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Q1)

(a) (i) Determine the speed of the car in the town.

speed = ................................................. [1]
(ii) Determine the time taken by the car to pass through the town.
time taken = .......................................... [1]
(iii) Calculate the distance travelled by the car in the town. [2]

b) The car accelerates after passing through the town. Calculate the acceleration. Give the unit of your
answer.

acceleration = ........................................ [3]

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Q2)

[3]

(b) Explain what is meant by uniform acceleration.

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(c) The final deceleration is larger in size than the initial acceleration.
Explain how the data shows this.
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(d) Calculate the horizontal distance travelled by the girl in the first 8.0 s.

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distance = .......................................................... [2]

Q2. Fig. 7.1 shows the speed–time graph for a car travelling on a straight horizontal road.

(a) (i) Describe the motion of the car.

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(ii) Using Fig. 7.1, calculate the distance travelled by the car during the 24s of its motion.
Show your working.

distance = ......................................................... [3]

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(iii) Calculate the average speed of the car during its motion.

average speed = ......................................................... [2]

(iv) A second car travels at a steady speed. It travels the same distance as the first car in the 24s of
the journeys.
On Fig. 7.1, draw the speed–time graph for the second car. [2]
Q5. Fig. 1.1 is the distance–time graph for a skydiver who jumps from a balloon at time t = 0.

(a) The first part of the graph shows the motion of the skydiver from when he jumps until he
reaches terminal velocity.
(i) Describe the motion of the skydiver between t = 0 and t = 20s.
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(ii) Explain the motion of the skydiver between t = 0 and t = 20s in terms of the forces acting on
him.
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Q8. A girl of mass 35kg, on a bicycle, accelerates from rest and travels down a slope in a straight
line. The girl does not use the pedals.
Fig. 1.1 shows that the gradient of the slope is constant.
(b) At first, her acceleration is constant. At time t 1, her acceleration starts to decrease gradually
until she is travelling at a constant speed in a straight line.
(i) On Fig. 1.2, sketch a speed-time graph for the girl from when she starts moving until she is
travelling at a constant speed. [2]

(ii) State how the distance travelled is found from a speed-time graph.
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Q12. Fig. 1.1 shows the distance-time graph for two cyclists A and B. They start a 500 m race
together but finish the race at different times.

(a) Use Fig. 1.1 to determine (i) the distance between A and B at time t = 20 s,
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(ii) the difference in the time taken by A and B for the race.
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(b) Cyclist C starts the race at the same time as A and B and covers the first 200 m of the race at a
constant speed of 5.0 m / s.
He then accelerates and finishes the race at t = 60 s.
(i) On Fig. 1.1, draw the distance-time graph for cyclist C. [2]
(ii) Calculate the average speed of cyclist C for the whole race.

speed = ...........................................................[2]

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Q17. An astronaut standing on the Moon throws a stone vertically upwards. The stone leaves his
hand at time t = 0. The line on Fig. 1.1 shows how the velocity v of the stone varies with time t
until t = 2.0 s

(a) After rising, the stone falls. The astronaut catches the stone at t = 6.0 s. There is no air
resistance on the Moon.
(i) Complete Fig. 1.1 until t = 6.0 s. [1]
(ii) State the value of t when the stone is at its highest point.
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(b) Calculate the acceleration of the stone between t = 0 and t = 2.0 s.

acceleration = ...........................................................[2]

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(c) A stone is thrown vertically upwards on the Earth with the same initial velocity.
State two ways in which the velocity-time graph for this stone differs from Fig. 1.1.
1. ...............................................................................................................................................
2. ............................................................................................................................................... [2]
Q19. (a) A bus travels at a constant speed. It stops for a short time and then travels at a higher
constant speed. Using the axes in Fig. 1.1, draw a distance-time graph for this bus journey.

(b) A lift (elevator) starts from rest at the ground floor of a building.
Fig. 1.2 is the speed-time graph for the motion of the lift to the top floor of the building.

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Use the graph to determine the distance from the ground floor to the top floor of the building.

distance =................................................................. [4]

Q20. (a) Figs. 1.1 and 1.2 show speed-time graphs for two objects, each moving in a straight line.

(i) Describe the motion of the object shown by the graph in Fig. 1.1.
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(ii) Describe the motion of the object shown by the graph in Fig. 1.2.
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Q21 At a sports event, a champion runner and a car take part in a race.
(a) The runner runs at a constant speed of 10 m / s from the start of the race. During the first 5.0 s
of the race, the car’s speed increases from 0 m / s to 25 m / s at a uniform rate.
On Fig. 1.1, draw
(i) a graph to show the motion of the runner, [1]
(ii) a graph to show the motion of the car

(b) Use your graphs to determine

(i) the distance travelled by the runner in the 5.0 s,

distance = ...........................................................[1]
(ii) the distance travelled by the car in the 5.0 s,

distance = ...........................................................[2]
(iii) the time at which the car overtakes the runner.

time = ...........................................................[2]
[Total: 7]

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Q22. Fig. 1.1 shows a rocket-powered sled travelling along a straight track. The sled is used to test
components before they are sent into space.

Fig. 1.2 is the speed-time graph for the sled from time t = 0 s.

(a) On Fig. 1.2, mark a point labelled P to indicate a time when the acceleration of the sled is not
constant. [1]

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(b) (i) Calculate the acceleration of the sled at t = 1.0 S

acceleration = ...........................................................[2]
(ii) Determine the distance travelled by the sled between t = 1.0 s and t = 2.0 s.

distance = ...........................................................[2]
Q23. A comet, travelling in space, enters the atmosphere of a planet. Fig. 1.1 is the speed-time
graph for the comet from time t = 0 s.

(a) (i) During the period t = 0 s to t = 6.0 s, both the speed of the comet and the velocity of the
comet remain constant.
State what this suggests about the motion of the comet.
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(ii) Determine the distance travelled during the period t = 0 s to t = 6.0 s.

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distance = ...........................................................[2]
(b) Explain what the graph shows about the motion of the comet during the period t = 6.0 s to t =
10.0 s. ...................................................................................................................................................
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(c) Determine the acceleration of the comet at t = 11.0 s.

acceleration = ...........................................................[2]
(d) Suggest what happens to the comet at t = 12.0 s.
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[Total: 8]

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Q24. A plastic ball is dropped from the balcony of a tall building and falls towards the ground in a
straight line. Fig. 1.1 is the speed-time graph for the falling ball

(a) State and explain, in terms of forces, what is happening to the speed of the ball between time t
= 2.0 s and t = 3.0 s.
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(b) On Fig. 1.1, mark a point P on the line where the acceleration of the ball is not constant. [1]
(c) Using Fig. 1.1,
(i) calculate the acceleration of the ball between t = 0 s and t = 0.25 s,

acceleration =
...........................................................[2]
(ii) estimate the distance that the ball falls in the first 3.0 s.

distance = ...........................................................[2]
[Total: 7]

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