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What formula would this go to?
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 does a horizontal line in a velocity graph indicate?

The object is at rest (no movement)

100
What formula is m/s an example unit?
speed or average 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 does a horizontal line on an speed vs time graph indicate?
The object is traveling at a same (constant) velocity
200

What is the formula for time?

Distance/ 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? (Remember, the units must be m/s or km/hr)
.7 m/s
300
Distance = 20 meters Time = 4 minutes Direction = south What is the velocity of this object?
5 m/s south
300

Ms. Gissubel is given a speeding ticket for driving through a neighborhood. She traveled an average speed of 30 mph. The speed limit in the neighborhood is 30 mph. Is she guilty or innocent?

Guilty! Her speed changed throughout the trip. At the time of the ticket, she was probably going faster.

300
Which of our formulas must have a direction in order to be complete?
velocity
300
What does a distance vs time graph with a straight (linear) line indicate about a moving object?
It's moving at a constant speed
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

Why is it important to know the velocity of a hurricane and not just the speed?

Velocity includes direction. Knowing only the speed does not tell us what direction it is moving.

400
For what formula would decimeters/hour east be a possible unit?
velocity
400

Look at the picture on the board. How long were they stopped total?

10 seconds

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 km at a rate of 20 m/s. How much time did it take him to do this in seconds?
100s
500

Mrs. Quinn goes to her sister's house in Basking Ridge in 1 hour. She returns back to Middletown in 2 hours (ugh traffic). Basking Ridge and Middletown are 75 km away. What is her average speed for the whole trip?

50 km/h

500

What is the formula for distance?

speed x time

500

Look at the graph on the board. How fast were they traveling at 1 second?

10 meters

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