SUBJECT: PHYSICS

CHAPTER – 13 .... [MOTION AND TIME]

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:

Question 1. Classify the following as rectilinear motion (motion along a straight line), circular motion
or periodic motion (oscillatory motion):

Answer:

a) Motion of your hands while running. ----- Periodic motion.

b) Motion of a horse pulling a cart on a straight road. ----- Rectilinear motion.

c) Motion of a child on a see - saw. ------ Periodic motion.

d) Motion of the hammer on an electric bell. ------ Periodic motion.

e) Motion of a train on a straight bridge. ----- Rectilinear motion.

Question 2. What type of motion is represented by the following?

Answer:

a). Soldiers in a march past. ----- Rectilinear motion.

b).Pedals of a moving bicycle. ------ Circular motion.

c).Hands of an athlete in a race. ------ Periodic motion.

d). Bullock cart moving on a straight road. ----- Rectilinear motion.

e). Spinning of earth on its axis. ----- Rotational motion.

Question 3. State the type of motion exhibited by the following:

a). Motion of a child in a merry – go – round. ------ Circular motion.

b). Motion of the earth around the sun. ---- Circular motion & Periodic motion.

c). Motion of a pendulum. ------ Periodic motion.

d). Motion of a swing. ------- Periodic motion.

Question 4. Define speed.

Answer. Speed of an object is the distance travelled by it in unit time.

SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME

The SI unit of speed is metre per second (m/s).

Question 5. What is a speedometer?

Answer. An instrument on a vehicle’s dashboard which indicates the speed of the vehicle when it is
running is called speedometer.

Question 6. What is an odometer?

Answer. Odometer is an instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a vehicle

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:

Question 1. What is meant by ‘uniform motion’ and ‘non – uniform motion’? Give one example of
uniform motion and one of non – uniform motion.

Answer. Uniform motion – An object moving along a straight line path is said to have uniform
motion if its speed remains constant. Ex - Motion of a car running at a constant speed.

Non – Uniform motion – An object moving along a straight line path is said to have non – uniform
motion if its speed keeps changing. Ex- Motion of a train starting from a railway station.

Question 2. Draw a distance – time graph to show the motion of a car moving with a speed which is
not constant (non – uniform speed).

Answer.

Question 3. In a distance – time graph:

a). What type of motion does a straight line represent?

b). What type of motion does a curved line represent?

Answer. a) Uniform motion. b). Non – uniform motion.

Question 4. What is a bar graph? Explain with an example.

Answer. A bar graph is a diagram which shows information as bars (thin rectangles) of different
heights.

Example: This bar graph tells us the points scored by different teams in two different periods.

Question 5. What is a pie – chart? Explain with an example .

Answer. A pie – chart is a kind of graph or diagram which shows the percentage composition of
‘something’ in the form of slices of a circle (the whole circle represents 100%).

Example: This pie-chart shows the composition of air.

Question 6. State any two advantages of drawing distance – time graphs for moving objects.

Answer. Two advantages of distance – time graph are ---

i. The variation of distance travelled by an object with time can be seen more easily from a distance
– time graph than from the distance and time values given in the table form.

ii. The speed of an object can be obtained from its distance – time graph.

Question 7. What is a simple pendulum? Define the time – period of a simple pendulum.

Answer.

Simple Pendulum: A simple pendulum consists of a small metal ball (called bob) suspended by a long
thread from a rigid support such that the bob is free to swing back and forth.

Time – period: The time taken by pendulum bob to make one complete oscillation is called time –
period of the pendulum.
[NOTE: MCQS AND VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS WILL BE SOLVED IN BOOK.]

ACTIVITY SHEET

SOLVE THE FOLLOWING NUMERICALS

Q1. A train having a speed of 75km/h takes 6 hours to travel from Delhi to Amritsar.
Calculate the distance between Delhi and Amritsar.

Sol.

Q2. A car is running at a speed of 60km/h. How much time will it take to cover a distance of
270km?

Sol.

Q3. An ant covers 1 metre distance in 10 seconds. What is the speed of the ant in cm/s?

Sol.

Q4. A train is running at a speed of 120 kilometres per hour. Calculate the distance travelled
by the train in one minute.

Sol.

Q5. A car travelling at a speed of 45km/h takes 20 minutes to reach its destination. What
distance has the car travelled?

Sol.

Q6. The distance between two stations is 240km. A train takes 4 hours to cover this
distance. Calculate the speed of the train.

Sol.

Q7. In an experiment to measure the speed of a moving ball, it is observed that the ball
covers a distance of 5m and 20cm in 4 seconds before it stops. Calculate the speed of the
ball in m/s.

Sol.

Q8. A train is running at a speed of 60km/h. Calculate the speed of train in m/s.

Sol.

Q9. The speed of a racing car is 60m/s. What will this speed in km/h?

Sol.
Q10. An athlete attains a maximum speed of 36km/h. What is this speed in m/s?

Sol.