Practise Motion Questions for Winners

Q5. (Wait? Why did you start at 5???)

Two students try to determine a value for g, the acceleration due to gravity.

(i) They measure the time, t, for a small steel ball to fall through a height, h, from rest.
They measure t to be 0.74 s, using a stopwatch.
They measure h to be 2.50 m, using a metre rule.
Calculate a value for g from the students' measurements.
Use the equation

(2)

g = ........................................................... m/s 2

(ii) They record the time t for two more drops from the same height.
The three values for time t are

Calculate the average value of time t to an appropriate number of significant figures.

(2)

average value of time t = ........................................................... s

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q6.

The distance-time graph for a car is shown below.

Describe what the graph shows about the speed of the car as it travels the 80 m.
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Q7.

Some students investigate the speed of cars.

They measure the time it takes each car to travel a distance of 80 m.

(a) State two measuring instruments the students should use.

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(b) The table shows some of their results.

(i) State the colour of the slowest car.

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colour of the slowest car ...........................................................

(ii) Calculate the speed of the black car.

(2)

speed of the black car = ........................................................... m/s

(iii) 20 miles per hour is approximately 9 m/s.

Estimate the speed, in miles per hour, of the black car.
(1)

speed of the black car = ........................................................... miles per hour

Q8.

Which of these speeds would be normal for a person walking?

(1)
A 0.1 m/s
B 1.0 m/s
C 10 m/s
D 100 m/s

(Total for question = 1 mark)

 Q9.

Use words from the box to complete the sentences below.

(2)
Vectors have size and .............................................................. .

Scalars have only .............................................................. .

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q10.

The graph shows how the velocity of a small car changes with time.

(i) Use the graph to estimate the velocity of the car at three seconds.
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(ii) Calculate the acceleration of the car when it is speeding up.
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acceleration = ......................m/s2
(iii) Explain why the units of acceleration are m/s2.
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(iv) Show that the car travels further at a constant velocity than it does when it is slowing down.
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Mark Scheme

Q5. Because sometimes we just need to shake things up a bit!

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Answer Acceptable Mark

answers
(i) 12 (m/s) Range from 11(m/s) (1)
(1) to 14
(m/s)
(ii) Substitution (1) 20 (2)
20-0 5 Full marks for
5 evaluation correct answer with
(1) no working Allow
4 (m/s2) answers between 3.6
and 4.7 for 2 marks
to reflect readings
taken from the graph
(iii) velocity/ speed (2)
 velocity/ speed (measured in) ms-1
(measured in) m/s acceleration is rate
(1) of change of velocity
m/s/s m per s per s
 divided by time in [accept per for
s (1) divide] do not
accept m/s times
time
(iv) at constant vel (3)
 distance = 60
(m) (1) slowing down
correct answer
scores 2 marks
 distance =
½×2×20 (1)
 = 20 (m) (1)