Exercise

2.1 Analysing linear motion

2.2 Analysing motion graphs
1. Ali rides a motorcycle with a constant speed
30kmh-1. Bakar runs at a distance 100m in 15s.
Chan rides a bicycle at distance 240km in 10 hours.
Which comparison is true?
A. Speed of Ali= Speed of Bakar = Speed of Chan
B. Speed of Ali Speed of Bakar
C. Speed of Ali = Speed of Chan Speed of Bakar
D. Speed of Bakar = Speed of Chan Speed of Ali
2.

Based on the figure above, calculate the average

velocity.
A. 0.2 ms-1
B. 0.4 ms-1
C. 0.3 ms-1
D. 0.5 ms-1
3. Based on the figure below, calculate the
acceleration.

A. 5 ms-2
B. 7 ms-2
C. 8 ms-2
D. 10 ms-2
4. The following figure shows a tape chart.

6. A rocket starts at velocity 2500 ms -1 and accelerates

uniformly upwards at 20ms-2. What is the velocity
of the rockets after 4 minutes?
7. A trolley starts from rest and is uniformly
accelerated to speed of 12cms-1 in 5s. What is the
distance travelled by the trolley?
8. An aeroplane accelerates at 40 ms -2 in 10s to take
off. What is the minimum length of the runway on
the airfield?
9. A lorry starts from rest and accelerated at 10ms -2.
What is the velocity of the lorry after travels for a
distance 20m?
10. A car moves with a velocity 40ms-1. After the
brakes of the car is applied, it moves 100m more
before coming to rest. Calculate the deceleration of
the car.
11. A stone fall freely from rest through a height of 5m.
What is the velocity of the stone when it hits the
ground?

Based on figure, which of the following is true?

At the beginning of motion
A.
B.
C.
D.

Velocity unchanged
Velocity increases
Velocity increases
Velocity unchanged

At the end of motion

acceleration increases
acceleration increases
acceleration unchanged
acceleration unchanged

5. Which of the following shows an object moving

with decreasing acceleration?

12. A coconut falls vertically to the ground. If the

coconut takes 1.5s to fall to the ground, calculate
the height from which it fell.
13. A metal sphere falls 125m vertically to the ground.
What is the time the metal sphere takes to reach the
ground?
14. The following figure shows a tape chart. The chart
is produced by the motion of a trolley. The ticker
timer used power supply 12V a.c. at 50 Hz.

16. The following is a v-t graph of a car.

(a) Describe the type of motion shown in the tape

chart.
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(b) What is the time interval between two
consecutive dots?
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(c) Calculate
(i)
Minimum velocity
(ii)

Maximum velocity

(iii)

Average velocity

(iv)

Acceleration

15. The following figure shows s-t graph of an object.

Based on the graph,

(a) Calculate the acceleration of the car between
(i)
JK
(ii)
KL
(iii)
LM
(iv)
MP
(b) State the type of motion of the car between
(i)
JK
(ii)
KL
(iii)
LM
(iv)
PN
(c) Calculate the total displacement travelled of the
car during
(i)
The first 10s of motion
(ii)
The car moves with uniform velocity
(iii)
The last 10s of motion
(d) Calculate
(i)
the total displacement for the whole
journey
(ii)
total distance for the whole journey
(e) Calculate
(i)
Average speed
(ii)
Average velocity
17. An object moves with an uniform acceleration.
Which of the following shows the motion of the
object?

Based on the graph,

(a) Calculate the velocity of the object between
(i)
AB
(ii)

BC

(iii)
CD
(b) Describe the motion of the object between
(i)
AB
(ii)

BC

(iii)

CD

18. The graph shows how the velocity, v of an onject

changes with time, t.

Which of the following graphs is its corresponding

acceleration, a against time, t graph?

Which section of the graph shows the object

moving with a decrreasing velocity?
A. PQ
B. QR
C. RS
D. ST
19. The graph shows how the velocity, v odf an object
changes with time, t.

If the motion of the object is illustrated by

dispalcement, s against time, t graph, which of the
following is true?

21.

Based on the displacement-time graph above, what

is the total displacement?
A. 0m
B. 10m
C. 20m
D. 50m
22. Based on the v-t graph below, calculate the total
distance travelled during the first 80s of motion.

20. The following figure shows the velocity, v against

time, t.
A.
B.
C.
D.

550m
640m
900m
1800m