J CADRE Were Write down anything that you found interesting © Look at your notes later when you revise this topte Velocity is defined by the word equation ime graph is equal to velocity The gradient of a displacement Vector quantities may be combined by vector additio subtracted f rom the first by adding the negative of the se1 Kinematics: de 3A car travels one complete lap around a circular track at 4 constant speed of 120kmb @ Ione lap takes 2.0 minutes, show that the length of the track is4.0km. [2] bb F splein why values for the average speed and average velocity are € —_Hetermie the magnitude of the displacement of the car ina time of 1.0 min. (2) evide (The circumference of a circle = 2R, where R is the radius of the circle.) (Total: 5] 4 A boat leaves point A and travels in a straight line to point B. The journey takes 60s. culate: work out ‘a the distance travelled by the boat (2) b the total displacement of the boat (2) ¢ the average velocity of the boat. 2 Remember that each vector quantity must be given a direction as well as a magnitude. [Total: 6] ‘A boat travels at 2.0ms" east towards a port, 2.2km away. When the boat ‘reaches the port, the passengers travel in a car due north for 15 minutes at 60kmh", [2] (3) (2) (2VEL PHYSICS. COUR ) CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL AS & & LE" a distance of 10m. He then © 4g Draw the displacement-time graph for the pirlfrom1=O101=12s {1} a b (On the same graph axes, draw the displacement—ume graph hig for the boy. ray & ¢ Using your graph, determine the value of t when the boy catches up + with his sister. 1" é Total: 4] "9 Asstudent drops a small black sphere alongside a vertical scale marked in centimetres. A number of flash photographs of the sphere are taicen at (0.10 intervals: F r | This diagram is shown sideways the first black dot is at O em and the next E at4om. Figure 1.19 ‘The first photograph is taken with the sphere at the top at time a Explain how Figure 1.19 shows that the sphere reaches 2 constant a BSS b Determine the constant speed reached by the sphere. MS ‘Determine the distance that the sphere has fallen when t= 0.80s. Ina real photograph, each image of the sphere appears slightly "blurred because each flash is not instantaneous and takes a time 0.00105. ne the absolute uncertainty that this gives in the position of each ‘black sphere when itis travelling at the final constant speed.NTINUED 11 A small aircraft for one person is used on a short horizontal flight. On its journey from A to B, the resultant velocity of the aircraft is 15ms* ina direction 60° east of north and the wind velocity is 7.5ms? due north, N A Figure 1.20 a Shwe that for the aircraft to travel from A to B it should be pointed due east. 2) b After flying km from A to B, the aircraft returns along the same show (that): provide path from B to A with a resultant velocity of 13.5ms“. Assuming structured evidence that the time spent at B is negligible, calculate the average speed for that leads to a given the complete journey from A to B and back to A. Bl result [otal 5] SELF-EVALUATION CHECKLIST Noy Nag Conve LL aan aE Se ee Ry define and use displacement, speed and velocity ‘draw and interpret displacement-time graphs describe laboratory methods for determining speed ‘understand the differences between scalar and vector quantities and give examples of each Tee vector addition to add and subtract vectors that are in the same plane.