Motion

At t = 0 s

rider C is ahead of rider D.

rider D is ahead of rider C.
riders C and D are at the same position.

 At t = 0 s

C is moving, and D is at rest.

D is moving, and C is at rest.
C and D are both moving.
C and D are both at rest.

 At t = 0 s

C has a greater velocity than D.

D has a greater velocity than C.
C and D have the same velocity.
C is accelerating.

 At t = 10 s

C and D are at the same position.

C and D have the same velocity.
the velocity of D is greater than the velocity of C.
C is in front of D.

 During the first 8 s

C
C
C
C

has decreasing velocity and D has increasing velocity.

and D both have decreasing velocities.
and D have the same velocity.
has the same average velocity as D.

 During the first 8 s

the magnitude of the acceleration of C is greater than

the magnitude of D's acceleration.

their accelerations are equal in magnitude but

opposite in sign.

their accelerations are equal in magnitude and equal

Which graph represents an object at

rest?

Which graph represents constant positive

acceleration?

How is motion in the negative x direction represented on an

x-t graph?

By a curve to the left of the origin.

By a curve below the horizontal axis.
By a downward sloping curve.
Such a motion cannot be shown on a simple x vs. t
graph.

What is the meaning of a sloping line on a plot of v vs. t?

The
The
The
The

object
object
object
object

is
is
is
is

at rest.
moving at constant speed.
speeding up at a constant rate.
(de)accelerating at a constant rate.

 If

a car accelerates from rest in the positive direction

its
its
its
its

final velocity is zero.

initial position is zero.
acceleration is negative.
acceleration is positive.

 A tennis player moves back and forth along the baseline while
waiting for her opponent to serve, producing the position-versustime graph shown in Figure
(a) Without performing a calculation, indicate on which of the
segments of the graph, A, B, or C, the player has the greatest
speed. Calculate the players
speed for (b) segment A, (c) segment B, and (d) segment C, and
show that your results verify your answers to part (a).

 A person on horseback moves according to the velocityversustime graph shown in Figure. Find the displacement of the person
for each of the following segments of the motion:
(a) A,
(b) B,
and (c) C.

 A car in stop-and-go traffic starts at rest, moves forward 13 m in 8

s, then comes to rest again. The velocity-versus-time plot for this
car is given in Figure. What distance does the car cover in
(a) the first 4 seconds of its motion and
(b) the last 2 seconds of its motion?
(c) What is the constant speed V that characterizes the middle
portion of its motion?

Free fall

Graphs of free
fall

In this problem "up" is taken to be positive.

A ball is thrown straight up in the air, at the very top its

velocity is negative.
acceleration is zero.
acceleration is 9.8 m/s2.
acceleration is -9.8 m/s2.

 A person steps off the end of a 3.00-m-high diving board and

drops to the water below.
(a) How long does it take for the person to reach the water?
(b) What is the persons speed on entering the water?

 At the edge of a roof you drop ball A from rest, and then throw ball B
downward with an initial velocity of . Is the increase in speed just before
the balls land more for ball A, more for ball B, or the same for each ball?
They both have the same acceleration, so the same change in
speed( a=g=10m/s2

 At the edge of a roof you drop ball A from rest, and then throw
ball B downward with an initial velocity of . Is the increase in
speed just before the balls land more for ball A, more for ball B,
or the same for each ball?

Suppose the two balls are released at the same time, with ball A
dropped from rest and ball B thrown downward with an initial
speed . Identify which of the five plots shown in Figure
corresponds to (a) ball A and (b) ball B.

 A hot-air balloon is rising straight upward with a constant speed

of 6.5 m/s.
When the basket of the balloon is 20 m
above the ground, a bag of sand tied to the basket comes loose.
(a) How long is the bag of sand in the air before it hits the
ground?
(b) What is the greatest height of the bag of sand during its fall to
the ground?