MC@ Section 1. A free-fall parachutist falls at a 2 The graph shows the speed of a constant speed. He then opens his runner during a race. parachute and continues to fall to Earth at a lower, constant speed, a Which diagram shows how the speedofrunner distance fallen by the parachuti mle varies with time? PB cetce traveled by the ‘the race? acca, ae ane graph shows an with non-uniformTopic? Kinematics time 1N09/P1/Q3] 4. The graph shows the speed of a car as it moves from rest. Mca 2% page 2 Why is the man in free-fall moving faster than the parachutist? ‘A The man in free-fall experiences greater air resistance. ‘The man in free-fall has a greater mass. ‘The parachutist experienc greater air resistance. The parachutist has not reached terminal velocity. (410/P1/Q3) A student measures the speed of a trolley. At one instant, the speed of the trolley is 1.0 m/s and two seconds later the speed is 4.0 mis. What is the acceleration of the trol- ley? Thinks Proce MCQ Answers nG 6 éo Thinking < mca 27" page 3 Bz MCQ AnswersTopic2 Kinematics 12. The graph shows part of a journey made by a cyclist Sate 6 0. 0423456 time/s How far did the cyclist travel in 78? A 28m B 20m Cc 32m D 42m (N11/P1/Q31 13. The diagrams show a parachutist in four positions after she jumps from a high balloon. ‘At which position does she have ‘terminal velocity? +6 mco27 gages 91? E velocity | acenleratio MCD Answers 4 ‘A| decreases | decreanes B| decreases | increases C| increases | decreases | increases | increases wpa 15. A cyclist travels along a hilly road ‘without using the pedals or brakes. Air resistance and friction are negli- sible. The speed /time graph of the cyclist is shown. ‘At which point did he reach the bottom of the first hill? i 1912/P1/931 "16. A table-tennis ball is released from the top of an evacuated tube. ThinkingThinking mca 27 page & P+ocesg MCQ Answers time [413/P1/Q31 19. The diagram shows the speed-time graph of the motion of a car for four second:Topic 2 Kinomatics THEORY § Section Question 1 A piece of paper falls from 4.0 m above the ground. Fig. 1.1 shows how the height 4 above the ground varies with the time ¢. 40Question 2 ith a cricket bat. into contact with a crict Mig. 1.1 shows a cricket ball as it comes into © Hi di dof Fe ieket ball has a mass of 0.16hg and it hte the bat with a speed, of 25 mis. After being in contact with the bat for 0.0013 s, the bal hal direction! ‘8 speed of 22 nvs in the direction exactly opposite to its origi a (@) State the difference between speed and velocity. (b) Calculate a) the change in velocity of the cricket ball, eh. Gi) the average acceleration of the pel eel meen 1c Bi tho average force exerted on the ball by the bat i ear _ IN10/P2/Q1) ailad at ae age ali Yo rage 16 oer but no direction whereas velocity has a magni- = hioga Thrd Thoory 2 2° pago 2 ee COMMENT on ANSWER (0) ) When dealing vin velocity of body ts ‘Must be considered i the inital velocity (up of the ball while ‘moving towards the bat is taken as Positive, then the fina Volocity (v) ofthe ball it moves away from the bat ater ‘rebounding must be laken as ‘nogatve Hence, u = +25 mis v= -22 mis. %Topic 2 Kinematics Thinking Theory 2 27 pael 8 gen enegee) Question 3 Fig. 9.1 shows a sky-diver falling vertically, if Fig. 9.1 ‘The sky-diver starts from rest at time ¢ = 0. His acceleration is non-uniform until he reaches a steady speed of 60 m/s at t= 105. He opens his parachute at ¢= 20s and decelerates until t = 25 s. From ¢ = 25 s he falls at a steady speed of 5 m/s. (a) () On Fig. 92, draw the specd-timo graph for the sky.diver (4 Gi) State how your graph shows that the acceleration is non-uniform between £20 and t= 10 8 a (b) Explain, in detail, why after the sky-diver opons his parachute, he decelerates and eventually reaches a steady (©) For the time intorval between ¢= 108 that the sky-diver falls, (@) The mass of the sky-dive (| For the time inter