PhysicsDepartment
UpperSecondary
Name:_________________________()Class:____________
TOPIC:Kinematics
WORKSHEET2.2
Date:______________
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A. MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS(10marks)
1. Thegraphbelowshowsthedistancetravelledbyacarover6seconds.
30
Distance/m
speed/m/s
20
10
0
time/s
Whatisthespeedofthecar?
30ms1
B 20ms1
C 15ms1
D 5ms1
2. Graphbelowshowsthedistancetimegraphoffourobjects.Whichobject
ismovingatthegreatestspeed?
time/s
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)
3. Acarismovingfromrestandmoveswithanincreasingspeed.Whichdistancetimegraph
bestdescribesthis?
Distance/m
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4. Whichisthespeedtimegraphofabodymovingfromrestwithaconstantacceleration?
speed
speed
time/s
time/s
time/s
time/s
speed
speed
5. Thegraphshowshowthespeedofanobjectchangeswithtime.
speed
D
C
B
A
0
time
Whichsectionofthegraphshowstheobjectmovingwithanincreasingacceleration?
6. Thespeedtimegraphofacyclistisshown.
40
30
speed
(in m/s)
20
10
0
1
2
3
4
5
time /s
Whatwastheaverageaccelerationofthecyclist?
0.125ms2
8ms2
1.125ms2
100ms2
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)
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7. Askieristravellingdownhill.Theaccelerationonhardsnowis4ms andonsoftsnowis2
ms2.
Whichgraphshowsthemotionoftheskierwhenmovingfromhardsnowtosoftsnow?
speed/m/s
speed/m/s
speed/m/s
speed/m/s
30
30
30
30
20
20
20
20
10
10
10
10
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10
time/s
5
10
time/s
5
10
time/s
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8. Thespeedtimegraphisforanobjectmovingwithconstantacceleration.
speed/m/s
40
20
10
5
Howfardoestheobjectmovein20s?
A 0.5m
B 2.0m
15
20
25
400m
time/s
800ms
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)
9. Thegraphbelowshowsthemotionofacarwhichstartsfromrestandaccelerates
uniformlyfor10secondsuntilitsspeedis30ms1.Travelsatthisspeedfor30sandthen
deceleratesuniformlytorestinfurther10s.
speed/m/s
30
20
10
0
10
20
40
50
60 time/s
30
Whatisthetotaldistancetravelledbythecar,inmetres?
A 600
B 900
C 1200
1350
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10. Thediagramshownisaspeedtimegraphofacar.Theshadedarearelatestotheperiod
30to40s.
Whichoneofthefollowingisrepresentedbytheshadedarea?
speed/m/s
30
20
10
10
20
30
Aacceleration
B averagespeed
Cchangeofspeed
D distance
time/s
50
40
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B.STRUCTUREDQUESTIONS(10marks)
11. Thegraphbelowshowsthedistancetimegraphofarunnerin5s.
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Distance/m
0 12 3 4 5time/s
(a)Describethespeedoftherunnerfrom:
i.0to2seconds
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ii.3to5seconds
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(2marks)
(b)Whatisthedistancetravelledbytherunnerat3.5s?________________________
(1mark)
(c)Inthegraphabove,plotanotherlineofarunnerwhoranfromstartto6min5
secondsataconstantrate.LabelthisasrunnerB.
(2mark)
12. Thespeedtimegraphbelowreferstoatoycarmovingalongastraighttrack.
3
Speed/ms1
2.5
1.5
B
C
0.5
D
A
0
time/s
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
(a) Inwhichsectionofthegraphistheaccelerationconstantandpositive?____________(1mark)
(b) Calculatetheaccelerationin(a).(2marks)
(c) Whichsectionofthegraphrepresentszeroacceleration?______________________(1mark)
(d) Whatisthehighestspeedofthecar?__________________________(1mark)
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