Motion and Time Physics Notes
Motion and Time Physics Notes
Question 1. Classify the following as rectilinear motion (motion along a straight line), circular motion
or periodic motion (oscillatory motion):
Answer:
Answer:
b). Motion of the earth around the sun. ---- Circular motion & Periodic motion.
SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME
Answer. An instrument on a vehicle’s dashboard which indicates the speed of the vehicle when it is
running is called speedometer.
Question 1. What is meant by ‘uniform motion’ and ‘non – uniform motion’? Give one example of
uniform motion and one of non – uniform motion.
Answer. Uniform motion – An object moving along a straight line path is said to have uniform
motion if its speed remains constant. Ex - Motion of a car running at a constant speed.
Non – Uniform motion – An object moving along a straight line path is said to have non – uniform
motion if its speed keeps changing. Ex- Motion of a train starting from a railway station.
Question 2. Draw a distance – time graph to show the motion of a car moving with a speed which is
not constant (non – uniform speed).
Answer.
Answer. A bar graph is a diagram which shows information as bars (thin rectangles) of different
heights.
Example: This bar graph tells us the points scored by different teams in two different periods.
Answer. A pie – chart is a kind of graph or diagram which shows the percentage composition of
‘something’ in the form of slices of a circle (the whole circle represents 100%).
i. The variation of distance travelled by an object with time can be seen more easily from a distance
– time graph than from the distance and time values given in the table form.
ii. The speed of an object can be obtained from its distance – time graph.
Question 7. What is a simple pendulum? Define the time – period of a simple pendulum.
Answer.
Simple Pendulum: A simple pendulum consists of a small metal ball (called bob) suspended by a long
thread from a rigid support such that the bob is free to swing back and forth.
Time – period: The time taken by pendulum bob to make one complete oscillation is called time –
period of the pendulum.
[NOTE: MCQS AND VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS WILL BE SOLVED IN BOOK.]
ACTIVITY SHEET
Q1. A train having a speed of 75km/h takes 6 hours to travel from Delhi to Amritsar.
Calculate the distance between Delhi and Amritsar.
Sol.
Q2. A car is running at a speed of 60km/h. How much time will it take to cover a distance of
270km?
Sol.
Q3. An ant covers 1 metre distance in 10 seconds. What is the speed of the ant in cm/s?
Sol.
Q4. A train is running at a speed of 120 kilometres per hour. Calculate the distance travelled
by the train in one minute.
Sol.
Q5. A car travelling at a speed of 45km/h takes 20 minutes to reach its destination. What
distance has the car travelled?
Sol.
Q6. The distance between two stations is 240km. A train takes 4 hours to cover this
distance. Calculate the speed of the train.
Sol.
Q7. In an experiment to measure the speed of a moving ball, it is observed that the ball
covers a distance of 5m and 20cm in 4 seconds before it stops. Calculate the speed of the
ball in m/s.
Sol.
Q8. A train is running at a speed of 60km/h. Calculate the speed of train in m/s.
Sol.
Q9. The speed of a racing car is 60m/s. What will this speed in km/h?
Sol.
Q10. An athlete attains a maximum speed of 36km/h. What is this speed in m/s?
Sol.