UNIT 4 – FORCES, MOTION, AND ENERGY

NAME: GRADE & SECTION:

UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION: HORIZONTAL DIMENSION

WORKSHEET # 1 MODULE

Velocity is defined as the rate of change of position with respect to time.

a physical vector quantity; both magnitude and direction are needed to define it.

UNITS
v velocity meter per second m/s
kilometer per hour km/h
t time second s
hour h
d displacement meter m
kilometer km

 Therefore, VELOCITY is equal to DISPLACEMENT  Given : d = 34 m

divided by TIME. t = 28 s
Find: velocity ( v )
v=d/t ------ EQUATION 1 Solution:
v = d/t
EXAMPLE: = 34m / 28s
A student is going to school and walks 34 m in 28 s. v = 1.21 m/s
What is the velocity of the student?

 To solve for the TIME ( t ), use the EQUATION 1.1.  Given : v = 1.5 m/s
TIME is equal to DISPLACEMENT divided by d = 25 m
VELOCITY. Find: velocity ( v )
Solution:
t=d/v ------- EQUATION 1.1 t = d/v
= 25m / 1.5m/s
EXAMPLE: t = 16.67 s
If the student is walking with a velocity of 1.5 m/s
and covers a distance of 25 m. Find the time
covered.

 To solve for the DISPLACEMENT ( d ), use the  Given : v = 1.8 m/s

EQUATION 1.2 . t = 20 S
DISPLACEMENT is equal to VELOCITY Find: velocity ( v )
multiplied by TIME. Solution:
d=vt ------- EQUATION 1.2 d=vt
= (1.8 m/s)(20 s)
d = 36 m
EXAMPLE: If the student runs with a velocity of
1.8 m/s for 20 s. Determine the
distance covered.
UNIT 4 – FORCES, MOTION, AND ENERGY

NAME: GRADE & SECTION:

UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION: HORIZONTAL DIMENSION

WORKSHEET # 2 MODULE
Acceleration
- the rate of change of velocity over time. An accelerating object is speeding up, slowing down, or
changing the direction in which it is moving.
- Acceleration is a vector quantity—that is, it has both a magnitude and a direction.

UNITS
a acceleration meter per second square m/s2
kilometer per hour square km/h2
Vi initial velocity meter per second m/s
Vf final velocity kilometer per hour km/h
t time second s
hour h
d displacement meter m
kilometer km

EXAMPLE:
If the initial velocity is 24.7 m/s2 and the final velocity is 49.2 m/s2, what is the acceleration after 38
seconds have passed?

Find: t = ?
To find the time, use the equation
Calculate the difference of the final and initial velocity then divide it by the acceleration
t = vf - vi
a

Find: vf = ?
To find the final velocity, use the equation.
Multiply the acceleration and time then add the result to the value of initial velocity

Vf = a t + vi

Find: vi = ?
To find the time, use the equation
Multiply the acceleration and the time then subtract the result from the initial velocity

Vi = vf – a t
UNIT 4 – FORCES, MOTION, AND ENERGY

NAME: GRADE & SECTION:

UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION: VERTICAL DIMENSION

WORKSHEET # 3 MODULE
Free fall is the study of how objects fall in the absence of air resistance. After Galileo Galilei
performed innumerable experiments involving the falling of objects, he reached the
following experimental conclusion:

In the absence of air resistance, all objects fall with the same constant acceleration,

ag = 9.8 m/s2, this acceleration is called the acceleration of gravity.

This acceleration is always pointing downward independent of the direction of motion of the
object (upward or downward).

 To solve for the height (h)  To solve for final velocity ( Vf )

h = vi t + ½ ag t2 vf = vi + ag t

when Vi is zero or from rest when Vi is zero or from rest

(0 m/s), use: (0 m/s), use:
h = ½ a g t2 vf = ag t

when height (h) is given, use:

vf = √2agh

EXAMPLE:
Conan is playing with a ball on top of a building but the ball fell and hits the ground after 2.6 seconds,
how high is the building and what is the final velocity of the ball just before it hits the ground?
Given:
ag = -9.8 m/s2 --- negative (-) sign to indicate the direction which is downward
assume vi = 0 m/s
t = 2.6 s
Find:
a. h= ?
b. Vf = ?
Solution:
a. h = vi t + ½ ag t2
= (0 m/s)(2.6 s) + ½ (-9.8 m/s2)(2.6 s)2
= 0 m + ½ (-9.8 m/s2)(6.76 s2)
= 0 m + ½ (-66.248 m)
h = -33.124 m negative (-) because the motion is downward

b. vf = vi + ag t
= 0 m/s + (-9.8 m/s2)(2.6 s)
Vf = -26 m/s
negative (-) because the motion is downward
or

vf = √2agh
= √2(-9.8 m/s2) (- 33.124 m)
= √649.2304 m2/s2
= + 25.48 m/s
v - 25.48 m/s negative (-) because the motion is downward
f=
UNIT 4 – FORCES, MOTION, AND ENERGY

NAME: GRADE & SECTION:

UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION: TWO DIMENSIONS

WORKSHEET # 4 MODULE

HORIZONTAL

VERTICAL HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL

HORIZONTAL VERTICAL
X distance (m) y
VX velocity (m/s) yx
VXi initial velocity (m/s) yxi

Projectile motion- is a form of motion where a particle ( called a projectile ) is thrown obliquely near the
Earth’s surface, and it moves along a curved path under the action of the gravity. The path followed by
the projectile is called its trajectory.

EXAMPLE
 A marble is thrown horizontally from a table top with a velocity of 1.50 m/s. The marble falls 0.70 m away
from the table’s edge.
a. How high is the table?
b. What is the marble’s velocity just before it hits the floor?

Before you can find the height of the lab table, you must determine first how long the marble is in mid-
air. For the horizontal distance traveled, this equation x = xi + vxi t will be used.

Given: Find:
∆x = 0.70 m ∆t = ?
Vx = 1.50 m/s ∆t = ∆x/vx
Vyi = 0 m/s = 0.70 m/ 1.50 m/s
∆t = 0.47 s ---- total time of the marble in air

Now that you know the time it took the marble to reach the ground, you can find the vertical distance it
travelled in the same time.
Use the equation ∆y = - ½ agt2
a.
∆y = - ½ (9.8 m/s2)(0.47 s)2
∆y = - 1.08 m --- below the table

1.08 m --- height of the table

table
b.
To determine the magnitude of the resultant velocity, find first the two velocity components and then solve
for the resultant using the Pythagorean Theorem equation v2 = v2x + v2y

The horizontal velocity is uniform at 1.50 m/s while the vertical velocity is
uniformly accelerated at vy = vyi - agt where vyi = 0 m/s

Solve
vy = vyi - agt
= 0 m/s - (9.8 m/s2)(0.47 s)
vy = - 4.606 m/s --- downward