Graphs
Distance
Displacement
Speed
Acceleration
100
What goes on the x-axis of the speed and acceleration graphs?
What is time?
100
Total amount traveled from place to place.
What is distance?
100
This is the change in position from point A to point B.
What is displacement?
100
This is an example of units that are appropriate for speed.
What is m/s, mi/hr, km/s, km/hr, etc.?
100
Increasing or decreasing in speed over time gives us this type of motion.
What is acceleration?
200
What type of graph is this? (speed or acceleration)
What is acceleration?
200
If you park your car and walk 3 miles around the park and head back to your car. How far have you traveled?
What is 3 miles?
200
My friend ran around the track 46 times and came back to a stop where he started. 4 laps around the track is a mile, so what is his displacement?
What is 0 miles?
200
My brother was riding his bike downhill when he realized he was going way too fast. When I check to see how fast he traveled down the 30m hill, I realized it only took him 3 seconds. What was his speed?
What is 10m/s?
300
What does this speed graph represent?
What is constant speed?
300
My best friend ran around the track at school 46 times. If 4 laps around the track is a mile, how far did he run?
What is 11.5 miles?
300
My dog and I walked from out car to the pet store that was down the street. Since there was construction we had to take a detour 2 blocks east, 4 blocks north, 2 blocks west, and 3 blocks south. What is our displacement?
What is 1 block North?
300
Traveling on the highway for vacation took forever. We ended up traveling 1650 miles over the 20.6 hours, what was our speed?
What is 80 mi/hr?
400
What are the units for the acceleration shown in the graph?
What are meters per second2?
400
I walked my dog for 45 km then turned left and walked 35 km. My dog got tired so we walked back the same path to the house, how far did we walk?
What is 160 km?
400
I'm running late for my class which is around the corner and down the hall. The first hallway I ran down headed north and was 30 m long and after I turned east, I had to run another 30 m. What is the displacement to my classroom?
What is 42.46 m North East?
400
If I'm driving 25 km/hr and it takes me 30 minutes to get to my destination how far did I travel?
What is 750 km?
400
I'm stopped at a stoplight when it turns green. It takes my car 30 seconds to reach a speed of 45 km/s. What is my acceleration?
What is 1.5 km/s2?
500
What does this speed vs time represent?
What is negative speed or slowing down?
500
I made a marble track that was 125 inches long and decided to test it out. When I placed the marble on the track and rolled it down, but it got stuck 71.12 cm from the finish line. How far did the marble travel?
What is 97 inches or 246.38 cm?
500
My boss had me run a lot of errands today. I had to drive North 40 miles, then East 30 miles, then North 60 miles, then south 120 miles, and finally west 30 miles. When I arrived back at work I gave him the supplies. What was my displacement?
What is 0 miles?
500
I'm running late and school starts soon, but I'm 150 miles away and the speed limit is 30 mi/hr. How long will it take me to get to school?
What is 5 hours?