Physics Chapter: Understanding Velocity
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What is the maximum velocity reached according to the graph?

  • 13 m/s
  • 50 m/s
  • 25 m/s
  • 38 m/s (correct)

    • What is the value of the velocity at 4 seconds?

  • 13 m/s (correct)
  • 38 m/s
  • 0 m/s
  • 25 m/s

    • What trend can be observed in the velocity over the first five seconds?

  • The velocity increases without decline.
  • The velocity decreases steadily.
  • The velocity is constant.
  • The velocity increases then decreases. (correct)

    • What does velocity include that speed does not?

    <p>Direction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to velocity when a car's direction changes but its speed remains constant?

    <p>Velocity changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which scenario describes constant velocity?

    <p>A car moving at 30 km/hr in a straight line</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a plane is flying at a constant speed, what can be inferred about its velocity?

    <p>Velocity can change if direction changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is required for an object to maintain constant velocity?

    <p>Straight line motion without speed changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements about velocity is incorrect?

    <p>Velocity can remain constant while speed changes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes a scenario that could lead to a change in velocity?

    <p>A skateboarder moving downhill</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of traveling backward at 30 km/hr on velocity?

    <p>The velocity is defined as negative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines constant speed?

    <p>The speed remains the same.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what speed does a mouse move?

    <p>3 m/s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which object has the highest speed?

    <p>Space Shuttle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If an object is moving at constant speed, what can be said about average and instantaneous speed?

    <p>Average speed is equal to instantaneous speed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the speed of sound?

    <p>343 m/s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does a cheetah's speed compare to that of a mouse?

    <p>The cheetah is faster than the mouse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following speeds is equivalent to 30 m/s?

    <p>The speed of a Cheetah</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the average speed if an object moves at a constant speed?

    <p>It is the same as its instantaneous speed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the formula for calculating velocity?

    <p>Velocity = displacement / time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which unit is not commonly used to measure velocity?

    <p>kg/s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is resultant velocity calculated when two velocities are in the same direction?

    <p>Add the two velocities together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a pilot is walking at 1 m/s left and the walkway is moving at 2 m/s left, what is the resultant velocity?

    <p>3 m/s left</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Velocity specifically measures which of the following?

    <p>How quickly the position changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of resultant velocity?

    <p>The combined effect of two or more velocities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the symbol '∆' represent in the velocity formula?

    <p>Change in value</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'm/s' represent in the context of measuring velocity?

    <p>Meters per second</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What occurs when two velocities are combined?

    <p>They create a resultant velocity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the resultant velocity if a treadmill is moving at 1 m/s left and a woman is walking at 1 m/s right?

    <p>0 m/s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What mathematical operation should be used when two velocities are in opposite directions?

    <p>Subtract the smaller number from the larger.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a walkway moves at 2 m/s right and a pilot walks at 1 m/s left, what is the resultant velocity?

    <p>2 m/s right</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the resultant velocity when both objects are moving in the same direction at different speeds?

    <p>Equal to the speed of the faster object.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is true regarding resultant velocity?

    <p>Resultant velocity can be zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If the resultant velocity is 2 m/s right, which of the following scenarios could have produced this result?

    <p>2 m/s right and 0 m/s left.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which scenario will result in a combined velocity of 0 m/s?

    <p>A person walking at 1 m/s left on a treadmill moving at 1 m/s right.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the acceleration of the plane when it increases its speed from 8,000 m/s to 10,000 m/s over 40 seconds?

    <p>0.05 m/s²</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a coconut falls from a tree and reaches a velocity of 19.6 m/s in 2 seconds, what is its acceleration?

    <p>9.8 m/s²</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During which time interval did the object reach a velocity of 2 m/s from rest?

    <p>1 to 2 seconds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the average acceleration of an object that goes from 0 m/s to 3 m/s in 3 seconds?

    <p>1 m/s²</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a horizontal line in a velocity-time graph indicate?

    <p>Constant speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If an object accelerates at 2 m/s² for 3 seconds, what would be its final velocity if it started from rest?

    <p>6 m/s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of negative acceleration?

    <p>The object is slowing down</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the provided velocity-time graph, which interval shows the highest acceleration?

    <p>1 to 2 seconds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Motion

    • Motion requires a reference point. A reference point is an object at rest used to judge the motion of another object.
    • Motion occurs when an object changes position with respect to a reference point.
    • An object in motion travels a certain distance in a certain amount of time.

    Speed

    • Speed is the rate at which an object moves.
    • Speed = distance / time
    • Speed is measured in units such as miles per hour (mi/hr) or meters per second (m/s).
    • "/" is read "per," meaning "divided by".

    Average Speed

    • Average speed is the total distance covered divided by the total time taken.
    • Average Speed = total distance / total time

    Examples of Speeds

    • Mouse: 3 m/s
    • Usain Bolt: 10 m/s
    • Cheetah: 30 m/s
    • Sound: 343 m/s
    • Space Shuttle: 10,000 m/s

    Instantaneous Speed

    • Instantaneous speed is an object's speed at a specific moment in time.
    • The car speedometer shows instantaneous speed.

    Constant Speed

    • Constant speed means the speed is not changing.
    • If an object has constant speed, then average speed = instantaneous speed.

    Distance

    • Distance (d) is the total amount of ground covered during motion.
    • Direction does not matter when calculating distance.

    Displacement

    • Displacement (Δx) is the difference between an object's initial and final position.
    • It's a measure of how far out of place an object is.
    • Direction matters when calculating displacement.
    • Position (x) is the point in space occupied by an object.

    Scalars and Vectors

    • Scalars are physical quantities that do not include direction.
    • Vectors are physical quantities that include direction.

    Velocity

    • Velocity is speed and direction.

    • Velocity changes when speed or direction changes.

    • Constant velocity occurs only along a straight line.

    • Velocity = displacement/Time.

    • Velocity is measured in units like miles per hour (mi/hr) or meters per second (m/s).

    Resultant Velocity

    • Resultant velocity is the combined velocity when two or more velocities are added together or subtracted.
    • When velocities are in the same direction, resultant velocity is the sum.
    • When velocities are in opposite directions, resultant velocity is the difference, in the direction of the velocity with greater magnitude.

    Acceleration

    • Acceleration is the rate of change of an object’s velocity.
    • Acceleration = (final velocity - initial velocity) / (final time - initial time).
    • Acceleration is measured in units such as m/s/s or more commonly m/s².
    • Positive acceleration means the speed is increasing in a particular direction.
    • Negative acceleration (deceleration) means the speed is decreasing in a given direction.
    • A change in direction is also considered acceleration.

    Classwork Examples

    • Problems presented in the slides require calculations of speed, average speed, displacement, velocity and acceleration given initial and final positions, velocities and times. For example, problems involving a jogger, a car, a train, a plane, and a tomato.
    • Additional problems involve identifying the relationships between velocity and acceleration, like if a constant speed equals a constant velocity.
    • Identifying whether situations are in constant speed, constant velocity, increasing speed or no change in speed from a velocity-time graph.

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