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C02-Q02-A: Fill in the blanks.

1. The displacement of the body is a ______ directed from the starting point to the end point.
2. If the starting point and the end point are the same, the total displacement is _____.
3. If the starting point and the end point are the same, the average velocity is ______.
4. The speed which represent the motion for a certain period of time interval is called the ___________.
5. The velocity which represent the motion for a certain period of time interval is called the _________.
6. The speed at a particular instant of time is referred to as the __________.
7. The velocity at a particular instant of time is referred to as the ___________.
8. The speedometer of a car indicates the ________ speed of the car.
9. For motion with ________, equal displacements take place in equal intervals of time.
10. Motion with constant velocity is known as ________ motion.
11. If either magnitude or direction or both magnitude and direction of the velocity change, the body is said to
have ________.
12. Motion with changing velocity is called non-uniform motion or _______ motion.
13. The acceleration is the ratio of the change in _______ to the time taken.
14. Acceleration is said to be positive if the magnitude of the velocity is _______.
15. Acceleration is said to be negative if the magnitude of the velocity is _______.
16. Negative acceleration is usually called _________ or retardation.
17. Motion along a straight line is called _____________.
18. In a _________, the magnitude of the displacement is equal to the distance moved.
19. The simplest type of motion is the linear motion with constant ________.
20. Linear motion with constant velocity is also called ___________.
21. In ________ motion, the velocity is constant.
22. In uniform motion, the acceleration is _______.
23. We can use equations of _______ in calculating the problems of motion.
24. Equations of motion relate the physical quantities associated with ______.
25. If the rate of change of velocity is constant, then the acceleration is said to be _______.
26. If a body is moving with a constant acceleration of 5 m s-2, the velocity of the body changes by ________
in every second.
27. When the acceleration is ____, the instantaneous acceleration and the average acceleration are the same

C02-Q02-B: Say True (or) False.

1. If the speed changes, the velocity also changes.
2. Although speed changes, there is no acceleration.
3. If the speed does not change, but the direction changes, there will be acceleration.
4. For motion in a straight line, the distance travelled is equal to the magnitude of the displacement.
5. For motion in a straight line, the speed is equal to the magnitude of the average velocity.
6. For motion with constant velocity, average velocity is equal to the instantaneous velocity.
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7. In uniform accelerated motion, the velocity of the moving body is constant.
8. In uniform motion, the velocity of the moving body is constant.
9. In uniform motion, the velocity of the moving body is zero.
10. If the magnitude of the average velocity of a body is zero, then the speed must also be zero.
11. If the starting point and the end point are the same, the total displacement is zero.
12. If the starting point and the end point are the same, the average velocity is zero.
13. If the starting point and the end point are the same, the instantaneous velocity is always zero.
14. The speedometer of a car indicates the average speed of the car.
15. The acceleration is the ratio of the change in velocity to the time taken.
16. The velocity-time graph for linear motion with constant velocity is a horizontal line.
17. The velocity-time graph for motion with constant positive acceleration is a positive slanting line.
18. The velocity-time graph for motion with constant negative acceleration is a negative slanting line.
19. The steeper the velocity-time graph, the grater the acceleration.
20. The slope of the velocity-time graph is the acceleration of the body.
21. The area under the acceleration-time graph is the change in velocity of the body.
22. The area under the velocity-time graph is the displacement of the body.
23. The slope of the displacement-time graph is the velocity of the body.
24. If the velocity-time graph is a horizontal line, there is no displacement.
25. If the velocity-time graph is a horizontal line, there is no acceleration.
26. The slope of the displacement-time graph gives the average velocity.

C02-Q02-C: Short Questions.

1. Define: Distance travelled, displacement, average speed, average velocity, instantaneous speed,
instantaneous velocity, uniform motion, accelerated motion, average acceleration, instantaneous
acceleration, linear motion.
2. Is distance travelled a vector or a scalar? Explain.
3. Is displacement a vector or a scalar? Explain. What is its direction?
4. When a body is moving along a straight line with a constant speed, why is the velocity of the body also
constant?
5. Is it possible to run around an oval running track at constant velocity?
6. Two objects moving with the same speed may not have the same velocity. Why?
7. What can be said about the speed of two objects if they have the same velocity?
8. An object moving in a circle with constant speed is said to be accelerated. Explain.
9. Can an object be moved if its acceleration is zero?
10. In uniform motion, why are the instantaneous velocity and the average velocity the same?
v0  v
11. Is the formula for average velocity v  always true?
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12. Are uniform accelerated motion and uniform motion the same?
13. In a one-round-about-town walking race the starting point is the same as the finishing point. Whose
magnitude of displacement is greater: the one who completes the race or the one who gives up half-way?
Whose distance is greater?
14. When is a body said to have acceleration?
15. When does a body change its velocity?
16. When is the acceleration of a body said to be positive?
17. When is the acceleration of a body said to be negative?
18. Why is the acceleration of a body in uniform motion zero?
19. Why are the instantaneous velocity and the average velocity the same in uniform motion?
20. What are the physical quantities associated with motion?
21. What is the equation of motion for a linear motion with constant velocity?
22. When is the acceleration of a body said to be constant?
23. What do you understand by “A body is moving with a constant acceleration of 5 m s-2.”?
24. When are the instantaneous acceleration and the average acceleration the same?
25. In the equation, v = v0 + at, what does at represent?
26. What are the three types of motion graphs?

C02-Q02-D: Calculations.
Q01: In a 400 m race, the person running in the innermost lane clocked 50 s and won the gold medal. Find his
average velocity and average speed. Does he have acceleration?
Q02: A man walks 3 miles east and then 4 miles north. If he takes 5 hours to complete his journey, find his
average speed and average velocity. Does he have acceleration?
Q03: A car is travelling with a constant velocity of 6 m s-1. The driver applies the brakes as he sees a cow which is
at a distance of 24 m from the car. Find the acceleration of the car if it stops just in front of the cow.
Q04: A car starting from rest travels with a uniform acceleration of 2 m s-2 in the first 6 s. It then travels with a
constant velocity for 10 min. Find the distance travelled in the first 6 s as well as the distance travelled in
the following 10 min.
Q05: An object accelerates from rest at a constant rate of 4 m s-2 for a distance 100 m. How fast is the object moving
at that time? How long did it take for the object to reach that velocity?
Q06: A car moving in a straight road with constant acceleration arrives at a certain point after traveling 5 s. If the
initial velocity is 44 ft s-1 and the final velocity is 66 ft s-1, find the acceleration and average velocity of the
car. How far has it travelled during this 5 s?
Q07: A plane starts from rest, speeds over a (straight line) distance of 450 m with constant acceleration for
15 s, and takes off. What is the acceleration of the plane? Find its take-off velocity in km h-1.
Q08: A car moving with a speed of 108 km h-1 (in a straight line) stops in 10 s due to uniform acceleration.
Find the value of the acceleration.
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Q09: An object moves with an initial velocity of 5 m s-1. After 10 s, its velocity is 20 m s-1. If it moves with constant
acceleration in a straight line, find its average velocity, the distance travelled in 10 s, and its acceleration.
Q10: A particle with initial velocity of 12 m s-1 travels in a straight line and stops completely after 10 s. Find the
uniform acceleration of the particle. How far has the particle travelled before coming to rest?
Q11: A car is travelling with a constant velocity 36 km h-1. The driver sees a cow on the road at a distance of 28 m
from the current position, and applies the brakes. If the car decelerates at 2 m s-2, will the car hit the cow? If
the reaction time for that man is 0.5 s, will the car hit the cow?
Q12: A train starts from station A, with an acceleration of 0.2 m s-2, and attains its maximum speed in
2 min. After continuing at this speed for 5 min it is uniformly retarded for 30 s before coming to rest
in station B. Find by drawing a suitable graph: (a) the distance between A and B in km, (b) the
maximum speed in km h-1, (c) the average speed in m s-1, (d) acceleration during the last stage of
motion.
Q13: Two balls start out moving to the right with constant velocities of 5 m s−1 and 4 m s−1. The slow ball
starts first and the other 4 s later. Determine the position of the balls when they meet.
Q14: A particle starts out from the origin with velocity 10 m s−1 and continues moving at this velocity for
5 s. The velocity is then abruptly reversed to −5 m s−1 and the object moves at this velocity for 10 s.
For this motion find: (i) the displacement (ii) the total distance travelled (iii) the average speed
(iv) the average velocity.
Q15: An object with initial velocity 20 m s−1 and initial position of −75 m experiences a constant
acceleration of −2 m s−2. Sketch the position–time graph for this motion for the first 20 s.
Q16: Two cyclists, A and B, have displacements 0 km and 70 km, respectively. At t = 0 they begin to cycle
towards each other with velocities 15 km h−1 and 20 km h−1, respectively. At the same time, a fly that
was sitting on A starts flying towards B with a velocity of 30 km h−1. As soon as the fly reaches B it
immediately turns around and flies towards A, and so on until A and B meet. (i) Find the position of
the two cyclists and the fly when all three meet. (ii) Determine the distance travelled by the fly.
Q17: An object moving in a straight line has the displacement–
time graph shown. (i) Find the average speed for the trip.
(ii) Find the average velocity for the trip.

Q18: A particle moves in a straight line with an acceleration

that varies with time as shown in the diagram. Initially
the velocity of the object is 2.00 m s−1. (i) Find the
maximum velocity reached in the first 6.00 s of this
motion. (ii) Draw a graph of the velocity versus time.