AS Phy Edexcel Unit-1 Mecha-Motion Graph-1

Edexcel AS Physics
Unit-1 Mechanics Motion graph
1. Which of the following five coordinate versus time

graphs represents the motion of an object moving with
a constant nonzero speed ?
4.The acceleration of an object, starting from rest, is
shown in the graph below. Other than at t = 0, when is
the velocity of the object equal to zero ?
A. During the interval from 1.0 s to 3.0 s
2. Which of the following five coordinate versus time B. At t = 3.5 s C. At t = 4.0 s

graphs represents the motion of an object whose
D. At t = 5.0 s
speed is increasing ?
E. At no other time less than or equal to 5 s.
5. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a car

moving in a straight line. At point Q the car must be:
A. moving with zero acceleration

3. A car accelerates from rest on a straight road. A B. traveling downhill
C. traveling below ground-level
short time later, the car decelerates to a stop and then
D. reducing speed
returns to its original position in a similar manner, by E. traveling in the reverse direction to that at point P.
speeding up and then slowing to a stop. Which of the
following five coordinate versus time graphs best 6. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a car
describes the motion ? moving in a straight line. At point P the car must be:
A. moving with zero acceleration B. climbing the hill

C. accelerating D. stationary 10. Which of the following five acceleration versus time
E. moving at about 45◦ with respect to the x axis . graphs is correct for an object moving in a straight line
at a constant velocity of 20 m/s ?
7. Consider the following five graphs (note the axes
carefully). Which of these represents motion at
constant speed ?
11. The velocity-time graph below is for a stone

A. IV only B. IV and V only thrown vertically up into the air. Air resistance is
C. I, II, and III only negligible.
D. I and II only E. I and IV only .
8. An object is dropped from rest. Which of the

following five graphs correctly represents its Motion ?
The positive direction is taken to be downward.
The stone is thrown up at time zero. Area X

represents a distance of 5 m. Area Y represents a
distance of 3 m.
What is the displacement of the stone from its initial
position at time t ?
A2m B3m C5m D8m
9.A stone is dropped from a cliff. The graph (carefully 12. A ball is released from rest above a horizontal
note the axes) which best represents its motion while surface and bounces several times. The graph shows
it falls is: how, for this ball, a quantity y varies with time.
What is the quantity y ?

A acceleration B displacement
C kinetic energy D velocity
13. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph.
What is the displacement during the last 2 seconds of

the motion ?
A6m B 12 m C 18 m D 24 m
17. The graph shows velocity-time plots for two
vehicles X and Y. The accelerations and distances
14. Which graph represents the motion of a car that is
travelling along a straight road with a speed that travelled by the two vehicles can be estimated from
increases uniformly with time ? these plots.
18. When a car driver sees a hazard ahead, she applies

15. A particle is moving in a straight line with uniform
the brakes as soon as she can and brings the car to rest.
acceleration .Which graph represents the motion of the
The graph shows how the speed v of the car varies with
particle ? time t after the hazard is seen.
Which graph represents the variation with time t of the

distance s travelled by the car after the hazard has
been seen ?
16. A football is dropped from the top of a tall building.

Which acceleration-time graph best represents the
motion of the football through the air ?
19. A car at rest in a traffic queue moves forward in a
straight line and then comes to rest again. The graph
shows the variation with time of its displacement.
22. Which displacement-time graph best represents the

motion of a falling sphere, the initial acceleration of
which eventually reduces until it begins to travel at
constant terminal velocity ?
What is its speed while it is moving ?

A 0.70ms–1 B 0.80ms–1
C 1.25ms–1 D 1.40ms–1
20. An object is dropped from a great height and falls

through air of uniform density. The acceleration of free
fall is g. Which graph could show the variation with
time t of the acceleration a of the object?
23. A ball is released from rest above a horizontal

surface. The graph shows the variation with time of
its velocity.
21. A particle is moving in a straight line with

uniform acceleration. Which graph represents the
Areas X and Y are equal. This is because
motion of the particle ? A the ball’s acceleration is the same during its upward and downward
motion.
B the speed at which the ball leaves the surface after an impact is equal to
the speed at which it returns to the surface for the next impact.
C for one impact, the speed at which the ball hits the surface equals the
speed at which it leaves the surface.
D the ball rises and falls through the same distance between impacts.

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Unit-1 Mechanics Motion graph

1. Which of the following five coordinate versus time

A. During the interval from 1.0 s to 3.0 s

2. Which of the following five coordinate versus time B. At t = 3.5 s C. At t = 4.0 s

5. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a car

A. moving with zero acceleration

A. moving with zero acceleration B. climbing the hill

11. The velocity-time graph below is for a stone

8. An object is dropped from rest. Which of the

The stone is thrown up at time zero. Area X

A2m B3m C5m D8m

What is the quantity y ?

What is the displacement during the last 2 seconds of

18. When a car driver sees a hazard ahead, she applies

Which graph represents the variation with time t of the

16. A football is dropped from the top of a tall building.

22. Which displacement-time graph best represents the

What is its speed while it is moving ?

20. An object is dropped from a great height and falls

23. A ball is released from rest above a horizontal

21. A particle is moving in a straight line with

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