T1 - Midterm Revision Sheets Recent
T1 - Midterm Revision Sheets Recent
• Two common ways of expressing a changing speed are average speed and instantaneous
speed.
• Constant speed of an object remains the same - it does not increase or decrease.
• Average speed is the total distance traveled divided by the total time of travel.
• Instantaneous speed is the speed at a given point in time.
Example:
• A farm animal runs rightward 20 m to eat a juicy apple. It then walks leftward 5m to eat a
nut. Finally, it walks leftward another 25 m to eat another nut. The total time taken by
the farm animal was 250 seconds.
What was the farm animal’s average speed?
• On a distance – time graph, time is the x- axis, and distance is the y – axis.
• The slope of a line plotted on a distance time- graph is the speed.
• To get the gradient:
gradient (speed) = (change in distance)
(change in time)
• Average velocity may differ from instantaneous velocity at any given moment
• Example: A car travels 100 km east in 2 hours, then 50 km west in 1 hour
• Total displacement: 50 km east
• Total time: 3 hours
• Average velocity: 50 km east ÷ 3 hours = 16.67 km/h east
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•Speed is the rate of motion.
•Speed describes how fast the object is moving.
•Speed is the distance an object travels per unit of time.
•The formula for speed is speed = distance ÷ time
s = d/t (m/s)
Example 1 A cyclist covers a distance of 15 meters in 2 seconds.
Calculate his speed.
Given Solution
distance = 15 meters s= d/t
time = 2 seconds s = 15 m/ 2 s
s = 7.5 m/s
Lesson 2: Velocity and Momentum 48-49
Practice Questions:
1. Which of the following do you calculate when you divide the total distance traveled by
the total travel time?
A. constant speed
B. average speed
C. variable speed
D. instantaneous speed
3. A deer walks 50 km north and then turns around and walks 10 km south. What is the total
displacement?
A. 40 km north
B. 40 km south
C. 60 km north
D. 60 km south
4. You can add displacements in opposite directions.
A. True
B. False
5. Which of the following is NOT true of a distance-time graph?
A. The slope of the graph equals the object’s speed.
B. Distance is on the x-axis.
C. Time is on the x-axis.
D. The line is straight if speed is constant
6. Which of the following scenarios would most likely result in a non-constant speed?
A. A satellite orbiting Earth in a perfect circle
B. A car traveling on a straight highway with cruise control engaged
C. A roller coaster descending a steep drop
D. An elevator moving between two floors in a high-rise building
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2. A car travels 140 km in 1.5 hours. What is its average speed?
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3. A cyclist travels 50 km east in 20 minutes, then 15 km west in 0.5 hour. What is their
average velocity for the entire trip?
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4. Find the mass of a person walking West at a speed of 1.5 m/s, with a momentum of
65.0 Kg. m/s.
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