Stupendous Speed
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Questions about Graphs
100
What is the formula for speed?
Speed = Distance / Time
100
What is the formula for velocity?
Velocity = Distance / Time with a direction
100
What is the formula for acceleration?
Acceleration = Final Velocity - Initial Velocity / change in time with a direction
100

What is the term for speed at any instant in time?

instantaneous speed

100

What can we find with a distance vs time graph?

speed of an object

200
How is speed different from velocity?
velocity needs a direction
200
What is the velocity of an object that is moving 6 meters in 2 seconds east?
3 m/s east
200
What are three ways we can tell if something is accelerating?
speeding up slowing down changing direction
200

What do you call the total distance traveled by an object divided by the total amount of time needed to travel?

Average speed

200
What goes on the x axis?
time
300

What is the average speed of a cow that walks east 60 meters in 90 seconds? 

.7 m/s

300

Distance = 20 meters Time = 4 seconds Direction = south What is the velocity of this object?

5 m/s south

300
Final Velocity = 50 m/s south Initial Velocity = 60 m/s south Time to change velocity = 5 seconds What is the acceleration of this object?
-2 m/s squared, south
300

Motion is a change in ___________.

position

300

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.

400

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

400

An object travels 25 meters in 2 seconds east. What is it's velocity?

12.5 m/s east (must include direction!)

400
How would you describe negative acceleration? You must use the word "velocity".
decrease in velocity over time
400

When a car slows down at a traffic light, what is it doing?

accelerating or decelerating

400

What does a horizontal line in a distance time graph indicate?

The object is at rest (no movement)

500
What is the speed of an object moving east for 6 seconds at 105.3 m/s?
105.3 m/s
500

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

500

How would you describe the acceleration of this object? - 14 m/s squared, east

deceleration, negative acceleration, decrease in 14 m/s every second

500

If you ride your bike around the block, returning to the exact point where you started, what is your displacement?

Zero

500
What does a horizontal line on an speed vs time graph indicate?
The object is traveling at a same (constant) velocity
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