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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
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 Explain why we can only calculate a stone's average speed during its fall.

Important Questions on Describing Motion

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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
State a stone's average velocity during the free fall. Explain why you have stated it the way you have.
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
The microwaves used in police speed detection devices travel at 300000 km/s. Calculate how long it takes for the pulse of microwaves from the device to return to the device after it has been emitted and reflected from an object 200 m away.
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
A car is moving at 22 m/s. Calculate how far it will travel in 35 s.
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
A swallow (a type of bird) can fly at 25 m/s. Calculate how long it will take to fly 1.0 km.
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
A high-speed train is  180 m long and is travelling at 50 m/s. Calculate how long it will take to pass a person standing at a level crossing.
EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Calculate how long the train in 50 m/s will take to pass completely through a station whose platforms are 220 m in length.
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Diagrams in are distance—time graphs for four moving objects. Complete the table by indicating (in the second column) the graph or graphs that represent the motion described in the first column.

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Description of motion Graphs
Moving at a steady speed  
Stationary (not moving)  
Slowing down and stopping  
Changing speed  
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Sketch a distance-time graph for the car whose journey is described here.
• The car set off at a slow, steady speed for 20 s
• Then it moved for 40 s at a faster speed.
• Then it stopped at traffic lights for 20 s before setting off again at a slow, steady speed.