zero.

16. A car starts from rest and moves along the xaxis with constant acceleration 5 m s–2 for 8
seconds. If it then continues with constant velocity, what distance wills the car cover in 12
seconds since it started from the rest?

17. A motorcyclist drives from place A to B with a uniform speed of 30 km/h and return
from place B to A with a uniform speed of 20 km/h.Find its average speed

Let distance between A and B is D

Then, time taken by motorcyclist with uniform speed 30 km/h ,T₁ = distance/speed = D/30 hrs

Again, they return with uniform speed 20 km , so time taken by motorcyclist , T₂ = D/20 hrs

Now, average speed of motorcyclist = total distance/total time taken

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= (D + D )/(D/30 + D/20) km/h

= 2 × 30 × 20/(30 + 20) km/h
= 24 km/h

18. The velocity time graph (Fig. 8.5) shows the motion of a cyclist. Find (i) its acceleration
(ii) its v elocity and (iii) the distance covered by the cyclist in 15 seconds.

(a)Since velocity is not changing, acceleration is equal to zero.

(b) Reading the graph, velocity=20ms−1
(c) s = area of the figure enclosed under v-t graph. Distance covered in 15s, s=ut=20×15=300m

19. An object is dropped from rest at a height of 150 m and simultaneously another object
is dropped from rest at a height 100 m. What is the difference in their heights after 2 s if
both the objects drop with same accelerations? How does the difference in heights vary
with time?

At t=0t=0, difference in height of two stones AandB=150−100=50mAandB=150-100=50m.

In t=2st=2s, distance through which each stone falls
is s=ut+12at2=0+12×10(2)2=20ms=ut+12at2=0+12×10(2)2=20m
∴∴ Difference in height of two stones AA and B=(150−20)−(100−20)=50mB=(150-20)-(100-
20)=50m.
Infact, this difference in height will remain the same at all times their fall, i.e., difference in
height shall not change with time.

20. An object starting from rest travels 20 m in first 2 s and 160 m in next 4 s. What will be
the velocity after 7 s from the start.

From s=ut+12at2s=ut+12at2

in first 2s,s=20m2s,s=20m

∴20=0+12a(2)2=2a,a=10m/s2∴20=0+12a(2)2=2a,a=10m/s2
Velocity at the end of 2s2s is v=u+at=0+10×2=20m/sv=u+at=0+10×2=20m/s.
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In next 4s4s,

s=vt+12a't2s=vt+12a′t2
∴160=20×4+12a'(4)2∴160=20×4+12a′(4)2 or 80=8a'80=8a′ or a'=10m/s2a′=10m/s2
It shows that acceleration is uniform.
From v=u+atv=u+at

v=0+10×7=70m/sv=0+10×7=70m/s.

21. Using following data, draw time displacement graph for a moving object:

Use this graph to find average velocity for first 4 s, for next 4 s and for last 6 s
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22. An electron moving with a velocity of 5×104 ms−1 enters into a uniform electric field

and acquires a uniform acceleration of 104 ms−2 in the direction of its initial
motion. Calculate the time(in s) in which the electron would acquire a velocity double of its
initial velocity.

From first equation of motion, 

v=u+at
2u=u+at
t=u/a=(5×104)/(104)=5s

23. a) Derive the relationship between velocity of a body with respect to the time. b) Derive the
relationship between distance of a body with respect to the time. c) Derive the relationship
between velocity of a body and distance it travelled.