2 A basketball is dropped vertically onto the horizontal ground and bounces twice before

being caught. The graph shows how the velocity of the basketball varies with time.

5–

4–

±
X
2–
Y
±
Velocity / m s±

0– Time / s
–

–
0.0 0.2 0.4  0.8    
± ±

–2 –
Z
± ±

–4 –

–5 – W

(a) Suggest why the downward sloping lines are all parallel.
(1)

(b) (i) State the reason for the upwardly sloping dotted lines.
(1)

(ii) Describe how the gradient of the dotted lines would change if the basketball was
not fully inflated.
(1)

(c) Calculate the initial height through which the basketball fell.
(2)
3 The graph shows how displacement varies with time for an object which starts from rest
with constant acceleration.

40 ±

35 ±

30 ±

25 ±
Distance / m
20 ±

15 ±

10 ±

5±

0±
±

±
0 1
Time / s

(a) Use the distance-time graph to determine the speed of the object at a time of 4.0 s.
(3)

Speed =
(b) Calculate the acceleration.
(2)

Acceleration =

(Total for Question = 5 marks)

marble
released
side channels
here

⎫
⎬
vertical
drop

⎭
⎫ marble loops

⎬
vertical around twice
drop

⎭
A marble was released and its motion was recorded using a digital video camera. The
data was uploaded to a computer and then analysed using a motion capture programme.
The following vertical displacement-time graph was obtained.

0.8

0.7

0.6
er i displacement

0.5

0.4

0.3
Vertical

0.2

0.1

0.0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
Time / s
(a) (i) While the marble is in the side channels its speed remains constant.
Use the graph to show that the vertical velocity is about 0.06 m s–1.
(2)

(ii) On the axis below sketch the displacement-time graph for the horizontal
displacement of the marble.
(4)

20 cm

0.25 –
Horizontal displacement / m

0.20 –

0.15 –

0.10 –

0.05 –

0.00 –
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
Time / s

(iii)
iii) State the average horizontal velocity of the ma
(1)