Graphing
A horizontal line on a position-time graph indicates that an object is doing this.
What is not moving
What is the given distance in this problem.
A cat runs 10 meters in 5 seconds.
What is 10 meters
This term describes the length and direction of a straight line from an object's starting point to its final position.
What is dislacement?
The variable for distance
What is d
A bicycle travels 80 m in 10 s. Find the speed.
What are the variable?
d =
v =
t =
d = 80m
s = 10s
v = unknown
The name of the axis at the bottom of a PT graph.
What is time
What is the givens time in this problem.
Marcus rides their bike for 5 mph for 10 minutes.
10 minutes
This is the displacement of a runner who completes one full lap around a 400-meter circular track.
What is zero (0)
The symbol for change
What is delta
A train travels 1,000 m in 50 s. Find the speed.
What are the givens:
d =
v =
t =
d = 1000m
v = unknown
t = 50s
If a position-time graph shows a straight line slanting downward from left to right, the object's velocity is this.
What is constant and negative
What is the shortest distance and direction between the initial and final position.
Displacement
It has both magnitude and direction.
Vector quality
What is the unknown: d, s, or t
A snail crawls 12 meters West across a garden path. It travels at a velocity of 2 meters per second West. How much time does it take the snail?
T = time
A runner travels at 5 m/s for 60 seconds. Find the distance.
What are the variable?
d =
v =
t =
d = unknown
t = 60s
v = 5 m/s
The name of the Y axis
What is distance or position
The quality of a data point with only magnitude.
What is scalar
If you walk 4 meters east, turn around, and walk 2 meters west, this is your total displacement.
What is 2 meters east
What givens are provided in this problem?
A car drives down a straight highway for 120 miles East. The trip takes 2 hours. What is the car's velocity?
distance and time
A skateboarder travels 72 m in 12 s. Find the speed.
What formula do you use?
d=v*t , v=d/t , t=d/v
Solve for speed
v=d/t
What is the motion of an object with an upward (positive) sloped line.
Forwards
Can the distance and displacement be the same?
Yes, if it is a straight line.
This is what the slope of a position-time (or displacement-time) graph represents.
What is velocity
Which formula would you use to solve:
A skateboard rolls 20 meters East down a sidewalk. It takes 10 seconds to stop. What is the skateboard's velocity?
d=v*t
v=d/t
t=d/v
v=d/t
A train travels 2,000 m at 25 m/s. Find the time.
Which formula would you use.
v=d/t , d=v*t , t=d/v
t=d/v