Motion
SDT Calculations
Vocab
Distance vs Time
Speed vs Time
100

_______ is the movement of an object.

Motion

100

What is the formula to calculate the distance an object has traveled at a certain speed?

D = S x T

100

Speed that does not change

Constant Speed

100

What does a straight increasing diagonal line mean?

moving at a constant speed away from a reference point

100

What does a straight increasing diagonal line mean?

Accelerating

200

What is a way to describe motion?

Speed, direction or position

200

What is the formula to calculate the time an object has traveled? (a certain distance at a certain speed)

T = D/S

200

How far an object travels

Distance

200

What does a straight decreasing diagonal line mean?

A constant speed moving back towards a reference point

200

What does a straight decreasing diagonal line mean?

Decelerating

300

Motion happens when forces are _______.

Unbalanced

300

What is the speed of an object moving 100 meters in 20 seconds?

5 m/s

300

How fast an object is traveling…the distance it travels in a given time

Speed

300

What does a straight horizontal line mean?

No motion

300

What does a straight horizontal line mean?

Constant Speed

400

When forces are ________ no motion occurs.

Balanced

400

How far has a car traveled if it travels at 60 miles/hour for 5 hours?

300 Miles

400

The same thing as speed, but adds a direction

Velocity

400

How do you show acceleration?

Show me

400

True or False: The steeper the line, the faster the object is accelerating.

True

500

What is the calculation for speed?

S = D/T

500

A ball traveled 50 meters at 5 meters/second. How many seconds was it in the air?

10 seconds


500

A change in speed or direction

Acceleration

500

How do you show deceleration?

Show me

500

When you have a blank graph or a line on the x-axis, what does this mean?

No motion