Physics

Worksheet

Linear Motion

Section: Name:

k. A velocity (v) is a ___________________ quantity.
l. A velocity is

a = ______________________________________.
Unit of acceleration: _______________________.

__________________________________________

b. The slope of the velocity-time graph is__________.

_________________________________________.
velocity (v) = ______________________________.

The ________________ is the magnitude of velocity

Unit of velocity: ___________________________.

m. Whats the difference between speed and velocity?

_________________________________________.

t
v

_________________ and __________________.

q. ______________________: speed at any instance

of an object is constant.

a
t

t
a

v
t

c. Either ______________ or ______________ (or

both) is changing, i.e., changes in the state of
motion, and then there is acceleration.
d. A car changes its speed from rest to 25 m/s in 5
seconds, what is the acceleration of the car?

t
v
t

t
v
t

_________________________________________.
p. To have a constant velocity requires both

_________________________________________,
and it is equal to the

v
t

n. Average velocity () = ______________________.

o. The velocity (v) at any instance of an object is
called

e. A car slow down from 35 m/s to 10 m/s in 4

seconds, what is the acceleration of the car?

v (m/s)

r.Either _______________ or _______________ (or

both) is changing and then the velocity is changing.

f. The following graph represents 6

the linear motion of an object. 4
(a) Manually sketch a graph
that will represent the 2
acceleration of the object.
(b) Calculate the total distance
the object covers during the time 0
s 8 s.

4. Acceleration:
a. An acceleration (a) is a ______________ quantity.
An acceleration is
__________________________________________

Mr. Lin

8 t (s)