Position vs Time
Velocity vs Time
Basic Concepts
True or False
100
Determine the resulting displacement during these 16 seconds.
0 meters
100
How fast was the object traveling for the first 4 seconds?
4 m/s
100
The standard unit for measuring displacement in the International System of Units (SI).
What is meters?
100
An object moving with a constant velocity has zero acceleration.
True
200
What is the total distance walked during these 8 seconds?
16 m
200
Determine the acceleration from 5 to 8 seconds.
0 m/s2
200
The rate at which displacement changes over time
What is velocity?
200
Speed is a vector quantity.
False
300
What is the average speed from 0 to 8 seconds?
0.5 m/s
300
Determine the accelereation.
-3.0 m/s2
300
A quantity having direction as well as magnitude.
What is a vector?
300
An object can have a negative acceleration and still be speeding up.
True
400
What was the fastest speed during any of the time intervals?
4 m/s
400
What is the acceleration from 10 to 15 seconds?
6.0 m/s2
400
The slope of a velocity vs time graph
What is acceleration?
400
Displacement can never be greater than the distance traveled
True
500
Determine the velocities at which student 1 (in red) and student 2 (in blue) move.
Student 1: 2.5 m/s
Student 2: -4.0 m/s
500
At what time did the object change directions?
3 seconds
500
The velocity of an object at a specific moment in time
What is instantaneous velocity?
500
If an object's velocity is zero, its acceleration must also be zero
False