Free Fall
Kinematics
Motion
Vocabulary
Graphing
100
What is the displacement of an object that is launched upwards 60 m/s and has been in the air for 5.0 s?
180m
100

What is the final velocity of a cart with no acceleration that started traveling 60 m/s?

60 m/s

100

An object moving to the left with an increasing speed has a____________________ acceleration

What is negative

100

What is the change in velocity divided by some time interval?

average acceleration

100

what axis does the independent variable go on?

x

200
What is the velocity of a diver after 1.6 s?
-16 m/s
200

What is the displacement of an object that starts 5.0 m traveling 10 m/s away from the origin and accelerates for 13 s at a rate of 8.3 m/s2

830 m

200

An object slowing down to the left has a _____________________ acceleration

positive

200

What is the speed at a particular time called?

instantaneous speed

200

What is the plot of how fast something goes in a certain amount of time called?

velocity time graph or speed time graph

300
What is the acceleration of a raindrop?
-9.8 m/s2
300
What is the final velocity of an object that starts with a velocity of 14 m/s and accelerates 8.9 m/s2 from a point 23 m away from the origin to a point 2008 m away from the origin?
190 m/s
300

What is the slope of a position time graph?

velocity

300

What is the difference between to times?

change in time or time interval

300

What does the slope of a displacement time graph represent?

velocity

400
What is the impact velocity of a ball dropped off of a 200. m cliff?
-62.6 m/s
400
An automobile starts at rest and speeds up at 3.5 m/s2. How far will it have gone when it reaches 25 m/s?
89m
400

what is the distance and displacement of a man who runs 800 m North then 600 m south then 300 m north again

distance-1700m

displacement-500m N

400

What is the change in position?

displacement

400

What is the slope of a distance time graph?

speed

500
Find the time an object falls 400 m for
What is 9s
500
Find the initial velocity of an object that reaches a velocity of 100. m/s after accelerating 2.3 m/s2 for 8.0 s
What is 82 m/s
500

What is the slope of a velocity vs time graph?

acceleration

500

What is the starting position often called in physics

origin

500

What will the acceleration vs. time graph look like for an object with a linear slope in the velocity vs time graph

constant acceleration, horizontal line