MOTION GRAPHS ASSIGNMENT 2
MOTION GRAPHS ASSIGNMENT 2
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WORKSHEET
SEPTEMBER 2024
YEAR 10
Time: 20 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name in the spaces at the top of the page.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Your handwriting should be legible.
• Scientific calculators may be used.
• Take the weight of 1.0kg to be 9.8N (acceleration of free fall = 9.8m/s2).
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1 A sky-diver jumps out of a hot-air balloon, which is 4000 m above the ground. At time = 30 s, she
opens her parachute.
(a) Label with the letter X the point on the graph where the sky-diver opens her parachute. [1]
(b) Label with the letters Y and Z the two parts of the graph where the sky-diver falls at terminal
velocity. [1]
[Total: 2]
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2 A sky-diver jumps out of a hot-air balloon, which is 4000 m above the ground. At time = 30 s, she
opens her parachute.
Describe, in terms of the forces acting on the sky-diver, her motion between leaving the balloon
and opening her parachute.
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[Total: 4]
The figure shows the racing car, of total mass 750 kg, slowing down by using parachutes.
The figure below is the speed-time graph for 20 s after the car reaches full speed.
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80
70
speed 60
m/s
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
time t / s
(b) Calculate the resultant force acting on the car at this time.
[Total: 4]
4 A skydiver jumps from an aeroplane. She falls freely with her parachute closed; then she opens
her parachute.
Diagram A shows the skydiver falling freely with her parachute closed.
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Diagram A Diagram B
The graph shows the speed-time graph for the skydiver ' s vertical motion, from leaving the aeroplane
to landing on the ground.
60
vertical
speed
m/s
B C
50
40
30
20
10
D E
A
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
time / s
(a) Describe the vertical motion of the skydiver between time = 0 and time = 20 s.
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(c) Determine the point, A, B, C, D or E, at which the skydiver opens her parachute.
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(d) Determine the distance the skydiver falls between time = 50 s and time = 80 s.
[Total: 6]
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Describe the motion of the skier at each point P, Q, R and S on the graph.
P................................................................................................................................................
Q ...............................................................................................................................................
R ...............................................................................................................................................
S................................................................................................................................................ [4]
[Total: 4]