Distance and Displacement
Position-Time Graphs
Speed and Velocity
Speed-Time Graphs
Acceleration
100
What is the difference between distance and displacement.
Distance is the total amount (length) than an object has travelled, displacement how far an object is from its starting position and the direction it has moved.
100
Draw a Position-Time graph of a man standing still.
Zero slope line. Does not need to be at zero.
100
What is the difference between speed and velocity?
Velocity includes a direction
100
Draw a Speed-Time Graph of a woman standing still.
Flat line at zero.
100
What is the equation for acceleration?
(Final velocity - Initial velocity)/Time
200
A man drove 300 miles south towards Kansas City. What was his distance travelled?
300 miles
200
In a Position-Time graph, what is the slope of the graph related to?
Speed or Velocity
200
What is the equation for speed?
Speed = Distance/Time
200
In a Speed-Time Graph what is the slope related to?
Acceleration
200
A car slowing down at a stop light is an example of what type of acceleration? (Positive, Negative, Zero)
Negative
300
Mr. Schmidt drove 150 miles West towards Colorado and then drove 50 miles East back towards Nebraska. What was his displacement?
100 miles West
300
Draw a Position-Time graph for the following: A chipmunk runs towards you, but then it gets scared and runs away.
Downward slope, upward slope
300
It takes John 2 hours to walk 80 miles. What was his average speed?
40 miles/hour
300
Draw a Speed-Time Graph of the following: A car is driving along at a constant speed of 25 miles/hour. It the comes to a stop at a red light.
Flat (non-zero) line, downward slope to zero
300
When can an object experience an acceleration, but not change speed?
Changes directions
400
An airplane flies from California due East towards Virginia and back again. There are 2200 miles between the two airports. What was the distance travelled?
4400 miles
400
Draw a Position-Time Graph of the following: Jim is waiting to get into a concert. He stands in line and the line does not move. A little while later the line begins to move slowly. After he picks up his tickets he can walk quickly to his seat.
Flat line (not necessarily at zero), small positive slope, large positive slope
400
Annabeth's average walking speed is 2 m/s. She wants to know how long it will take her to walk 500 meters.
250 seconds
400
Draw a Speed-Time Graph of the following: Emma is riding her bicycle at a constant speed. She starts to ride up a hill, but slows down. After she rides over the top she accelerates down the hill.
Downward slope, upward slope
400
A bear is sitting down eating some food. It then sees a wild deer and starts to run, reaching a speed of 20 feet/second. It took the bear 5 seconds to reach this speed, what was its acceleration?
4 m/s2
500
A basketball player starts the game on the bench. She plays the second and third quarter before fouling out. She takes her same seat on the bench. What was her displacement?
0 m
500
Describe the motion of the following graph. http://www.patana.ac.th/secondary/science/anrophysics/unit1/images/s-t%20graph.png
move forward, Stationary, Move forward faster, Move backward
500
Juan is riding his bike at a speed of 10 feet/second. If it takes him 2 minutes to get to his school, how far away does Juan live from his school?
1200 feet
500
Describe the following Speed-Time Graph: http://www.edu.xunta.es/ftpserver/portal/S_EUROPEAS/FQ/1stBAC_archivos/Exams_archivos/image003.gif
Getting faster, constant speed, getting faster
500
An elephant is running at a speed of 15 m/s and slows to a speed of 5 m/s. If it takes the elephant 2 seconds to do so, what was its acceleration?
-5 m/s2
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