PHYSICS 2.

4 Name:

WORKSHEET FOUR REVIEW OF GRAPHS OF MOTION #2

VELOCITY TIME GRAPHS

1. Velocity / ms-1 The graph for a journey is shown.

11 (a) Calculate the acceleration for each section.
10
D
9
8 A
7
6
B
5 C C
4
B D
3
2 A (b) Calculate the distance travelled in the first 4
1
seconds.
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Time / s

2. Velocity / ms-1 The graph for a journey is shown.

11 (a) Calculate the acceleration for each section.
10
9
B A
8
B
7
6 C
5
C
A (b) Why is C negative?
4
3
2 (c) Calculate the total displacement.
1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Time / s

Velocity / ms-1
3. The graph for a journey is shown.
(a) Calculate the acceleration for section;
5
4
A
3
2 B
1 A
(b) What distance has been travelled in 8 s?
0
Time / s
-1 B
-2
(c) What is the displacement after 8 s?
-3
-4

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4. A car accelerates from rest and reaches a velocity of 6 ms-1 after 2 seconds. It remains at this
velocity for 1 second and then accelerates again for 3 seconds to a final velocity of 10 ms-1.
At this point it brakes to a stop, taking 3 seconds to do so.
(a) Graph the velocity-time graph of this journey on the grid below.
Velocity / ms-1
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 Time / s
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(b) Calculate the total distance travelled by the car.

5. Car A starts from rest and accelerates steadily to 8 ms-1 in 6 seconds and then travels at that
speed for the rest of its journey. Car B also starts from rest but begins its journey at the same
point as car A three seconds after car A starts. It accelerates uniformly to 10 ms-1 in 4 seconds
and then continues at that speed for the rest of its journey.
(a) Draw the graphs of the journeys of car A and B on the same grid below. Label them.
Velocity / ms-1 (b) What is the significance of
11 the point where the lines
10 cross?
9
8
7
6
5
4 (c) Calculate the distance each
3 car has travelled after 9s.
2
1 A.
Time / s
0 B.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(d) If the two cars were both planning a journey of 80 m, which car would arrive first?