Graphing relationships
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Simple calculations
100
Find the velocity.
What is the 10 m/s?
100
The term for something that only has a magnitude
What is a scalar?
100
This means how far something has traveled and it is a scalar
What is distance?
100
The unit of mass in physics
What is the kilogram?
100
You walk 20 meters West and then 10 meters East. What is the total distance.
What is 30 m?
200
What is initial velocity?
What is a 0 m/s?
200
The term for something in physics that has magnitude and direction
What is a vector?
200
This term is the change in position of an object
What is displacement?
200
The units for velocity in physics
What is m/s?
200
You walk 20 meters West and then 10 meters East. What is your displacement?
What is 10 meters WEST?
300
5 parts to creating a good graph
Title, data, labels, intervals, axes
300
Name two things in physics that are scalars
answers vary
300
The term in physics can be thought of as "speed with a direction"
What is velocity?
300
The units for acceleration in physics
What is m/s/s?
300
An object is thrown straight up in the air and we observe it until it reaches its peak. What kind of motion is exhibited, and in what direction?
Acceleration downward
400
Slope of a displacement vs time graph
What is velocity?
400
This is a term that is used to describe the tendency for an object to stay at rest or stay in motion at constant velocity
What is inertia?
400
This term is the rate at which the velocity is changing
What is acceleration?
400
If I walk 40 meters southwest in 10 seconds, what is my average velocity?
4 m/s southwest
400
If a car is traveling east at 30 mph, and then hits the brakes to slow down and stop for a stoplight, what kind of motion is exhibited, and in what direction?
Acceleration to the west
500
Slope of a velocity vs time graph
What is acceleration?
500
Name 3 things in physics that are vectors
Answers vary
500
This term refers to a condition where something is falling at an acceleration that is equal to the acceleration from gravity
What is free fall?
500
If I walk 30 meters east, and then 35 meters west, what is my displacement?
5 meters west
500
An object is dropped from rest and falls for 3 seconds. What kind of motion is exhibited, and in what direction?
Acceleration downward