Department of Education

7 National Capital Region

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MARIKINA CITY

Science
Quarter 3 – Module 1
Motions

Analisa O. Gaodgaod

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 What I Need to Know
This module was made to give you science concepts, principles and skills to
describe motion of objects. You will learn to describe the motion of objects in terms
of position, distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration.

This module is divided into two lessons, namely:

Lesson 1- Describing Motion
Lesson 2- Uniformly Accelerated Motion
After going through this module, you are expected to describe the motion of an
object in terms of distance or displacement, speed or velocity, and
acceleration. S7FE-IIIa-1

Specifically, you are expected to:

 describe motion as change in position;
 define distance and displacement;
 differentiate speed from velocity;
 describe motion in terms of acceleration; and
 solve problems involving constant speed/constant velocity and
acceleration.

What I Know
Read each sentence carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. You walked from your house to the main gate 3 m/s North. Which of the
following quantities is used to describe your motion?
A. acceleration B. displacement C. speed D. velocity

2. When is an object considered to be in motion?

I. When its position changes with respect to a point of reference.
II. When its distance changes with respect to a point of reference.
III. When its direction changes with respect to a point of reference.
A. I and II only C. II and III only
B. I and III only D. I, II and III

3. Which of the following is TRUE about an object that travels 5 meters to the left,
then 2 meters up, then another 5 meters to the right?
A. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters.
B. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters down.
C. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters.
D. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters down.

4. What happens to the acceleration when an object is moving with uniform velocity?
A. negative B. uniform C. uncertain D. zero

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For numbers 5-6 see figure below:
A Science teacher walks 4 meters East, 2 meters South, 4 meters West, and
finally 2 meters North.
4m

2m 2m

4m

5. What is the total distance covered by the teacher?

A. 4m B. 8m C.10m D. 12m

6. What is the displacement?

A. 0m B. 2m C.4m D. 12m

7. If a bus travels at a distance of 700m in 20s, what is the speed of the car?
A. 35 m/s B. 350 m/s C. 720 m/s D. 14000 m/s

8. A car is moving with an acceleration of -25 m/s². How do you describe the motion
of the car?
A. It is moving forward.
B. It is moving backward.
C. It moves with increasing acceleration.
D. It moves with decreasing acceleration.

9. The Philippine Eagle accelerates from 26 m/s to 47 m/s in 7 seconds. What is the
eagle’s average acceleration?
A. 2 m/s² B. 3 m/s² C. 4 m/s² D. 5 m/s²

10. How is speed related to the distance travelled when a vehicle travels at constant time?
A. The speed of travel does not affect the distance covered.
B. The greater the distance travelled, the lower the speed of travel.
C. The shorter the distance travelled, the greater the speed of travel.
D. The greater the distance travelled, the greater the speed of travel.

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Lesson

1
Describing Motion

When you look around, you will find many things that move. Objects which
are moving around us are said to be in motion whereas the objects which are not
moving are said to be at rest. Likewise, you move when you are doing your daily
activities at home and in school. Motion is present everywhere. It can be described
qualitatively and quantitatively.

What’s In

Introduce “Bring Me” game to the family. Ask the members of the family to
bring out some materials at home based on the given descriptions. Name each item
and the place where they found each item at home.
Descriptions of the Materials Item at Home Place Where They Found The
Item
1 something long Ex.: Curtain rod Ex.: Living room
2 something smooth
3 something foamy
4 something sweet
5 something fragrant

What’s New
Encircle the words that are related to motion in the word puzzle. The words
are written diagonally or horizontally.

A V E L O C I T Y Q W R W D V
C K B A Y R V I D L H M B I E
N B Y U D W O U G A R T A S L
A S F E N I V O O Y E H Y P B
A W E F G J S Q H Z T R I L N
R P C J I Y B T E H E E J A I
S U I O R T A T A E M Q S C T
U M P D V E O R T N C U S E Y
N O I T A R E L E C C A T M I
J X F O N Y W O R B K E B E O
M E T E R S P E R S E C O N D
B U L I T Y O P A N Y J Y T P

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 What Is It
Motion is defined as a continuous change of place or position. The study that
deals with the description of motion is called kinematics. A point of reference is
something that seems steady and is used to compare the position of an object. The
exact position of an object tells how far it is from the point of reference and its
direction relative to that point of reference. The position of an object can be
described using words, diagrams, tables, and graphs.
.
Distance measures the length of the path travelled by the object. It is a scalar
quantity that does not require direction and is expressed only in terms of magnitude
and unit. It does not always follow a straight line. The distance will double when
objects go back to their starting positions. Displacement measures the length of the
straight line that connects the object’s point of origin and its point of destination. It
is a vector quantity that requires both magnitude and direction.

Displacement and distance can be equal when the path travelled is a straight
line. Displacement is the shortest length between the object’s point of origin and its
point of destination. When objects go back to starting positions, the displacement
becomes zero.

Speed is the measure of how fast something is moving or the rate of motion
of a body. It is a scalar quantity. Average speed is the distance travelled divided by
the total time elapsed in travelling. Instantaneous speed is the speed at any instant.
Distance and time are the factors that affect the speed of a moving object. It is
expressed using the unit miles per hour, kilometer per hour or meter per second.
Speed is the distance travelled divided by the time.

It is expressed using the formula: Speed= distance

time

Velocity is the rate of motion of a body with reference to its direction. It is a

vector quantity. When both speed and direction are constant, there is constant
velocity. Constant velocity is motion in a straight line at a constant or uniform
speed. The speed of an object may be constant but if the direction of motion is
changing, then the velocity is changing. The velocity of an object can be expressed in
meter per second (m/s). To find the velocity of an object, you need to know how fast
it moves and in what direction it goes. The formula for velocity is V= d/t, where d is
displacement and t is time.

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 What’s More
A. Point of Reference
Procedure:
1. Study the diagrams in Figure 1 and Figure 2. The positions of the objects are
described in the diagrams by their coordinates along the number line.

Photo credit: May Anne G. Pasco

Figure 1

Guide Questions:
1. In what positions in Figure 1 can you find the following?
a. dog ___________ c. tree ____________
b. boy ___________ d. house ____________

2. What is the position of the dog with respect to the house? _______________________

3. What is the position of the tree with respect to the boy? _________________________

Photo credit: May Anne G. Pasco

Figure 2

4. Describe the initial and final positions of the ball in Figure 2. ___________________
________________________________________________________________________________
5. Where is the position of the ball at 10 seconds? _________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
6. At what time is the position of the ball equal to 5 meters? _______________________
________________________________________________________________________________

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B. Distance and Displacement
Read the situation below and do the activity afterwards.

Marie is planning to go to Kaye’s house and ask her about the project in Science.
To reach Kaye’s house, Marie has to walk 150 meters going east. On the way going
east are some establishments- fast food chains, banks, and a mall. Then, she will
head to the north at a distance of 230 meters where she can find the church and a
nearby school. Afterwards, she will walk 70 m going west close to River Park to get to
Kaye’s house.

Procedure:
1. On a sheet of paper, draw the location of Marie’s house.
2. Guided by the direction below, sketch the path taken by Marie to reach Kaye’s house.
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W+E
S
3. Get your ruler and use the scale 10 m = 1 cm.
4. Draw a straight line from Marie’s house to Kaye’s house.

Guide Questions:
1. How far is Kaye’s house from Marie’s place? ______________________
2. How did the given directions help Marie in finding Kaye’s house? ________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. What do you call the quantity that involves distance and direction?_______________
4. If Marie goes back to her starting position in her house, what will be the total
distance and total displacement? ______________________________________________
5. Can displacement be greater than the distance?_________________________________
6. If you walk from point A to B then to C, what will be your distance and
displacement? Use the figure below to see the path you travelled.

4m 5m Distance = _____________________
Displacement = _________________

B C
3m
C. Speed and Velocity
Procedure:
1. Study the data in the table. It shows the time taken to travel a distance by
different students in a Grade 7 Class.

Students Distance (m) Time Taken (sec) Speed (m/s)

A 100 15 6.7
B 100 12 8.3

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 C 100 13 7.7
D 100 12 8.3
E 100 16 6.25
Guide Questions:
1. Who walked the fastest? the slowest? ___________________________________________
2. How did you find the fastest student?___________________________________________
3. At a constant distance, how is speed related to the distance travelled? __________
________________________________________________________________________________
4. If Student X and Student Y will run at the same time, how will you know who
travelled at greater speed? _____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
5. When speed is associated with direction, a new quantity is called velocity. What
happens to the velocity when you travel from your house at constant speed going
to the same direction? __________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Fill in the Venn Diagram with the quantities that are used to describe
motion of objects.

 distance  displacement  speed  time  velocity

Vector Scalar

Quantities

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 What I Can Do

Study the sample problems below. Then, solve the given problems using the
correct formula.

Distance Speed Velocity

d= speed x time distance V = displacement

S=
time time

Sample Problem 1: A boy walks at a speed of 4km/h. How far did he cover in 5 hours?
Given: speed = 4 km/h Solution: d = 4km/h X 5 h
time = 5 h Answer: d = 20 km
Formula: d= speed x time

Sample Problem 2: A car travels a distance of 700 m in 20 sec, what is the speed of
the car?
Given: distance = 700 m Solution: S = 700 m
Time = 20 sec 20s
Formula: S= distance Answer: S = 35 m/s
time

Sample Problem 3: A jeepney covers a displacement of 16 km East in two hours.

Find the velocity of the jeepney.

Given: displacement = 16 km, East Solution: V = 16 km East

time = 2 h 2h
Formula: V= displacement Answer: V= 8 km/h East
time

Problem1. A bus travels at an average speed of 50 km/hr. What is the distance it

covers in 5 hours?
Given:

Formula:

Solution:

Answer:

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Problem2. A car covers 100 km in 1.5 hrs. What is its average speed?

Given:

Formula:

Solution:

Answer:

Problem3. The church is 2 km from Karla’s home. What is her velocity if it takes her
0.5 hr to reach the church?

Given:

Formula:

Solution:

Answer:

Additional Activities
Activity: My House to Nearby Sari-Sari Store Roadmap
Materials: paper, ruler, pencil

Procedure:
1. On a piece of paper, name the roads, corners, posts or establishments from your
house to the nearby sari-sari store.
2. Estimate the distance from your house to the nearby sari-sari store. Use a scale to
show the length of the road. (1cm=1m)
3. Draw your house-store roadmap and indicate your data in no.1 and no.2.
4. Draw a straight line from house to nearby sari-sari store.
5. Compare the distance and displacement of your travel from your house to nearby
sari-sari store.

Criteria:
Very Good: developed creative and innovative ways to present information.
Good: developed competent ways to present information and somewhat engaged in
expressing one’s ideas.
Fair: showed weak presentation of information; did not complete the display of
information.

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Lesson

2
Uniformly Accelerated Motion

Have you been to the amusement park before? What rides did you enjoy the
most? The rides like the roller coaster, Ferris wheel, spin rides, flying UFO, and
Viking ship are fast in speed and create complex movement that make you feel the
tension and excitement at the same time. When an object changes its speed or
direction of motion, it is said to be accelerating. An object may speed up or slow
down its motion and acquire acceleration.

What’s In

Identify the words that are described in each statement. Write your answer on
the blank before each number.
_______________1. The length of path travelled by an object.
_______________2. The distance covered by an object per unit of time.
_______________3. The shortest path from the point of origin to its destination.
_______________4. The rate of motion of an object with reference to its direction.
_______________5. The continuous change of place or position of an object.

What’s New
Find at least 2 objects at home that exhibit motion. Draw the objects inside
the box and describe how the objects move.

___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

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 What Is It
The change in an object’s velocity in a particular time is called acceleration.
It is a vector quantity that denotes both magnitude and direction. There are factors
that determine the acceleration. First, an object is moving at a constant speed but
changes its direction. Second, an object moves at constant direction but changes its
speed. Third, both speed and direction of an object are changing. The motion of an
object along a straight line at a constant acceleration is called the Uniformly
Accelerated Motion. The standard unit for acceleration is meter per second square
(m/s²). When an object speeds up or accelerates, its velocity increases constantly
and has positive acceleration. When an object slows down or decelerates, its velocity
decreases and has negative acceleration. The acceleration of an object can be figured
out by using the equation
a = change in velocity or a = Vf - Vi
change in time t

What’s More

Activity: Acceleration
Procedure:
1. Get a piece of paper and create a paper plane.
2. Throw your paper plane into the air. Do 3 trials.
3. Observe the flight distances of the paper plane from your position to its destination.
4. Record the time your paper plane stayed in the air in seconds.
5. Write your observations on the paper plane in the table below.

Trials How does the paper plane fly?

1
2
3

Guide Questions:
1. Did the paper plane fly fast? Support your answer._______________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Did the paper plane go about the same distances in the 3 trials?
________________________________________________________________________________
3. When did the paper plane fly very far?
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Describe the directions of motion when you throw the paper plane into the air.
________________________________________________________________________________
5. Did the paper plane accelerate? Explain your answer.
________________________________________________________________________________

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 What I Have Learned
Write A if motion shows an acceleration and NA if there is no acceleration.
Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
______1. The race car is moving around an oval track.
______2. The jeepneys are lined up on the parking lot.
______3. The ball is thrown horizontally.
______4. A small piece of rock is thrown and hits the ground.
______5. The Science book is sitting on top of the table.
______6. The boy ran on the road and stopped when he noticed a cat.
______7. The moon is turning in a circular path around the Earth.
______8. You go for a drive and slam on the breaks of the car.
______9. A roller coaster picks up speed as it rolls down the slope.
______10. You are skateboarding at a constant speed heading North of the sidewalk.

What I Can Do
Study the sample problem below. Then, solve the given problem using the
correct formula.

Sample Problem: A train starting from rest acquires a velocity of 40 m/s in 10

seconds. What is its acceleration?
Given: initial velocity = 0 m/s
final velocity = 40 m/s Solution: a = 40 m/s – 0 m/s
time = 10 s 10 s
Formula: a = Vf- Vi Answer: a = 4 m/s²
t

Problem: Karlo is driving his car at 40 m/s when he suddenly saw a dog running on
the road ahead. He stepped on the brakes and comes to a stop in 4.0
seconds. What was the acceleration of the car?

Given:

Formula:

Solution:

Answer:

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 Additional Activities

1. Study the graph of Speed (v) vs. Time (t). It describes how a body moves at a given
time. Use the data in the graph to answer the given questions.

Speed (s) A B D
(m/s) 6

0 C

2 4 6 8 10 12

time (s)

Graph of Speed versus time of a moving body

Guide Questions:
1. At which time interval is the speed zero? __________________________________________
2. At which time interval is the speed increasing? decreasing? ________________________
3. When is the acceleration positive? negative? _______________________________________
4. When is the acceleration zero? ____________________________________________________
5. A car is traveling north at a speed of 30 km/h, then turns right at a corner while
maintaining its speed. Is there acceleration? Why? ______________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

Posttest

Read each sentence carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. When is an object considered to be in motion?

I. When its position changes with respect to a point of reference.
II. When its distance changes with respect to a point of reference.
III. When its direction changes with respect to a point of reference.
A. I and II only C. II and III only
B. I and III only D. I, II and III

2. What happens to the acceleration when an object is moving with uniform velocity?
A. negative B. uniform C. uncertain D. zero

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3. You walked from your house to the main gate 3 m/s North. Which of the following
quantities is used to describe your motion?
A. acceleration B. displacement C. speed D. velocity

4. If a bus travels a distance of 700m in 20s, what is the speed of the car?
A. 35 m/s B. 350 m/s C. 720 m/s D. 14000 m/s

5. Which of the following is TRUE about an object that travels 5 meters to the left, then
2 meters up, then another 5 meters to the right?
A. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters.
B. The displacement of the object I equal to 12 meters down.
C. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters.
D. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters down.

6. How is speed related to the distance travelled when a vehicle travels at constant time?
A. The speed of travel does not affect the distance covered
B. The greater the distance travelled, the lower the speed of travel.
C. The shorter the distance travelled, the greater the speed of travel.
D. The greater the distance travelled, the greater the speed of travel.

7. A car is moving with an acceleration of -25 m/s². How do you describe the motion of
the car?
A. It is moving forward.
B. It is moving backward.
C. It moves with increasing acceleration.
D. It moves with decreasing acceleration.

8. The Philippine Eagle accelerates from 26 m/s to 47 m/s in 7 seconds. What is the
eagle’s average acceleration?
A. 2 m/s² B. 3 m/s² C. 4 m/s² D. 5 m/s²

For numbers 9-10 see figure below:

A Science teacher walks 4 meters East, 2 meters South, 4 meters West and
finally, 2 meters North.
4m

2m 2m

4m
9. What is the total distance covered by the teacher?
A. 4m B. 8m C.10m D. 12m

10. What is the displacement?

A. 0m B. 2m C.4m D. 12m

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What I Have Learned
What I Can Do Vector Quantities-
1.v=50km/hr displacement, velocity,
t= 5 hr acceleration
d= speed x time What’s More
Scalar Quantities-
B.
d= 50km/hr x 5 hr distance, speed 1. 450m
d= 250 km
2. The given
2. d= 100 km
directions served as
t= 1.5 hr
references in finding
v= distance/time
the exact location of
v= 100km/ 1.5 hr What’s More
Kaye’s house.
v= 66.67 km/hr C.
3. displacement
3. d= 2 km toward the church 1. fastest- B and D
4. total distance is
t= 0.5 hr slowest- E
900m
v= displacement/time 2. by looking at the speed
total displacement is
v= 2 km toward the church/0.5 hr in m/s
0m
v= 4km/hr to the church 3. At constant distance, the
5. No, displacement is
shorter the time of travel,
the shortest length
the greater the speed.
What’s More from the point of
4. At constant time, the
A. origin to the point of
greater the distance
1. a.10m destination
travelled, the greater the
b. -10m 6. The distance is 7m.
speed.
c. 5m The displacement is
5. The velocity is constant.
d. 15m 5m.
2. 5m to the left of the
house
3. 15m to the right of What’s New What’s In
the boy 1.speed Possible answers
4. The initial position 2. acceleration 1.Curtain rod- living room
3. velocity 2. blanket- bedroom
is 0m. The final 3. shampoo- bathroom
4. distance
position is 20m. 5. meter 4. sugar- kitchen
5. 10m 6. meters per second 5. perfume- bedroom
6. 5 sec
Lesson 1
Answer Key
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biology/acceleration
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Acceleration. Accessed January 27, 2021.
https://physics.info/velocity/
Speed and Velocity. Accessed January 27, 2021.
https://byjus.com/physics/distance-and-displacement/
Distance And Displacement. Accessed January 27, 2021.
Vectors
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/1DKin/Lesson-1/Scalars-and-
Scalars and Vectors. Accessed January 27, 2021.
Internet Sources:
Education,Pasig City, 2017
Asuncion, AJ.,Catalan, MHDH., et a.l Science Learner’s Material/Department of
Books:
Additional Activities
1. 0-6 sec
2. 8-12 sec, 6-8 sec
3. 8-12 sec, 6-8 sec What I Can Do
Given: vi= 40m/s
4. 0-6 sec
vf= 0 m/s
5. Yes, There is a change in direction though
t= 4.0 sec
there is a constant speed. Formula: a= vf-vi
t
What’s More
Solution: a= 0 m/s- 40m/s
1. The paper flew fast. When the force was applied 4 sec
in throwing the paper plane, it moves upward and Answer: a= -10 m/s²
flies into the air.
2. No. The paper plane did not cover the same
distances in the 3 trials. What’s In What’s I Have
3. The paper plane flew very far when you gave a 1. distance Learned
hard push to make it move forward. 2. speed 1. A 6. A
4. It moves forward, upward and downward. 3. displacement 2. NA 7. A
5. Yes, there is acceleration because of the 4. velocity 3. A 8. A
changes in the speed and direction of motion. 5. motion 4. A 9. A
5. NA 10. NA
Lesson 2
 Development Team of the Module

Writer: Analisa O. Gaodgaod

Content Editors: Jessica S. Mateo

Marites R. Del Valle
Romencita D. Gollayan

Language Editors: Kristine Joyce G. Montejo

Catherine C. Paningbatan

Illustrator: May Anne G. Pasco

Layout Artist: Jemwel Dela Paz
Management Team:
Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, CID
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Jessica S. Mateo
EPS-Science

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

EPS – LRMS

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