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Edexcel IGCSE physics Chapter 1

1. 100m/12.5s = 8m/s 2. a) 350m/s x 30s = 10500m (10.5km) b) 350m/s x 60s x 5 = 105000m (105km) c) 350m/s x 60s x 30 = 630000m (630km) 3. t = d/v, so 1.6m/0.0004m/s = 4000s (67 minutes) 4. a) D b) C c) A d) B 5.

6.
12 10 8

Distance (m)

6 4 2

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

Time (s) 7. a) The car is moving at constant velocity (the intervals between drips are regular, and direction is not changing) b) 6 time intervals = 6 x 2.5 = 15s v = d/t = 135m/15s = 9m/s

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Edexcel IGCSE physics Chapter 1

8. a) 35 32 29 Velocity (m/s) 26 23 20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Time (s) b) From the graph (coloured area), average velocity = v + u = 35 + 20 = 22.5 m/s 2 2 d = average velocity x time = 22.5m/s x 5s = 112.5m

9. a) average speed is the speed over the entire period of the journey, and is calculated as: total distance/total time taken Instantaneous speed is the speed at a particular moment in time. On a Speed-Time graph, the instantaneous speed can be taken from any point which lies on the line (e.g in the graph above, at time = 4 seconds, instantaneous speed = 32m/s) b) speed is a scalar quantity, i.e. it has magnitude (size) but no particular direction. Velocity is a vector quantity, i.e. it has magnitude and direction. 10. a = v/t = 24m/s / 6s = 4m/s2

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Edexcel IGCSE physics Chapter 1

11. a)
7 6 5

Velocity (m/s)

4 3 2 1

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

b)
35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Velocity (m/s)

c)
25 20
15

Velocity (m/s)
10 5 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

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12. The speed/time graph of the journey is shown:

80 70 60 50

Velocity (m/s) 40
30 20 10 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

a) after 1s the velocity has increased by 3m/s b) after 5s it has increased by 15m/s from rest (see arrows) c) after 25s it has increased by 75m/s from rest 13. a) B b) A c) D d) C 14.

speed

5s

15s

17s

time

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15.
12 10

Velocity (m/s)

8
6 4 2 0 0 2 4 6 8 10

Time (s) a) a = v/t = 10m/s / 4s = 2.5m/s2 b) (i) d = (10m/s x 4s) = 20m (area of blue triangle) (ii) d = 10m/s x 5s = 50m (area of red rectangle) c) Average speed = total distance (from b), 20m + 50m = 70m) = 70m / 9s = 7.8m/s total time

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Edexcel IGCSE physics Chapter 1

16. Use a ruler to measure the distance between drips and record as follows: Time (s) Distance between drips in picture (mm) 4 9 14.5 20 28 Distance between drips (m) Speed (m/s)

0 1 2 3 4 5 If 4mm in drawing = 0.5m,

0.50 1.13 1.81 2.50 3.50

5.0 11.3 18.1 25.0 35.0

the conversion factor = (500mm/4mm) divided by 1000mm in a metre = 0.125 Speed/time graph:
40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 1
2

Speed (m/s)

Time (s) Use v = 35m/s, and t = 5s, so a = 7m/s