7th Grade > Physics
MOTION AND TIME MCQs
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Distance Covered: 2 Marks
Average Speed: 2 Marks
Steps: 1 Mark
John drove the first 30 minutes at 30 km/hr and then changed his speed to 60 km/hr for the next 30 mins. Hence, total distance traveled by John will be the distance he covers in the entire 1 hour.
Time = 0.5 hr
Speed = 30 km/hr
Distance covered =speed×time=30×0.5=15km
Now, new speed = 60 km/hr
Time = 0.5 hr
Distance covered =speed×time=60×0.5=30km
Total distance covered by him = 15 + 30 = 45 km in one hour.
Averagespeed=TotaldistancetravelledTotaltime
Average speed =(451)kmhr
Average speed = 45 km/hr
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Sundial: 1 Mark
Working: 1 Mark
Sundials are the oldest known instruments for telling time. The surface of a sundial has markings for each hour of daylight. As the Sun moves across the sky, another part of the sundial casts a shadow on these markings. The position of the shadow shows what time it is.
Sundial works on the principle that the sun takes up similar positions each day. Depending on the location of the sun with respect to the dial, the dial would have different shadows by which people can approximately tell the time of the day.
1) The motion of a car on a road.
2) The motion of pendulum of the clock.
3) The motion of a child on a see-saw
4) The motion of train on a straight bridge.
5) The motion of the hands in a clock.
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Each option: 1 Mark each
1)Straight line
2) Oscillatory motion
3) Oscillatory motion
4) Straight line
5) Circular motion
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Definition: 1 Mark
Working: 2 Marks
A speedometer is a device that measures the speed of a particular vehicle at that particular instant.
The speedometer calculates the speed of the vehicle at a particular instant by measuring the time it takes for the wheels of the vehicle to rotate. Since the distance moved in each rotation is constant, knowing the time it takes for one rotation gives us the speed.
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B and C
An object is said to be in motion when its position changes with respect to the reference point.
In this situation, there are two reference points, A and B. From the point of view of A, the object is changing its position. Hence, it's said to be in motion with respect to A.
From the point of view of B, the object is not changing its position. Hence, it's said to be at rest with respect to B.
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B
We know that:
Speed=DistanceTime
Here, the object has to cover a certain fixed distance in a shorter span of time.
From the equation above, we understand that greater the speed, lesser is the time taken, provided the distance is constant.
So, in order to cover a certain distance in a shorter time span, the object should have a greater speed.
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A
Given:
Odometer reading, before the trip =22256 km.
Odometer reading, after the trip =22356 km.
So the distance travelled in the trip=22356−22256=100 km.
Time taken for the trip =5 h.
Average speed = Total distance travelledTotal time taken
∴Average speed =1005=20 km h−1.
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A
Given,
Speed =5 kmph and Time =10 h
We know that:
Distance = Speed × Time
⇒Distance =5×10=50 km.
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C
In uniform motion, a body covers an equal distance in equal interval of time.
Hence, the ratio Change in distanceChange in time is constant. When we plot the graph with distance on the Y-axis and time on the X-axis, we see that the points lie along a straight line inclined at 450 with the x-axis.