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Describing Motion |Graphing Motion |Problems Related to Motion

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Motion
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What is your speed from house to school?
Do you have the same speed from school to house?
Motion
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What is your average speed?
Motion
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total distance traveled
total time of travel
=
Distance (within the trip)
total time to cover that distance
=
sum of speeds
number of speeds added
=
Motion
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Calculate the average speed and the
instantaneous speeds at t=1, t=2 and t=3.
Motion
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Calculate the average velocity and the
instantaneous velocities at t=1, t=2 and t=3.
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Punzys home is 10km away from his school.
Every morning, he rides jeeney with his
friends and travel for 15 minutes. What is the
average speed of Punzys jeepney?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Johnny the Walker walks from his house to
his farm 150 meters away in 10 min.
Calculate his speed in m/s. At this speed,
how long will it take him to cover 1 km?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Wind Airlines travels from Chimp Island to
Bulbagaga that are 600km apart. The plane
travels at the speed of 450km/h. If it leaves
the Chimp Island at 3:00pm, what time will it
arrive in Bulbagaga?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Woogie Boogie has been
running for 2 hours and 15
minutes at a maintained
speed of 30 kilometer per
hour. How far has he
covered?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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A student drives 4.8-km trip to school and
averages a speed of 22.6 m/s. On the return
trip home, the student travels with an average
speed of 16.8 m/s over the same distance.
What is the average speed (in m/s) of the
student for the two-way trip?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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One car traveling at 30 kph and another
car traveling at 40 kph left from the same
place at the same time and traveled in
opposite directions. How long will it take
before the cars are 630 kilometers apart?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Two teams are competing in swimming relay
races. Swimmer A pushes off two seconds
ahead of Swimmer B with 50m left to go. If
swimmer A swims at an average speed of
1.9m/s and swimmer B swims at an average
speed of 2.1m/s, who wins the race? How far
ahead (in seconds and meters) is the winner?
Motion
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Determine the maximum
speed based on the data
given
Consider the data
below for the first 10
minutes of a teachers
trip along SRP to
school.
Time
(min)
Position
(km)
0 0
1 0.4
2 0.8
3 1.3
4 2.1
5 2.5
6 2.7
7 3.8
8 5.0
9 6.4
10 7.6
Motion
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Plot the data in a graph.
The position-time information of a giant turtle
is shown in the data table below.
Time (h) Position (km)
0 0
1 0.3
2 0.6
3 0.9
4 1.2
5 1.5
6 1.8
Motion
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Determine the speed per time interval.
The position-time information of a giant turtle
is shown in the data table below.
Time (h) Position (km) Speed (km/h)
0 0
1 0.3
2 0.6
3 0.9
4 1.2
5 1.5
6 1.8
Motion
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Plot the speed vs time graph
The position-time information of a giant turtle
is shown in the data table below.
Time (h) Position (km) Speed (km/h)
0 0 0
1 0.3 0.3
2 0.6 0.3
3 0.9 0.3
4 1.2 0.3
5 1.5 0.3
6 1.8 0.3
Motion
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0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Position
(km)
time (h)
The Slope
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0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Position
(km)
time (h)
Ax

(x
f
x
i
)
Ay

(y
f
y
i
)
The Slope
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The slope of the position versus time graph is SPEED or VELOCITY
The Slope
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v
t
(a) Data of the travel (b) Position versus time of (a)
(c) Velocity versus time graph of (b)
The Slope
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Rank the lines above from the one with the lowest to highest velocity.
d
t
A
B
C
Graphical Analysis
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Provide the speed versus time graph of the graphs above.
d
t
A
B
C
v
t
A
B
C
Graphical Analysis
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Translate the following verbal descriptions into d vs t
graphs. Draw two lines per graph.
A. moving slow
B. moving fast

1
A. moving in + constant velocity
B. moving in constant velocity

2

A. moving in increasing +velocity
B. moving in decreasing +velocity

3

A. moving in increasing -velocity
B. moving in decreasing -velocity

4

Graphical Analysis
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Translate the following verbal descriptions into graphs.
Draw two lines per graph.
d
t
B
A
A. moving slow
B. moving fast

1

Graphical Analysis
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Translate the following verbal descriptions into graphs.
Draw two lines per graph.
d
t
B
A
A. moving in + constant velocity
B. moving in constant velocity

2

Graphical Analysis
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Translate the following verbal descriptions into graphs.
Draw two lines per graph.
d
t
A
B
A. moving in increasing +velocity
B. moving in decreasing +velocity

3

Graphical Analysis
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Translate the following verbal descriptions into graphs.
Draw two lines per graph.
d
t
A
B
A. moving in increasing -velocity
B. moving in decreasing -velocity

4

Graphical Analysis
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Describe the velocity of the object.
position, d
time, t
Graphical Analysis
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Describe the velocity of the object.
position, d
time, t
Graphical Analysis
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Describe the velocity of the object.
position, d
time, t
Graphical Analysis
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Describe the velocity of the object.
position, d
time, t
Graphical Analysis
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Act the motion
position, d
time, t
Graphical Analysis
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The motions of several objects is depicted in the position
vs time graph below.
Which object(s) is/are at rest (not moving)?
Graphical Analysis
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The motions of several objects is depicted in the position
vs time graph below.
Which object(s) is/are changing direction?
Graphical Analysis
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The motions of several objects is depicted in the position
vs time graph below.
Which object(s) is/are accelerating?
Graphical Analysis
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The motions of several objects is depicted in the position
vs time graph below.
Which object is traveling the fastest?
Graphical Analysis
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The motions of several objects is depicted in the position
vs time graph below.
Which object is traveling the slowest?
Graphical Analysis
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What is the slope of velocity versus
time graph?
ACCELERATION
Graphical Analysis
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Describe the acceleration of the graph below
v
t
v
t
v
t
constant positive constant negative zero
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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total distance traveled
total time of travel
=
Distance (within the trip)
total time to cover that distance
=
sum of speeds
number of speeds added
=
Graphical Analysis
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What is Car As speed at
t=50s?
What is the difference
between the motion of Car
A and Car B?
Graphical Analysis
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What is Car As
acceleration during
t=8 and t=10?
Which car has greater
velocity at t=6?
Which car has greater
acceleration at t=6?
Graphical Analysis
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What is the cars
acceleration during the
interval AB?
Describe the cars
motion at during the
interval FG?
Graphical Analysis
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During which time
interval is the acceleration
the greatest?
Graphical Analysis
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What is the maximum speed
reached by the object
during the entire travel?
Graphical Analysis
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During the interval t=8 to
t=10, describe what is
happening to the motion
of the object?
Graphical Analysis
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t=1s t=2s t=4s t=6s t=3s t=5s
1
t=1s t=2s t=4s t=6s t=3s t=5s
2
t=1s t=2s t=4s t=6s t=3s t=5s
3
Graphical Analysis
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The red dots below are oil drop patterns of Car A
and Car B. Each dot was made 1s after the other. Tell
whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE.
Both cars have a constant velocity.
Both cars have an accelerated motion.
Car A is accelerating, Car B is not.
Car B is accelerating, Car A is not.
Car B is has greater acceleration than Car A.
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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total distance traveled
total time of travel
=
Distance (within the trip)
total time to cover that distance
=
sum of speeds
number of speeds added
=
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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This is called speedometer. What does it
measure, average speed or instantaneous
speed?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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The speedometer in every car also has an
odometer that records the distance traveled. If it
reads zero at the start of the trip and 35km half
an hour later, what is its average speed in km/h?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Constant Velocity
How far does a car reach if it is running at a
constant speed of 10m/s for 3 seconds?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Constant Velocity
If a cheetah can maintain a constant speed of
25m/s, it will cover 25 meters every second.
At this rate, how far will it travel in 10
seconds? In 1 minute?
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Constant Velocity
A car traveled a total distance of 45m in 15
seconds. What is the cars speed?
Accelerated Motion
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Rate of change of velocity
ACCELERATION
Accelerated Motion
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Accelerating
A graphical representation of the motion of
Lolas pink car is illustrated below. What is
the acceleration of her car?
Accelerated Motion
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Accelerating
A car that changes its speed from 5m/s to
10m/s in 5 seconds undergoes an
acceleration of 1m/s
2
.
Accelerated Motion
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Accelerating
In 5 seconds, a car moving in a straight line
increases its speed from 50km/h to 65 km/h,
while a truck goes from rest to 15km/h in a
straight line. Which undergoes a greater
acceleration? What is the acceleration of each
vehicle?
Accelerated Motion
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Accelerating
A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5
m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine
the acceleration of the car.
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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1 2 3
4
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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f i
f i
f i
v v
a
t
at v v
v v at

=
=
= +
2
ave
ave
f i
d
v
t
d v t
v v
d t
=
=
+
= -
( )
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
f i
i i
i i
i
i
v v
d t
v at v
d t
v t at v t
d
v t at
d
d v t at
+
= -
+ +
= -
+ +
=
+
=
= +
2 2
2
2
2
f i
f i f i
f i
v v
d t
v v v v
a
v v
d
a
+
= -
+
| || |
=
| |
\ .\ .

=
f i
v v
t
a

=
Solve for t
1 2 3
4
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Identify the given and the required of the following problems. Write
the frame formula of each.
An airplane accelerates down a runway at
3.20m/s
2
for 32.8s until finally lifts off the
ground. Determine the distance traveled
before take-off.
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Identify the given and the required of the following problems. Write
the frame formula of each.
A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s
to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine the
acceleration of the car and the distance
traveled.
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Identify the given and the required of the following problems. Write
the frame formula of each.
A feather is dropped on the moon from a
height of 1.40 meters. The feather accelerates
to the ground at 1.67m/s
2
. Determine the time
for the feather to fall to the surface of the
moon.
Problem Solving (Related to Motion)
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Identify the given and the required of the following problems. Write
the frame formula of each.
A bullet leaves a rifle with a muzzle velocity of
521m/s. while accelerating through the barrel
of the rifle, the bullet moves a distance of
0.840m. Determine the acceleration of the
bullet.
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Most explanation and examples in this presentation are based
of the lesson presentation of The Physics Classroom &
Conceptual Physics. The clip arts used were taken from
different sites that I thought are free to use. This is for
classroom use only.
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