Cambridge IGCSE A*Physics Exercise + Notes
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QUESTIONS
1. If jay chau has travelled 100 meters in
10 seconds, what is his speed?
3. If taylor swift ran 500 meters to the
right, then turned around and ran 200
meters to the left in a total time of 10
seconds, find the speed and velocity of
taylor.
5. Find the deceleration of a car if it was
traveling at 35m/s and halted to a total
stop in 10 seconds.
1.2 Motion
Mr.
Vector
2. If Bruno kor travelled 300 meters west
and 400 meters north. Find the total
distance and displacement travelled
4. Find the acceleration of a car if it
started from rest, and ended with a
velocity of 25m/s over a time of 2.5
seconds.
6. Given acceleration is 10m/s2 , find the
total time taken for a moving car to reach
35m/s from 10m/s.
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Distance time graph and speed time graph

Distance time graph Speed time graph

Graph

gradient Speed acceleration

Negative
Moving backwards deceleration
gradient
Area - distance
Straight -Constant speed
-Zero speed
line -Zero acceleration
Curve
Changing speed Changing acceleration
slope

Questions
1. Using the graph above, find
a) Total distance traveled

b) Speed from 0 to 1 second

c) Speed from 2 to 2.5 seconds

d) Velocity at 3 seconds

e) Total displacement

1.2 Motion 2
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2. Using the velocity time graph,

find,

a) Acceleration from 0 to 4
seconds

b) Acceleration at 7 to 10 seconds

c) Total distance traveled

3. The figure
shows the
speed-time
graph of a
motorcycle
starting from
rest moving
north.

A) What is the deceleration from 4 to 7 seconds

b) What is the displacement of the motorcycle at 7 seconds

c) For how long was the motor cycle traveling south?

d) What is the displacement of the motor cycle at 10 seconds

e) What is the average velocity of the motorcycle for the whole journey.

1.2 Motion 3
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State that the acceleration of free fall for a Bodies falling in a uniform gravitational
body near to the Earth is constant field with and without air resistance
(including reference to terminal velocity)

0 m/s

0 m/s

10 m/s
10m/s

12m/s

20 m/s

12m/s

30 m/s

1.2 Motion 4