TEST

Motion

Questions
1 The distance–time graph for a girl on a cycle ride is shown 4 The approximate velocity–time graph for a car on a 5-hour
in Figure 3.5. journey is shown in Figure 3.8. (There is a very quick driver
a How far did she travel? change midway to prevent driving fatigue!)
b How long did she take?
c What was her average speed in km/h? a State in which of the regions OA, AB, BC, CD, DE the
d How many stops did she make? car is (i) accelerating, (ii) decelerating, (iii) travelling
e How long did she stop for altogether? with uniform velocity.
f What was her average speed excluding stops? b Calculate the value of the acceleration, deceleration or
g How can you tell from the shape of the graph constant velocity in each region.
when she travelled fastest? Over which stage did c What is the distance travelled over each region?
this happen? d What is the total distance travelled?
e Calculate the average velocity for the whole journey.
C D
F 100
60
A B
80

speed/(km/h)
50
E 60
D
40 40
distance/km

B C 20 O E
30
0 1 2 3 4 5
20 A time/hours
Figure 3.8
10

0 time of
1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm day

Figure 3.5

2 The graph in Figure 3.6 represents the distance travelled by

a car plotted against time.
a How far has the car travelled at the end of 5 seconds?
b What is the speed of the car during the first 15
5 seconds?
c What has happened to the car after A?
d Draw a graph showing the speed of the car plotted
against time during the first 5 seconds.

120
A
100
distance/m

80
60
40
20

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
time/s
Figure 3.6

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