What is the term for speed at any instant in time?
instantaneous speed
What can we find with a distance vs time graph?
speed of an object
What do you call the total distance traveled by an object divided by the total amount of time needed to travel?
Average speed
What is the average speed of a cow that walks east 60 meters in 90 seconds?
.7 m/s
Distance = 20 meters Time = 4 seconds Direction = south What is the velocity of this object?
5 m/s south
Motion is a change in ___________.
position
What does a distance vs time graph with a straight line indicate about a moving object?
The distance is increasing at a steady rate over time.
A porcupine moved toward a pond at a speed of 5 m/s. It took him 8 seconds. What was the distance he traveled?
40 meters
An object travels 25 meters in 2 seconds east. What is it's velocity?
12.5 m/s east (must include direction!)
When a car slows down at a traffic light, what is it doing?
accelerating or decelerating
What does a horizontal line in a distance time graph indicate?
The object is at rest (no movement)
A pink alien moved south in it's spacecraft 2 m at a rate of 20 m/s. How much time did it take him to do this in seconds?
.1 s
How would you describe the acceleration of this object? - 14 m/s squared, east
deceleration, negative acceleration, decrease in 14 m/s every second
If you ride your bike around the block, returning to the exact point where you started, what is your displacement?
Zero