Viva, The School - Grade 7 Chapter 13 - Physics Motion and Time Exercises

VIVA, THE SCHOOL – GRADE 7
CHAPTER 13 – PHYSICS
MOTION AND TIME
EXERCISES
1. Classify the following as motion along a straight line, circular or oscillatory motion:
(i) Motion of your hands while running - Oscillatory motion.
(ii) Motion of a horse pulling a cart on a straight road - Straight line motion.
(iii) Motion of a child in a merry-go-round - Circular motion.
(iv) Motion of a child on a see-saw - Oscillatory motion.
(v) Motion of the hammer of an electric bell - Oscillatory motion.
(vi) Motion of a train on a straight bridge - Straight line motion.
2. Which of the following are not correct?

(i) The basic unit of time is second - Correct
(ii) Every object moves with a constant speed - Incorrect
An object can move either with constant or non-constant speed.
(iii) Distances between two cities are measured in kilometers - Correct
Note: Distances between two cities are measured in miles in some countries.
(iv) The time period of a given pendulum is constant - Incorrect
When length of the pendulum changes, time period also changes.
(v) The speed of a train is expressed in meters/hour (m/h) - Incorrect
Speed of a train is expressed in kilometers/hour (km/h or kmph).
3. A simple pendulum takes 32 s to complete 20 oscillations. What is the time period of the pendulum?
A.
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 20 𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 (𝑇) =
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
32
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 (𝑇) = = 1.6 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠
20
4. The distance between two stations is 240 km. A train takes 4 hours to cover this distance.
Calculate the speed of the train.
A.
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 (𝑠)
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 (𝑣) =
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 (𝑡)
240 𝑘𝑚
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 (𝑣) = = 60 𝑘𝑚/ℎ
4ℎ
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5. The odometer of a car reads 57321.0 km when the clock shows the time 08:30 AM. What is
the distance moved by the car, if at 08:50 AM, the odometer reading has changed to
57336.0 km? Calculate the speed of the car in km/min during this time. Express the
speed in km/h also.
A. Distance moved by the car (s) = final odometer reading – initial reading
= 57336 – 57321
= 15 km
Time taken by the car to travel this 15 km is 20 minutes.
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 15 𝑘𝑚
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟 (𝑣) = = = 0.75 𝑘𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 20 𝑚𝑖𝑛
20
If 60 minutes = 1 hour then 20 minutes = 60 = 0.33 hours
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 15 𝑘𝑚
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟 (𝑣) = = = 45.45 𝑘𝑚/ℎ
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 0.33 ℎ
6. Salma takes 15 minutes from her house to reach her school on a bicycle. If the bicycle has a
speed of 2 m/s, calculate the distance between her house and the school.
A. Given: speed (v) = 2 m/s, time (t) = 15 min = 900 seconds
Required: distance (s) = ?
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑠) = 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑥 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 = 2 𝑥 900 = 1800 𝑚
7. Draw the shape of the distance (s) – time (t) graph for the motion in the following cases:
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8. Which of the following relations is correct?
(i) Speed = Distance × Time (ii) Speed =Distance / Time
(iii) Speed =Time / Distance (iv) Speed =1/(Distance × Time)
9. The basic unit of speed is:

(i) km/min (ii) m/min (iii) km/h (iv) m/s
10. A car moves with a speed of 40 km/h for 15 minutes and then with a speed of
60 km/h for the next 15 minutes. The total distance covered by the car is:
(i) 100 km (ii) 25 km (iii) 15 km (iv) 10 km
Explanation: In the first part, distance = speed x time = 40 km/h x ¼ h =10 km.
In the second part, distance = speed x time = 60 km/h x ¼ h = 15 km. Total = 25km
11. Suppose the two photographs, shown in Fig. 13.1 and Fig. 13.2, had been taken at an
interval of 10 seconds. If a distance of 100 meters is shown by 1 cm in these
photographs, calculate the speed of the fastest car.
A. From the two figures, green car is the fastest and moved 3 cm.
According to question, 3 cm = 300 meters
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 300 𝑚
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑟 (𝑣) = = = 30 𝑚/𝑠
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 10 𝑠
12. The adjacent figure shows distance-time graph

for the motion of two vehicles A and B.
Which one of them is moving faster?
A. The vehicle A is moving faster as the slope of

line A is more. Slope of the line in (s – t) graph
represents speed. More is the slope more is speed.
13. Which of the adjacent distance-time graphs

shows a truck moving with speed which is not
constant?
A. Graph (iii) represents that truck is moving

with non-constant speed as the graph is not
a straight line.
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14. How do you convert a value in km/h to m/s?
A.
1 𝑘𝑚 1000 𝑚 5 𝑚 5
1 𝑘𝑚/ℎ = = = = 𝑚/𝑠
1ℎ 3600 𝑠 18 𝑠 18
To convert a value in km/h to m/s, multiply the given value with 5/18.
To convert a value in m/s to km/h, multiply the given value with 18/5.
15. Define non-uniform speed.

A. The non-uniform speed is defined as a body covering unequal distances in equal
intervals of time or equal distances in unequal intervals of time.
16. Write the similarities and differences between distance and displacement.
S. No. Distance Displacement
1 Distance is the length of the path Displacement is the distance in a
covered by a body. particular direction.
2 It is denoted with letter s. This is also denoted with letter s.
3 SI unit of distance is meter. SI unit of displacement is also meter
4 It is a scalar quantity. It is a vector quantity.
5 Distance is either equal to or more Displacement is either equal to or
than the displacement. less than the distance.
17. A person walks on a square ABCD with side 10m and reaches the starting point A as
shown in the figure. Calculate the distance the person walked on the square and
displacement at each corner of the square.
A. i) Distance from A to B: 10 m
Displacement from A to B: 10 m, East
ii) Distance from A to B to C: 20 m
Displacement of C from A: 14.14 m, NE
* Note: Use Pythagoras Theorem to find AC.
AC = √(AB2 + BC2)
iii) Distance from A to B to C to D: 30 m
Displacement of D from A: 10 m, North
iv) Total distance: 40 m, Total displacement: 0
18. A person walks once on a full circle of

radius 7m as shown in the adjacent diagram.
Calculate the distance the person walked
on the circle and the displacement at
each point shown.
A. →
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VIVA, THE SCHOOL – GRADE 7

2. Which of the following are not correct?

Time taken by the car to travel this 15 km is 20 minutes.

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑠) = 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑥 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 = 2 𝑥 900 = 1800 𝑚

9. The basic unit of speed is:

12. The adjacent figure shows distance-time graph

A. The vehicle A is moving faster as the slope of

13. Which of the adjacent distance-time graphs

A. Graph (iii) represents that truck is moving

15. Define non-uniform speed.

18. A person walks once on a full circle of

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