VIII - Physics

Topic: Describing Movement

Task Type: Guided Practice Date: ___________

1. Ali's journey is shown in the table below.

A B C D E

distance / m 0 5 5 24 24 25

time / s 0 1 2 3 4 5

speed / m/s

a. Plot a distance time graph for the above data.

b. What is the distance covered by him at 1 s? ………………..
c. What is the time taken by him to cover 25 m? ………………..
d. What is the total distance he covered to complete entire journey? ………………..
e. What is the total time taken by him to complete entire journey? ………………..
f. How long Ali remained at rest during his entire journey? ………………..
g. What is the average speed? Show formula and working.

average speed = ……………….

h. Why we take average speed?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

i. Calculate Ali’s speed at A.

j. Calculate Ali’s speed at C.

k. Where Ali experiences more speed, A or C? ……………….

l. Explain your answer looking at your graph.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Scale: ________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________