Distance/Time Graphs
Speed, Distance, Time
Displacement
Vocabulary
Mystery Column
100
The measurement located on the X-Axis
What is Time?
100
If an object travels 300 miles in 10 hours, what is the object's speed? (Write your unit!)
30 mph
100
If the child rode on the red path from one tree to the next tree, what is their displacement?
5m
100
The time rate at which an object is moving along a path.
Speed
100
Which graph shows the fastest, constant speed in a forward direction?
Graph B
200
When was the object stopped?
Segment C
or
Time 8s to 13s
200
A dog was running 0.5 m/s down a path. If it took him 30s to get to the end, how long was the path?
15 meters
200
What is the object's displacement at 40 minutes?
4 km
200
Speed on a distance-time graph is the same thing as this.
Slope
200
Which object is moving fastest?
Object A
300
When was the object moving backward?
Segment B and/or E
300
Rick was 30 miles away from a concert venue. He wanted to get there in 0.5 hours. He was not going to give up his goal, so he drove 60 mph all the way there. did he get there in 0.5 hours?
Yes, he would get there in exactly 0.5 hours
300
What was the object's displacement at t=18 hours?
0 km
300
An object's overall change in position.
Displacement
300
When was the object moving the fastest?
Segment C
400
A roller coaster leaving the top of an incline and travelings down is represented by which graph.
Graph D
400
Will runs the 100 m race at a speed of 2 m/s. Chandler asked Will to time him while he ran the 100 m. Chandler's time was 25 seconds. Does Chandler run faster than Will and what was his speed?
Yes, Chandler's speed was 4 m/s.
400
A child walked 3 miles west, 6 miles south, 3 miles east, and 4 miles north. What is their displacement? (include distance and direction)
2 miles south
400
The speed of an object at one instant of time
Instantaneous Speed
400
If each yellow line represents 1 block, what is the position of the taxicab to the school? Exclude the yellow line under the taxicab (ex: 1 block north, 2 blocks east)
3 blocks east, 4 blocks north
500
When would this object get 50 meters away from the starting position? (Write your unit!)
25 seconds
500
What is true about time, if speed is increasing but distance is staying the same.
Time is decreasing
500
If a person traveled from A to B to D to C and back to A, how could you write describe each segment's distance and direction? (example: 4 units North)
6 units east
4 units south
6 units west
4 units north
500
A place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion
Reference Point
500
Patrick just finished a 15.0-mile race in 3.0 hour. If it usually takes him 5.0 hours to walk the same route, how much faster did Patrick run it?
2 mph