The document contains a worksheet with 8 problems about 2-D motion. Problem 1 shows the path of a squirrel moving in a lawn over 8 seconds, with its position marked every second. Questions ask about calculating average velocities and accelerations between certain time intervals. Problem 2 shows the path of a ball thrown on a distant planet over 9 seconds. Questions ask about calculating average velocities and setting up equations for instantaneous velocity as a function of time. Problem 3 shows the path of a hovercraft over a lake over 4 seconds. Questions ask about calculating the hovercraft's acceleration, initial velocity, and setting up equations for its position and velocity as a function of time. Problems 4-8 involve calculating and drawing velocity and acceleration vectors
The document contains a worksheet with 8 problems about 2-D motion. Problem 1 shows the path of a squirrel moving in a lawn over 8 seconds, with its position marked every second. Questions ask about calculating average velocities and accelerations between certain time intervals. Problem 2 shows the path of a ball thrown on a distant planet over 9 seconds. Questions ask about calculating average velocities and setting up equations for instantaneous velocity as a function of time. Problem 3 shows the path of a hovercraft over a lake over 4 seconds. Questions ask about calculating the hovercraft's acceleration, initial velocity, and setting up equations for its position and velocity as a function of time. Problems 4-8 involve calculating and drawing velocity and acceleration vectors
The document contains a worksheet with 8 problems about 2-D motion. Problem 1 shows the path of a squirrel moving in a lawn over 8 seconds, with its position marked every second. Questions ask about calculating average velocities and accelerations between certain time intervals. Problem 2 shows the path of a ball thrown on a distant planet over 9 seconds. Questions ask about calculating average velocities and setting up equations for instantaneous velocity as a function of time. Problem 3 shows the path of a hovercraft over a lake over 4 seconds. Questions ask about calculating the hovercraft's acceleration, initial velocity, and setting up equations for its position and velocity as a function of time. Problems 4-8 involve calculating and drawing velocity and acceleration vectors
The document contains a worksheet with 8 problems about 2-D motion. Problem 1 shows the path of a squirrel moving in a lawn over 8 seconds, with its position marked every second. Questions ask about calculating average velocities and accelerations between certain time intervals. Problem 2 shows the path of a ball thrown on a distant planet over 9 seconds. Questions ask about calculating average velocities and setting up equations for instantaneous velocity as a function of time. Problem 3 shows the path of a hovercraft over a lake over 4 seconds. Questions ask about calculating the hovercraft's acceleration, initial velocity, and setting up equations for its position and velocity as a function of time. Problems 4-8 involve calculating and drawing velocity and acceleration vectors
2016-2017 Segal 2-D Motion Worksheet A squirrel runs around on a lawn. Its path is shown below with its position at one second intervals marked with dots. 10
9 t=4s 8
7 t=3s t=5s
6 y (m)
4 t=2s t=6s t=8s 3
t=1s 2 t=7s
1 t=0
0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x (m) 1. All vectors can be given in component form. For vectors and scalars you must remember units! All the questions on this page refer to the situation on the previous page.
a. What is the vector for the average velocity of the squirrel from t = 0 s to t = 1 s?
b. What is the average speed of the squirrel from t = 0 s to t = 1 s?
c. What is the vector for the average velocity of the squirrel from t = 1 s to t = 2 s?
d. Use your answers to a. and c. to calculate an approximate answer for the
acceleration vector of the squirrel at t = 1 s:
e. Find the average velocity vector from t = 3 s to t = 4 s, from t = 4 s to t = 5 s, and
the approximate acceleration at t = 4 seconds:
f. Draw on the diagram some of the velocity vectors you calculated, placing its tail near the midpoint of the interval it was calculated for. Draw each acceleration vector on the diagram, placing its tail near the location associated with it. 2. The strobe diagram below shows the position of a ball thrown on a distant planet: 1.2 t=4s t=5s 1 t=3s t=6s
0.8 t=2s t=7s
y (m)
0.6 t=1s t=8s 0.4
0.2 t=0 t=9s 0 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 x (m)
a. Fill out the charts below:
Time interval
t = 0 to t = 1 s
t = 1 s to t = 2 s
t = 2 s to t = 3 s
t = 3 s to t = 4 s
t = 4 s to t = 5 s
t = 5 s to t = 6 s
t = 6 s to t = 7 s
t = 7 s to t = 8 s
b. ?
c. Give a pair of equations for the instantaneous velocity of the ball as a function of time. 3. The strobe diagram below shows the position of a hovercraft on a lake over the course of four seconds: 10
8 t=4s
6 y (m)
t=3s 4
t=2s 2 t=1s t=0 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 x (m)
a. Is the acceleration of the hovercraft constant? What is the acceleration of the
hovercraft? Give your answer in component form.
b. What is the initial velocity of the hovercraft? (Not the average velocity during the first second.) Give your answer in component form.
c. Write a pair of equations for the position of the hovercraft as a function of time.
d. Write a pair of equations for the velocity of the hovercraft as a function of time. 4. An object moves in an elliptical path in the counterclockwise direction with a constant speed. Its path is shown below. Several points on the path are labeled with letters.
D C B
a. At point A sketch the velocity vector that the object when it passes that point. Do the same for point B.
b. In the space below use the geometric method of adding vectors to construct a vector
c. At the spot on the path midway between A and B draw a vector representing the location.
d. Use the same process in steps a. through c. to construct the acceleration vector between B and C and between C and D. Draw them so their lengths reflect their relative magnitude. 5. An object moves in an elliptical path in the counterclockwise direction. It starts at the start point and speeds up as it heads around the track.
Start
Through the same process you used on the previous page determine the acceleration vector at the spot in between A and B and at several other points around the oval.
Describe how these vectors are different from those on the previous page. 6. The vectors ,,&and ,,& in the examples below represent the instantaneous velocity and acceleration vectors, respectively, of a moving object. For each pair state whether the object is speeding up, slowing down, or not changing speed at that instant, and also state whether the object is turning at that instant.
a. v
b. v a
c. v a 7. A car drives in a circle at constant speed. A portion of its motion is shown below.
a. Near each car draw the instantaneous velocity vector, or if it is zero, state so explicitly. b. Near each car draw the instantaneous acceleration, or if it is zero, state so explicitly. c. Sketch the graphs below showing how the components of the velocity, the components of the acceleration, and the speed vary with time. 8. The car below starts at rest on the left and steadily increases speed as it turns in a semicircle.
d. Near each car draw the instantaneous velocity vector, or if it is zero, state so explicitly. e. Near each car draw the instantaneous acceleration, or if it is zero, state so explicitly. f. Sketch the graphs below showing how the components of the velocity, the components of the acceleration, and the speed vary with time.
