Chapter - Speed, velocity and acceleration, Kinetic and potential energy, Graphs and

Equations and Falling Bodies

Q.I) Multiple choice questions. Tick the correct answer from the options given below.
1. The graph represents the motion of a train travelling between two stations.

Which statement about the train is correct?

A. Its acceleration takes a longer time than its deceleration.
B. It travels at constant speed for less than half of its journey time.
C. It travels 2000 m in the first 100 s.
D. It travels 10 000 m at constant speed.
2. A car is moving downhill along a road at a constant speed.
Which graph is the speed / time graph for the car? (0625_s12_qp_11 2)

3. In a race, a car travels 60 times around a 3.6 km track. This takes 2.4 hours.
What is the average speed of the car? (0625_s12_qp_11 3)
A. 1.5 km / h
B. 90 km / h
C. 144 km / h
D. 216 km / h
4. A small steel ball is dropped from a low balcony. (0625_s04_qp_1 4)
Ignoring air resistance, which statement describes its motion?
A. It falls with constant acceleration.
B. It falls with constant speed.
C. It falls with decreasing acceleration.
D. It falls with decreasing speed.
5. A car travels along the route PQRST in 30 minutes. (0625_w06_qp_1 3)

What is the average speed of the car?

A. A 10 km / hour
B. B 20 km / hour
C. C 30 km / hour
D. D 60 km / hour
6. A ball is released from rest and rolls down a track from the position shown.
What is the furthest position the ball could reach? (0625_s05_qp_1 11)

Q.II) Answer the following.

1. In a training session, a racing cyclists journey is in three stages. (0625_s07_qp_2 2)
Stage 1 He accelerates uniformly from rest to 12 m/s in 20 s.
Stage 2 He cycles at 12 m/s for a distance of 4800 m.
Stage 3 He decelerates uniformly to rest.
The whole journey takes 500 s.
(a) Calculate the time taken for stage 2.

time = ............... [2]

(b) On the grid of Fig. 1.1, draw a speed/time graph of the cyclists ride.

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2. In Fig. 2.1, a small bird, a large bird and a squirrel are on the ground under a tree.

(a) A squirrel has the same weight as the large bird. It climbs the tree, to the same height as
the birds. (0625_s07_qp_2 4)
How does the increase in the squirrels gravitational potential energy compare with that of
each of the two birds? Answer the question by completing the sentences below.
Compared with that of the small bird, the increase of the squirrels potential energy
is................................................................. .
Compared with that of the large bird, the increase of the squirrels potential energy
is................................................................. .

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(b) Which creature has the least gravitational potential energy when they are at the top of
the tree?
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(c) The small bird flies back down to the ground.
What happens to the gravitational potential energy it had at the top of the tree?
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3. Fig. 3.1 shows the path of a football as it is kicked along the ground between three
players.
The distances between the players are shown on Fig. 3.1.

The ball takes 1.2 s to travel from player A to player B.

(i) Calculate the average speed of the ball between A and B.

average speed = ...........................................................[1]

(ii) Player B kicks the ball to player C.
It travels with the same average speed.
Calculate the time taken for the ball to travel from B to C.

time = ...........................................................[1]
(iii) What is the acceleration of the ball just before it reaches player C.

acceleration =........................................................... [2]

(iv) Discuss whether the average velocities, from A to B and from B to C, are the same.
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