CSEE (Form 4) Motion in One Dimension — practice questions

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A learner walks a long curved path from home to school. Which quantity depends only on the start point and the end point?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the area under a velocity versus time graph give?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A learner walks a long curved path from home to school. Which quantity depends only on the start point and the end point?

The displacement
The distance walked
The average speed
The path length

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Correct answer: A. The displacement

1. Distance is the whole length of the path that was actually walked, bends included. 2. Displacement does not depend on the path travelled, but only on the initial and final positions. 3. So a winding route adds to the distance while leaving the displacement unchanged. _Source: Siyavula Physical Sciences Grade 10 (Everything Science, CC BY 4.0), Chapter 21: Motion in one dimension_

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What does the area under a velocity versus time graph give?

The acceleration
The starting position
The displacement
The final velocity

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Correct answer: C. The displacement

1. Velocity multiplied by time gives a change in position, and area on a graph is a product of the two axes. 2. The area under the velocity versus time graph therefore gives the displacement. 3. The gradient of the same graph gives the acceleration, which is a different reading. 4. Area below the time axis counts as displacement in the negative direction. _Source: Siyavula Physical Sciences Grade 10 (Everything Science, CC BY 4.0), Chapter 21: Motion in one dimension_