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Lesson -4 Homework

The document provides practice questions on displacement, speed, and velocity, including calculations for a jogger, dog, cat, and cyclist. It also discusses motion graphs, specifically position-time graphs, and how to analyze motion using qualitative and quantitative information. Key concepts include determining position, displacement, distance, and velocity from graphs and calculations.

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Lesson -4 Homework

The document provides practice questions on displacement, speed, and velocity, including calculations for a jogger, dog, cat, and cyclist. It also discusses motion graphs, specifically position-time graphs, and how to analyze motion using qualitative and quantitative information. Key concepts include determining position, displacement, distance, and velocity from graphs and calculations.

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Displacement, Speed and Velocity – Practice

Questions:
1) A jogger ran the following path shown in pink. Determine the distance and
the displacement covered on her run from the diagram:

Distance = 10+15+10+3= 38 Displacement= 15+3=18


2) A dog chases a ball for 40m west and it takes 5 seconds before he catches it.
Calculate:
a) the speed of the dog:
b) the velocity of the dog:

a) 40/5 = 8m/s
b) 40 / 8m/s = 5m/s west

3) A cat runs around the neighbourhood for 10 minutes at an average speed of


1.5 m/s. How far does the cat cover in this time?

10 x 1.5 = 15

4) A cyclist travels 80km in 5 hours. What is their speed in m/s?

80/5 = 16m/s

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Motion Graphs

There are several types of graphs that can be used to analyse motion:
● position-time graphs
● velocity-time graphs
● acceleration-time graphs

Qualitative and quantitative information about the motion of a body can be


determined by considering the shape, gradient and area under various graphs.
Understanding how to correctly identify and calculate these values for each
different type of graph is the focus of this section.

Position-Time Graphs
A position-time graph will show the position, x, of an object measured from a
starting position over a time interval, t. Position is on the vertical axis and has
the SI unit metres (m) and time is on the horizontal axis with the SI unit
seconds (s). The following information can be determined from a position-time
graph:
● The position (also displacement) of the object from its origin at any
time by reading directly from the graph
● If the object is moving toward or away from its original position.
● The total distance covered by the object by adding up different
sections of the objects position
● The velocity of the object at any instant by calculating the gradient at
that point

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