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MOTION GRAPHS ASSIGNMENT 2

This document is a worksheet for Year 10 students on the topic of motion under gravity, dated September 2024. It includes instructions for completing the worksheet, questions related to skydiving and parachute dynamics, and a speed-time graph for analysis. Students are required to answer all questions within a 20-minute timeframe using specific writing tools and methods.

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MOTION GRAPHS ASSIGNMENT 2

This document is a worksheet for Year 10 students on the topic of motion under gravity, dated September 2024. It includes instructions for completing the worksheet, questions related to skydiving and parachute dynamics, and a speed-time graph for analysis. Students are required to answer all questions within a 20-minute timeframe using specific writing tools and methods.

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SURNAME: ……………………………OTHER NAMES: ………………………………..

……

CLASS: …………………………………….…TEACHER: …………………………………………

WORKSHEET

MOTION UNDER GRAVITY

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.

The graph is the speed-time graph of her fall.

(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.

The graph is the speed-time graph of her fall.

Describe, in terms of the forces acting on the sky-diver, her motion between leaving the balloon
and opening her parachute.

..................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................................. [4]

[Total: 4]

3 Parachutes are used to slow down a certain racing car.

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

At time t = 6.0 s, the parachutes open.

(a) Calculate the deceleration of the car at time t = 6.5 s.

deceleration = ....................................................... [2]

(b) Calculate the resultant force acting on the car at this time.

resultant force = ....................................................... [2]

[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 B shows the skydiver falling with the parachute open.

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

Using the information from the graph:


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(a) Describe the vertical motion of the skydiver between time = 0 and time = 20 s.

........................................................................................................................................... [1]

(b) Determine the maximum vertical speed of the skydiver.

maximum speed = ............................................. m / s [1]

(c) Determine the point, A, B, C, D or E, at which the skydiver opens her parachute.

........................................................................................................................................... [1]

(d) Determine the distance the skydiver falls between time = 50 s and time = 80 s.

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

[Total: 6]
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5 The graph is a speed–time graph for a skier in a race.

Describe the motion of the skier at each point P, Q, R and S on the graph.

P................................................................................................................................................

Q ...............................................................................................................................................

R ...............................................................................................................................................

S................................................................................................................................................ [4]

[Total: 4]

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