Chapter 20 - Graphs and Equations

Q.I) Multiple choice questions. Tick the correct answer from the options given below.
1.

The diagram shows the speed-time graph for an object moving at constant

speed.
What is the distance travelled by the object in the first 3 s?
A. 1.5m
B. 2.0m
C. 3.0m
D. 6.0m
2. Which speed / time graph applies to an object at rest?

3. The graph represents the movement of a body accelerating from rest.

After 5 seconds how far has the body moved?

A. 2 m
B. 10 m
C. 25 m
D. 50 m
4. A cyclist is riding along a road when an animal runs in front of him. The graph
shows the cyclists motion. He sees the animal at P, starts to brake at Q and

stops at R.

What is used to find the distance travelled after he applies the brakes?
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A. the area under line PQ
B. the area under line QR
C. the gradient of line PQ
D. the gradient of line QR
5. The speed-time graph shown is for a bus travelling between stops.
Where on the graph is the acceleration of the bus the greatest?

6. An object moves initially with constant speed and then with constant
acceleration.
Which graph shows this motion?

Q.II) Answer the following.

1. Fig. 1.1 shows the speed-time graph of a moving object.

(a) Which part, or parts, of Fig. 1.1 indicate when the object is
(i) travelling at uniform speed,
........................................................................................... [1]
(ii) accelerating?
................................................................................................................. [1]
(iii) decelerating?
................................................................................................................. [1]
(b) Calculate the distance travelled in the last 15 s.

distance = ...................................................... m [3]

2. (a) Fig. 2.1 shows a graph of speed against time for a train. After 100 s the train stops at
a station.

Fig 2.1
(i) For the time interval between 40 s and 100 s, calculate the distance travelled by the train.

distance = ...........................................................[2]

(ii) The train stops for 80 s, then accelerates to 30 m / s with an acceleration of 0.60 m / s2. It
then travels at constant speed.
Complete the graph for the interval 100 s to 280 s, showing your calculations in the space
below.
3. A family goes on holiday in a car. To stop the journey being boring for the children, every
half an hour they note down the distance they have travelled since they left home.
They then plot the graph shown in Fig. 3.1.

Fig. 3.1.
The first half hour and the last half hour of their journey are on small roads. The rest of
the journey is on major roads.
Answer the following questions using information from Fig. 3.1.
(a) For how many hours were they travelling on major roads?
time = ........................................ hours
(b) How far did they travel
(i) in total,
total distance = ................................................ km
(ii) on small roads,
distance on small roads = ................................................ km
(iii) on major roads?
distance on major roads = ................................................ km
(c) They had two refreshment stops whilst on the journey.
On Fig. 3.1, clearly mark where they had these stops.