Speed Calculations
Distance or Time Calculations
Distance/Time Graphs
Distance-Time Graphs Calculations
Vocabulary
100
The calculation for speed
What is Distance / Time
100
Bob travels at a constant speed of 100 miles per hour. How far does he go after 12 hours?
1200 miles
100
A horizontal line on this type of graph represents an object doing this...
What is Rest (or resting, stopped, not moving)?
100
The line segment which shows this object is speeding up
A horizontal line on this graph indicates this.
What is THERE isn't one! All straight lines means constant speed!
100
The distance traveled in a given amount of time.
What is speed?
200
Distance:70 meters Time: 10 seconds
What is 7 m/s?
200
Bob is traveling at a speed of 100 miles per hour. How long does it take him to travel 2500 miles?
25 hours.
200
A sloped linear line represents an object is doing this.
What is having a constant speed?
200
The time it takes this object to reach its dinner destination after stopping only once for lunch AND the how long was dinner?
What is 12 hours to reach dinner destination and dinner was 2 hours long?
200
Used to identify the location of another person, place or thing. ----a common starting point to locate something
What is a reference point?
300
The cafeteria is 80 meters from Mrs. Croghan's room. If you arrive in the classroom 40 seconds after leaving lunch, this will be your average speed.
What is 2 m/s?
300
If Sam is traveling 350 miles and it planning on driving at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour, how long will it take him to get to his destination?
7 hours.
300
What does the steepness (slope) of the line tell us about the object's motion? "The steeper the line the..."
What is "the steeper the line, the faster the object is moving?"
300
The image that show a car that is speeding up
A, B, C, D
What is image C?
300
The total distance an object travels over the total amount of time to travel this distance.
What is Average Speed?
400
It takes me 6 hours to drive to Nashville, TN. My route is 300 miles long. This is my average speed.
What is 50 miles per hour
400
Donnie arrived to work 30 minutes after leaving his house. If he was traveling at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour, how far away was his work from his home?
25 miles. (Turn the 30 minutes into 0.5 hours)
400
A negative slope on this type of graph indicated this.
What is "the object moving closer to the starting point."
400
What image shows an object that is moving at a constant rate?
A, B, C, D
What is image B?
400
True or False
You can determine the speed of an object by looking at a distance time graph.
What is true?
500
A flock of birds migrating North travel 1,176 miles in 170 hours. What is the average speed of the flock in miles per day?
168 MILES/DAY
500
Mark has to ride his bike down two streets to get to school. The first street was 240 meters long and his speed was 2 meters per second. The second street was 720 meters long and during this time, he moved at a speed of 3 meters per second. How long did it take Mark to get to school?
360 seconds, or 6 minutes
500
A curved line starting with a steeper slope that transitions into a less steeper slope indicates this.
What is "the object is decelerating?"
500
The speed of the object between A and B
What is .6 km/hr?
500
The variable that goes on the x-axis of a distance-time graph
What is the independent variable (time)?