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    This document discusses key concepts in physics related to distance, speed, velocity, and acceleration. It provides examples and questions to calculate these values using formulas like speed=distance/time, acceleration=(change in velocity)/time, and that distance can be calculated by finding the area under a velocity-time graph. It aims to help students learn and practice these fundamental physics concepts for GCSE Additional Science.

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    Distance, speed and

    acceleration
    GCSE Additional Science

    Physics 2
    Chapter 15
    Distance, speed and acceleration
    Speed = distance (metres) S

    time (seconds) V×t

    Click here for the


    GCSE Additional Science

    1) Aled walks 200m in 40s. What is his speed? answers

    2) Lowri travels 2km in 1000s. What is her speed? 1) 5m/s


    3) How long would it take for Dafydd to run 100m if he 2) 2m/s
    runs at a speed of 10m/s?
    3) 10s
    4) Heledd travels at a speed of 50m/s for 20s. How far
    does she travel? 4) 1000m/s
    Chapter 15

    5) A car travels at a speed of 85 mph (about 40m/s). 5) 500s


    How long would it take for him to travel 20km?
    Distance-Time Graphs
    4) Straight line at a
    2) Straight horizontal line = downwards angle =
    40 Motionless
    Constant speed in
    reverse
    30
    Distance (metres)
    GCSE Additional Science

    20

    10

    Time/s
    0
    20 40 60 80 100
    Chapter 15

    1) Straight line at an upwards 3) Straight line at a greater angle upwards


    angle = =
    Constant speed forwards (low) Constant speed forwards (high)
    40

    30
    Distance (m)

    20

    10
    GCSE Additional Science

    0
    20 40 60 80 100 Time (s)
    Click here for the
    1) What is the speed during the first 20s?
    answers
    2) How far is the object from the start after 60 1) 0.5m/s
    Chapter 15

    seconds?
    2) 40m
    3) What is the speed during the last 40s?
    3) 2m/s in reverse
    4) When was the object travelling at its fastest?
    4) 40 – 60s
    Speed v Velocity
    Simply, speed is the distance travelled per second …

    This car’s speed is 20m/s


    GCSE Additional Science

    Velocity is the distance travelled per second in a specific direction …..


    Chapter 15

    Speed of 20m/s to the right


    Acceleration
    acceleration (m/s2) = change in velocity (m/s)
    time (s) V-U
    a×t

    1) A biker speeds up from 0 to 10m/s in 5 s.


    GCSE Additional Science

    What is the acceleration?


    2) A ball is dropped with an acceleration of
    Click here for the
    10m/s2 for 12s. By how much will the answers
    velocity of the ball change? 1) 2m/s2
    3) A car speeds up from 10 to 20m/s with an 2) 120m/s
    acceleration of 2m/s2. How much time did
    Chapter 15

    3) 5s
    this change take?
    4) 2000m/s2
    4) A rocket speeds up from 1 000m/s to 5
    000m/s in 2s. What is its velocity?
    Velocity-Time Graphs
    1) Line at an upwards
    angle = Constant
    80 4) Line at a downwards
    acceleration angle =
    Constant deceleration
    60
    velocity (m/s)
    GCSE Additional Science

    40

    20

    t(s)
    Chapter 15

    0
    10 20 30 40 50
    2) Horizontal line = 3) Line at an upwards angle =
    Constant velocity Constant acceleration (lower)
    Calculating the Distance
    80

    60
    Velocity (m/s)

    40
    GCSE Additional Science

    20
    t/s

    0
    10 20 30 40 50
    Chapter 15

    To calculate the total distance of the journey, you


    must calculate the area under the graph.
    80

    Velocity (m/s) 60

    40

    20
    GCSE Additional Science

    t/s

    0
    10 20 30 40 50
    1) What is the velocity after 10s? Click here for the answers

    2) What is the acceleration between 20 a 30s?


    1) 40m/s
    Chapter 15

    3) What is the deceleration between 30 and 2) 2m/s2


    50s?
    3) 3m/s2
    4) What was the distance of the journey?
    4) 1700m

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