MOTION

WORKSHEET-1 CLASS 9
Question 1
A bus is moving on a straight road. The speed-time graph for the motion of
the bus is shown in figure. Calculate the distance travelled by the bus in 4
seconds. Also state, what does the straight part of the graph represent.

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Answer:
The distance travelled by the bus in 4 s = Area under OA curve
1 1
= × Base × Height = × 4s × 200 ms-1
2 2
= 400 m.

The straight part AB of the graph represents that the bus is moving with constant
speed after seconds.
State which of the following situations are possible and give 8and example of each
of these :
(a) A body moving with constant acceleration but with zero velocity
(b) A body moving horizontally with an acceleration in vertical direction
(c) A body moving with a constant speed is an accelerated motion. .

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Question 2
Figure shows the distance – time graph of three children A,B and C.

Answer the following question :

(i) Which child has the highest speed and which has the lowest speed ?
(ii) What is the distance of each child from the origin at t = 0 ?
(iii) Are the three children ever at the same point on the road ?
(iv) When B passes A, where is child C ?
(v) How much distance child B travels When he passes child C ?
Answer:
(i) Speed = slope of distance – time graph. Since slope of distance – time graph
if child A is maximum so child A has highest speed. On the other hand,
slopeof distance – time graph of child C is minimum, so child C has lowest
speed.

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(ii) Distance of child A at t = 0 from origin O = 0. Distance of child B at t = 0

from origin O = 2 km. Distance of child C at t = 0 from origin O = 6 km.
(iii) Three children will meet each other on the road if all the three distance –
time graph interest each other. Since the three graphs are not intersecting
each other at any time, so the three children will never be at the same point
on the road.

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 (iv) Child B meets or passes child A at D. So draw perpendicular from D on
time axis. From figure, it is clear that child B passes child A after 0.8 hours.
At this time, child C is at 8 km.
(v) Distance traveled by child B = (12 - 2) = 10 km.

Question 3
The velocity – time graph shows the motion of a cyclist. Find (i) its
acceleration (ii) its velocity and (iii) the distance covered by the cyclist in 15
seconds.

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Answer:
(i) Since velocity is not changing, acceleration is equal to zero.
(ii) Reading the graph, velocity = 20 cm-1
(iii) Distance covered in 15 seconds,
s = u × t = 20 × 15 = 300m.

Question 4
State which of the following situations are possible and give and example of
each of these :
(a) A body moving with constant acceleration but with zero velocity
(b) A body moving horizontally with an acceleration in vertical direction
(c) A body moving with a constant speed is an accelerated motion. .
Answer:
(a) Situation is possible. Example : When a body (say a ball) is thrown
vertically upward, then the body comes rest momentarily at the highest
position from where it starts falling downwards. At the highest position,
velocity of the body is zero but its acceleration is equal to acceleration due
to gravity (i.e., 9.8 ms-2) in the downward direction.
(b) This situation is possible. Example : Aeroplane flying horizontally with
constant velocity. In this case, acceleration equal to acceleration due to
gravity is acting on the aeroplane is the vertical direction.
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 (c) This situation is possible. Example : A body moving in a circular path. In
this case, the body moves with constance speed but it has an acceleration
towards the centre of the circular path (centripetal acceleration) due to
continuous change in the direction of motion.

Question 5
Sketch the shape of the velocity time graph for a body moving with (i)
uniform velocity (ii) uniform acceleration.

Answer:

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Question 6
Diagram shows the velocity – time graph for a car starting from rest. The
graph has three section AB, BC and CD.
(i) From a study of this graph, state how the distance travelled in any
section is determined.

(ii) Compare the distance travelled in section BC with distance travelled in

section AB.
(iii) In which section car has zero acceleration ?
(iv) Is the magnitude of acceleration higher or lower than, that of
retardation ? Give reason.
Answer:
(i) The distance travelled under any section is calculated by finding the area of
that section.

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 (ii) Required ratio = 2:1
(iii) In section BC , car has zero acceleration.
(iv) Magnitude of acceleration is lower than retardation.
𝑣
The magnitude of acceleration = Slope of AB = 0
𝑡
2𝑣0
The magnitude of retardation = Slope of CD =
𝑡

Question 7
What do you understand by the displacement time
graph ? Drw a displacement time graph for a girl going to school with
uniform velocity. How can we calculate the uniform velocity from it ?
Answer:
In the displacement – time graph, the time is taken on the x-axis and the
diaplacement of the body is taken on the y-axis. Since, velocity =
displacement/time.
Therefore, the slope of the displacement – time graph gives the velocity. For
example a girl is going to school on straight path in a given direction with a
uniform speed. The velocity of the girl can be obtained by the finding the slope of
the straight line OP.

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The velocity of the girl can be calculated as below.

𝐵𝐶 𝐸𝐷
V= =
𝐴𝐶 𝐺𝐹
40−20
= = 10 ms-1
4−2

Question 8
The v-t graph of cars A and B which start from the same place and move
along straight road in the same direction,is shown. Calculate (i) the
acceleration of car A between 0 and 8s. (ii) the points of the time at which both

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the cars have the same velocity, (iv) which of the two cars is ahead after 8s and
by how much ?

Answer:
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 80
(i) Acceleration of car A between 0 to 8 s is a = = = 10 𝑚𝑠 −1 .
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 8
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 60−20
(ii) Acceleration of car B between 2 to 4 s is a = = = 20 𝑚𝑠 −2
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 2
(iii) After 2 s and 6 s from the start.
(iv) Distance travelled by CMA Area of ∆𝑂𝐴𝐵 = 1 2 × 80 × 8 = 320 m

(v) Distance travelled by car B area of the trapezium CDBE.

= 1 2 × 7 + 4 × 60

= 330 m.
Car B is ahead by 10 m

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