Class 9 - Physics Assignment: Chapter - Motion
1. Define displacement. How is it different from distance?
2. A body moves in a circular path and comes back to its initial position. What is its displacement
and distance?
3. Derive the equation of motion: v = u + at.
4. A car accelerates uniformly from 20 m/s to 40 m/s in 5 seconds. Find its acceleration.
5. Derive the second equation of motion: s = ut + 1/2 at².
6. A train starting from rest attains a speed of 72 km/h in 2 minutes. Find the acceleration.
7. State the difference between uniform and non-uniform motion with examples.
8. Derive the third equation of motion: v² = u² + 2as.
9. A stone is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 20 m/s. How high will it rise? (g = 9.8 m/s²)
10. What does the slope of a velocity-time graph represent?
11. Explain the characteristics of a distance-time graph for an object at rest.
12. A body covers 100 m in 4 s and 150 m in the next 6 s. Calculate the average speed.
13. Describe the motion of an object using velocity-time graph when it is uniformly accelerating.
14. A bullet moving with a speed of 350 m/s hits a target and penetrates 0.05 m. Find the
retardation.
15. Differentiate between scalar and vector quantities.
16. A car covers first 40 km at 60 km/h and the next 40 km at 40 km/h. Calculate the average speed.
17. A person walks 4 km north and then 3 km east. Find the displacement.
18. What is the area under a velocity-time graph? Explain its significance.
19. A body starts from rest and travels 100 m in 5 s. Find the acceleration.
20. Define speed. How is it different from velocity?
21. A body moving with an initial velocity of 5 m/s and an acceleration of 3 m/s². Find the distance
covered in 4 seconds.
22. State three equations of motion. Mention the physical quantities involved in each.
23. A scooter moves with a uniform acceleration of 0.2 m/s² for 30 seconds. Find the final velocity.
24. Can a body have zero velocity and still be accelerating? Explain with an example.
25. A stone falls freely from rest. Calculate the distance covered in 3 seconds. (g = 9.8 m/s²)
26. What is relative motion? Explain with a suitable example.
27. A car accelerates from rest to 90 km/h in 10 s. Find its acceleration and distance covered.
28. Define instantaneous speed and how is it measured?
29. Explain the importance of motion graphs in understanding motion.
30. A body moves with a uniform speed of 10 m/s for 5 seconds and then with 20 m/s for another 5
seconds. Find the total distance covered and average speed.