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2 5 Velocity Time Graphs

The document discusses various scenarios related to velocity and acceleration, including constant velocity, positive and negative acceleration, and the interpretation of velocity-time graphs. It includes exercises for calculating acceleration, displacement, and analyzing motion based on provided graphs. Additionally, it addresses the relationship between gradients of position-time and velocity-time graphs.

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2 5 Velocity Time Graphs

The document discusses various scenarios related to velocity and acceleration, including constant velocity, positive and negative acceleration, and the interpretation of velocity-time graphs. It includes exercises for calculating acceleration, displacement, and analyzing motion based on provided graphs. Additionally, it addresses the relationship between gradients of position-time and velocity-time graphs.

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Velocity-time graphs

1. Describe a scenario on the road where you would see constant velocity.
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Sketch the graphs for this scenario.

2. Sketch the graphs showing constant velocity going the opposite way.

3. Describe a scenario on the road where you would see positive velocity and positive
acceleration.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Sketch the graphs for this scenario.

4. Describe a scenario on the road where you would see positive velocity and negative
acceleration.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Sketch the graphs for this scenario.
5. Sketch the graphs to show negative velocity and negative acceleration.

6. Sketch the graphs to show negative velocity and positive acceleration.

7. Recall what the gradient of a position-time graph is equal to. ___________________________

8. What is the gradient of a velocity-time graph equal to?


_____________________________________________________________________________

9. For the graph to the right:


a. Calculate the acceleration of the object
between 0-4s

b. Calculate the acceleration of the object


between 7-10s

10. What is the object doing in each graph?


11. The graph shows the motion of a race car. Describe the
car’s motion during the 14 s. Include calculations.

12. Describe the motion shown in the graph.


What real life scenario might be described by this
graph?

13. What does the area between a velocity-time graph and


the x-axis represent?
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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Calculate the distance travelled in 10s in the graph.
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

14. The graph shows the motion of a child on a fairground ride.


How far did the child move in 5s?

15. The graph shows the motion of a bungee dancer. At 28s, what is her displacement from where
she started?
Try these on your own
16. The graph shows the motion of a bike.
a. Describe in words what the bike was doing.

b. What was the acceleration of the bike?

c. What was the displacement of the bike travel after 20s?

17. The graph shows the motion of a car.


a. Describe in words what the car was doing.

b. What was the acceleration of the car at 1s?

c. What distance did the bike travel in 5s?

18. The graph shows the motion of a ride at an amusement


park.
a. Describe in words what the ride was doing.

b. What was the acceleration of the ride at 8s?

c. What was the displacement of the ride in 28s, compared to where it started?
19. A car starts from rest. Its speed measured each second is shown in this table.
Time (s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Speed (m/s) 0 2 4 6 8 9 10 11 12

a. Graph the car’s speed over this time.

b. Is the car accelerating? If so, is the acceleration constant?


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c. What is the acceleration over the first four seconds?
_____________________________________________________________________________
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d. What is the acceleration over the final four seconds?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
e. Predict the car’s speed at 12 seconds if it continues to accelerate at the same rate as it did
in the final four seconds. _____________________________________________________

[Answers to Try these on your own]


16. a) Bike was travelling south but slowing down. b) 0.25 ms -2 north c) 50m south
17. a) Car moved south, getting faster, then travelled at a constant velocity. b) 4 ms -2 south c) 32 m
18. a) Moving west but slowing down, stopping then turning around to accelerate east
b) 1.25 ms-2 east c) 70 m west
19. b) yes the car is accelerating. It is constant from 0-4s, but then it changes to a different
constant acceleration from 4-8s, as shown by the different gradient of the graph.
c) 2 ms-2 d) 1 ms-2 e) 16ms-1

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