ChangkatChangiSecondarySchool

PhysicsDepartment
UpperSecondary
Name:_________________________()Class:____________

TOPIC:Kinematics

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Date:______________

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A. MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS(10marks)
1. Thegraphbelowshowsthedistancetravelledbyacarover6seconds.
30
Distance/m
speed/m/s

20

10
0

time/s

Whatisthespeedofthecar?
30ms1
B 20ms1
C 15ms1
D 5ms1

2. Graphbelowshowsthedistancetimegraphoffourobjects.Whichobject
ismovingatthegreatestspeed?

time/s

(
)
3. Acarismovingfromrestandmoveswithanincreasingspeed.Whichdistancetimegraph
bestdescribesthis?

Distance/m

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4. Whichisthespeedtimegraphofabodymovingfromrestwithaconstantacceleration?
speed

speed

time/s

time/s

time/s

time/s

speed

speed

5. Thegraphshowshowthespeedofanobjectchangeswithtime.

speed
D
C

B
A
0

time

Whichsectionofthegraphshowstheobjectmovingwithanincreasingacceleration?

6. Thespeedtimegraphofacyclistisshown.

40

30
speed
(in m/s)
20

10

0
1
2
3
4
5
time /s

Whatwastheaverageaccelerationofthecyclist?

0.125ms2

8ms2

1.125ms2

100ms2

(
)
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7. Askieristravellingdownhill.Theaccelerationonhardsnowis4ms andonsoftsnowis2
ms2.

Whichgraphshowsthemotionoftheskierwhenmovingfromhardsnowtosoftsnow?

speed/m/s

speed/m/s

speed/m/s

speed/m/s

30

30

30

30

20

20

20

20

10

10

10

10

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10
time/s

5
10
time/s

5
10
time/s

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8. Thespeedtimegraphisforanobjectmovingwithconstantacceleration.

speed/m/s

40

20

10
5

Howfardoestheobjectmovein20s?
A 0.5m
B 2.0m

15

20

25

400m

time/s

800ms

(
)
9. Thegraphbelowshowsthemotionofacarwhichstartsfromrestandaccelerates
uniformlyfor10secondsuntilitsspeedis30ms1.Travelsatthisspeedfor30sandthen
deceleratesuniformlytorestinfurther10s.

speed/m/s
30
20
10
0

10

20
40
50
60 time/s
30

Whatisthetotaldistancetravelledbythecar,inmetres?

A 600
B 900
C 1200

1350
(

10. Thediagramshownisaspeedtimegraphofacar.Theshadedarearelatestotheperiod
30to40s.
Whichoneofthefollowingisrepresentedbytheshadedarea?
speed/m/s
30
20
10

10

20

30

Aacceleration

B averagespeed

Cchangeofspeed

D distance

time/s

50

40

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B.STRUCTUREDQUESTIONS(10marks)

11. Thegraphbelowshowsthedistancetimegraphofarunnerin5s.

8
Distance/m

0 12 3 4 5time/s

(a)Describethespeedoftherunnerfrom:

i.0to2seconds
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ii.3to5seconds
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(2marks)
(b)Whatisthedistancetravelledbytherunnerat3.5s?________________________

(1mark)
(c)Inthegraphabove,plotanotherlineofarunnerwhoranfromstartto6min5
secondsataconstantrate.LabelthisasrunnerB.

(2mark)

12. Thespeedtimegraphbelowreferstoatoycarmovingalongastraighttrack.
3

Speed/ms1
2.5

1.5

B
C

0.5

D
A

0
time/s

0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18

(a) Inwhichsectionofthegraphistheaccelerationconstantandpositive?____________(1mark)

(b) Calculatetheaccelerationin(a).(2marks)

(c) Whichsectionofthegraphrepresentszeroacceleration?______________________(1mark)

(d) Whatisthehighestspeedofthecar?__________________________(1mark)

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