1. Single award Unit 2/1 booklet 4: lesson 5 Exercise and fitness in humans

2. Aims and objectives

3. Velocity-time graphs

4. Velocity

6. The car is at rest here – with zero speed
The car is going at constant speed – acceleration is zero.
Car is accelerating here – the speed is increasing.
The car is decelerating here – or slowing down

7. From both graphs we can see that the speed is 30 m/s.
(Using the value calculated previously)
The speed is decreasing and the curve is downwards
The speed is zero – the car is not moving
– and we can see that the distance that the car has travelled is not changing either.
The speed is increasing, and we can see that the Distance / Time graph curves upwards.
Now compare the Speed / Time graph with the earlier Distance / Time graph

8. Acceleration
We can express the formula for acceleration using the equation:
Acceleration = Change in velocity ÷ Time taken
a =c/t
Acceleration is measured in metres per second per second (m/s2)
Change in velocity is measured in (m/s)
Time measured is in seconds (s)

9.   x c a Formula triangles
Formula triangles help you to rearrange formula, the triangle for the acceleration formula is shown below:
Whatever quantity you are trying to find cover it up and it will leave you with the calculation required.
…and you are left with the sum…
So if you were trying to find speed, a…..
a = c t c  
…you would cover a up… a t x

10. Speed questions
A car travels a distance of 100 metres in 20 seconds. What is the speed of the car?
A bike travels at a speed of 20 m/s for 20 seconds. How far does the bike travel in this time?
A girl runs for a distance of 120 m at a speed of 6 m/s. How long does it take her to cover this distance?
A car travels at 30 m/s for 2 minutes. How far has it travelled in this time?
A car travels at 30 km/hour. How far, in metres, will the car cover in 90 seconds?
5 m/s
400 m
20 s
3 600 m
750 m

11. Acceleration questions
A car changes its velocity by 30 m/s in 5 seconds, what is the acceleration of the car?
A bike starts from rest and accelerates to 20 m/s over a period of 6 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car?
A man moving at 2 m/s accelerates at a rate of 3 m/s2 for 2.5 seconds. What is the new velocity of the man?
A car decelerates from 60 m/s to 20 m/s at a rate of -5 m/s2. How long does this deceleration take the car?
6 m/s2
3.33 m/s2
9.5 m/s
8 seconds

12. Exercise 1-2 (pages 30-33)

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