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Motion (OCR GCSE Physics A (Gateway))

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11 mark

An object travelled 800 m in 40 seconds.

Use the equation: distance travelled (m) = speed (m/s) × time (s)

What is the speed of the object?

  • 0.05 m/s

  • 20 m/s

  • 840 m/s

  • 32 000 m/s

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21 mark

Which is a scalar?

  • Acceleration

  • Displacement

  • Force

  • Speed

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31 mark

A cyclist travels 750 m in 50 seconds.

Calculate the speed of the cyclist.

Use the equation: speed = distance / time

  • 0.015 m/s

  • 15 m/s

  • 37.5 m/s

  • 375 m/s

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41 mark

Which distances are the same?

  • 1 × 10–3 m and 1 μm

  • 1 × 10–6 m and 1 mm

  • 1 × 10–9 m and 1 nm

  • 1 × 10–12 m and 1 Gm

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51 mark

A car accelerates from 0 to 60 mph (miles per hour) in about 9 seconds.

Use the relationship: 1 m/s = 2.24 mph

Estimate the acceleration for this car in m/s2.

  • 1 m/s2

  • 3 m/s2

  • 7 m/s2

  • 15 m/s2

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61 mark

A bus takes 1.8 hours to travel 24 km.

What is the average speed of the bus?

  • 43.2 km/h

  • 25.8 km/h

  • 22.2 km/h

  • 13.3 km/h

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71 mark

Look at the distance-time graph for a journey to school.

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What is the average speed for the journey?

Use the equation: average speed = distance travelled ÷ time

  • 0.2 m/s

  • 5.0 m/s

  • 6.0 m/s

  • 50 m/s

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81 mark

A car travels at 72 km/h.

How fast is this in metres per second (m/s)?

  • 1.2 m/s

  • 20 m/s

  • 120 m/s

  • 1200 m/s

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91 mark

A car travels 200 km in four hours. 

The car doubles its speed.

How long would it take for the car to travel 50 km?

  • 0.5 hours

  • 1.0 hours

  • 2.0 hours

  • 4.0 hours

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101 mark

Look at the distance-time graph.

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Which line shows the largest average speed?

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    111 mark

    A girl runs twice around a 400 m circular track.

    What is the final displacement of the girl from her starting point?

    • 0 m

    • 200 m

    • 400 m

    • 800 m

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    121 mark

    Look at the velocity-time graph of an object.

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    What is the distance travelled by the object in 5 s?

    • 0.63 m

    • 1.6 m

    • 20 m

    • 40 m

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    131 mark

    Two cars head towards each other on a road.

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    What velocity does the driver of car Q see car P travelling towards him at?

    • 10 m/s

    • 15 m/s

    • 25 m/s

    • 40 m/s

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    141 mark

    Which graph shows a bouncing ball?

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