CONCEPTS-A FLOWCHART

BASIC
MOTION

Speed
Types of Motion

Distance-Tim
It is the distance covered
by an
object in a unit time

Speed TotalTotal
distance covered
time taken Molion Graph
Unifom Motion
along a .Basic unit of speed is m/s. ntedof objdistaneect can
byoresetheir in
An object movingconstant
straight line
with a
to be in
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The distance-time pictoral trte h
speed is
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Measurement of Speed for the
moving motwithion of anh
unifom motion
speed is the .Speedometer in vehicles
The averageactual speed.
same as the
gives the speed
in kilometres speedisa straightlintcOnders
a

per hour
Odometer records the total
Non-uniform Motion distance covered by a vehicle.
of an object
f the speed line
moving along a straight is
its motion
keeps changing,
said to be non-uniform.
Measurement of Time
.Time between one
the next is a
day. sunrise and
Time between
one new moon and
other is a month.
noevf l h a o 916 fo The time taken by the earth to
complete
sun is a
one
revolution of the
year
Clocks or watches are
the most common time perhaps
devices measuring
Periodic motion of a
has been used to pendulum
make
and watches. clocks

Simple Pendulum
. The to and fro motion of
a
simple pendulum is an
example of a periodic or an
oscillatory motion.
The metallic ball of
the
pendulum is called the bob.
The time taken by the
pendulum to complete one
oscillation is called its time
period.