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This document discusses key concepts related to motion in a straight line, including: - Scalar and vector quantities are defined, with distance, displacement, speed and time given as examples. - Questions are asked to calculate total distances, displacements, speeds using information provided about objects moving in straight lines between points. - The difference between distance and displacement is explained, with displacement defined as the shortest distance between two points indicating direction. - Speed is defined as the distance traveled per unit time, with its SI units given as meters/second (m/s). - An example calculates the mean speed of an object using the total distance and total time duration of motion.

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Motion in A Straight Line 01

This document discusses key concepts related to motion in a straight line, including: - Scalar and vector quantities are defined, with distance, displacement, speed and time given as examples. - Questions are asked to calculate total distances, displacements, speeds using information provided about objects moving in straight lines between points. - The difference between distance and displacement is explained, with displacement defined as the shortest distance between two points indicating direction. - Speed is defined as the distance traveled per unit time, with its SI units given as meters/second (m/s). - An example calculates the mean speed of an object using the total distance and total time duration of motion.

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Motion in a Straight Line

Unit 02(Physics)
Worksheet-01
1. What is a scalar quantity?

2. Give 3 examples for scalar quantities.

3. What is a vector quantity?

4. Give 3 examples for vector quantities.

5. From point A a person walks 60m to south until point B, at point B he turns back and
walks 70m to north.
i. What is the total distance travelled by the person?

60m + 70m = 130m A

ii. What is the displacement of the person?


60m + 70m
-60m + 70m
10m 10m to north
Displacement
Shortest distance between two points.( Indicating with direction)

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6. From point X student starts walking towards east for 50m until point Y. At point Y he
turns south and walks another 20m to reach point Z. Figure shows the path of the
student. 50m

53.8m 20m

i. What is the total distance traversed by the student?

=50m + 20m = 70m

ii. What is his displacement?


According to the diagram, 53.8m to the south east direction.

7. From point A, Amana is walking along the path X to meet Amna until point B. After
meeting her friend, Amana returns home(point A) along the path Y.

i. What is the distance traversed by Amana, when


going until point B to meet Amna?
Path X= 50m According to the diagram, 50m

ii. What is the total distance traversed by Amana


during the whole movement?
35m
B According to the diagram, 50m + 50m= 100m
A

iii. When going from A to B, what is the


displacement of the movement?
Path Y = 50m According to the diagram,
= 35m (To the right direction)

iv. What is the displacement of the whole


movement, after returning to point A?
According to the diagram,
Displacement is 0

8. A child is walking along the straight path from point A to B. After reaching point B
she returns along the same path until point C.
A C B

55m 25m

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i. What is the total distance traversed by the child?
=55m+25m+25m
=105m

ii. After reaching point C, what is the displacement of the child?


=55m (To right direction)

Speed
Distance traversed by an object during a unit time.

Speed = Distance
Time

Units of Speed
Speed = Distance
Time

Considering the SI units


Speed = m
s

Units of Speed = ms-1

9. Following shows timeline for the movement of two objects(A and B).

Time (s) Object A Object B


Distance Distance traversed Distance traversed Distance traversed
traversed (m) during each second (m) during each
(m) second (m)
0 0 0
1 3 3
2 6 5
3 9 9
4 12 12
5 15 16
6 18 18
i. Calculate the distance traversed by each object during each second.

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ii. What is your opinion about the speed of two objects?

Mean speed/ Average speed

When an object is not moved with uniform speed, mean speed is calculated.

Mean Speed = Total distance traversed


Total Time Duration

10. Calculate the mean speed of object B in question 9.

11. A car is moved along the path A to B(50m) within 5 seconds.

A B
50m

5s

i. Calculate the speed of the car.


Considering the movement of the car,
Speed = Distance
Time
Speed= 50m/5s
Speed = 10ms-1

ii. If another car took 10 seconds to complete the same movement, what is
the speed of that car?
Speed = Distance
Time
Speed = 50m / 10s

Speed = 5ms-1

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