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Motion Review
Motion Review
AngelinaHerrero
50
40
position (m)
30
20
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
time (s)
1. Use the graph above to answer the following questions:
a. Give a written description to describe the motion of this object.
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b. Draw the motion map for the object. Include velocity and acceleration vectors.
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sat
0m
acc: astart
+
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c. Determine the instantaneous velocity of the object at t = 2 s and explain how you did it.
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d. Assume the initial velocity was 10 m/s, determine the acceleration of the object.
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velocity (m/s)
time (s)
e. Sketch a corresponding velocity time graph for the
graph above.
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a. Describe the motion of the object. 15
velocity (m/s)
Theobjectismovingintheregativedirectionandslowingdown
0 t (s)
0 5 10
-15
c. Shade the portion of the graph that represents the displacement of the object from 2 to 6 seconds.
d. Calculate the velocity of the object at 2 seconds and at 6 seconds. (No you are not allowed to
just take the values off the graph.)
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3. A car, initially at rest, accelerates at a constant rate of 4.0 m/s for 6 s. How fast will the car be
2
traveling at t = 6 s?
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4. A tailback initially running at a velocity of 5.0 m/s becomes very tired and slows down at a
uniform rate of 0.25 m/s . How fast will he be running after going an additional 10 meters?
2
v 2 sx
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x = 0 cm
x = 25 cm x = 50 cm
6. Draw a motion map along the ramp for the motion of the ball when released from rest.
vo = 0 cm/s
x = 50 cm x = 0 cm
x = 25 cm
7. Using the graph compare the following quantities for objects A and B. Is A > B, A < B, or A = B.
position (m)
B
A
3
time (s)
AB
a. Displacement from 0 to 3 s ___________ How do you know? Theybeginandendatthesaneposition
A
b. Displacement from 0 to 1.5 s ___________
B
How do you know? AisnovingfasterthenB
AaB
c. Displacement from 1.5 to 3 s ___________ How do you know? BismovingfasterthenA
AB
d. Average velocity from 0 to 3 s ___________ How do you know? Theyhavethesanechangeinpositioninthe
sometime
AB
e. Average velocity from 0 to 1.5 s ___________ How do you know? Ahasagreaterdisplacement
ACB
f. Average velocity from 1.5 to 3 s ___________ How do you know?Bhasagreaterdisplacement
AaB
g. Instantaneous velocity at 3 s ___________ How do you know? Bhasasteeperslopeat3s
AB
h. Instantaneous velocity at 0 s ___________ How do you know? Ahasasteeperslopeats
i. If the motion of B is uniformly accelerated, at what time will both graphs have exactly the
same slope? Explain.
1Ssbecause itisthenidtineforbothsotheaveragevelocity equalstheinstantaneousvelocity
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8. For each of the position vs time graphs shown below, draw the corresponding v vs t, a vs t ,
and motion map.
position
position
position
time time time
+ + +
velocity
velocity
velocity
+ + +
acceleration
acceleration
acceleration
- - -
+
0m i
+
0m
+
start
acc:
Iai acc:
kin start
acc:
start
i ii
9. An object is said to be in free fall when it’s falling from some height towards the floor. Y can
use the motion equations to model the motion of a free falling object. You just need to know the
acceleration of gravity, usually called “g”. It is the acceleration of everything falling freely on
earth, and it is 9.8 m/s directed towards the center of the earth (we usually call this direction
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“down”). If a kid drops a stone from a cliff to the sea, the stone will have no initial velocity
(unless, for example the kid throws it instead of just letting it drop). If the cliff is 18 m high, how
much time will it take the stone to reach the sea level?
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