An object is moving in a straight line.
The displacement s against time t graph for this object is shown below.
At which point A, B, C or D, does the object have the greatest speed?
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An object is moving in a straight line.
The displacement s against time t graph for this object is shown below.
At which point A, B, C or D, does the object have the greatest speed?
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A car is dripping oil at a steady rate on a straight road.
The road is divided into four sections A, B, C, and D.
Which section of the road shows the car travelling at a constant speed?
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The velocity v against time t graphs for four objects A, B, C and D are shown below.
Which object travels the greatest distance between t = 0 and t = T?
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The velocity-time graph of a car traveling in a straight line is shown below.
Which of the following is the best estimate for the distance travelled by the car?
70 m
100 m
110 m
140 m
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The distance-time graph of a cyclist’s journey is shown below.
Which of the following statements are true?
1, 3 and 4
Only 1 and 2
Only 1 and 4
Only 1
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The graph below shows the motion of an object.
Between t = 0 s and t = 5 s, the acceleration is – 3 m s-2.
By determining the scale of the y-axis, what is the velocity of the object at t = 8 s?
0.3 m s-1
7.5 m s-1
15 m s-1
1.5 m s-1
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The graph below shows the velocity-time graph of a simple pendulum.
Which points on the graph lie at the point of greatest acceleration?
2 and 4
Only 3
1, 3 and 5
2 and 3
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An object is travelling backwards in a straight line, with a constant speed of 2 m s-1. At t = 0 s, the displacement of the object is 3 m.
By taking forward motion as positive, which statement best describes the displacement-time graph of the object?
A straight line with a gradient of 2 which intercepts the x-axis at 3 s
A curved line which intercepts the y-axis at 3 m
A straight line with a gradient of - 2 which intercepts the x-axis at 1.5 s
A straight line with a gradient of - 2 which intercepts the origin
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The diagram below shows a particle traveling clockwise in a circular path from point A to point B. The time taken is 6.5 s. The radius of the circle is 11 m.
What is the average speed of the particle?
10.6 m s-1
71.5 m s-1
1.69 m s-1
7.97 m s-1
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A child on a swing is released from rest, x cm away from its equilibrium position.
Which graph describes the velocity of the swing?
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A particle has a constant acceleration of - 4.4 m s-2. At t = 0, the velocity u of this particle is 15 m s-1.
What is the value of t when the velocity has halved?
3.4 s
1.7 s
0.29 s
0.59 s
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Car X and Car Y have velocities of vX and vY respectively. Car X takes three quarters of the time that Car Y takes to reach distance s.
What is the value of the ratio ?
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