Motion Vocabulary
Calculating Velocity
Distance over Time Graphs
Acceleration
Acceleration Graphs
100

Rate at which an object moves and the direction that it moves in.

What is velocity ?

100
V=? d= 30 meters t= 1.5 seconds
What is 20 meters/second?
100

Motion of a car if the line on the velocity graph is horizontal.

What is not moving?

100
a=? vi= 10 meters/second vf= 30 meters/second t= 4 seconds
What is 5 meters/second squared?
100

Motion of a car if the line on the acceleration graph is horizontal.

What is not accelerating

(constant motion)?

200

a measurement that contains both a magnitude + direction

What is a vector ?

200
The speed of a train car indicates that it traveled 200 meters in 25 seconds.
What is 8 meters/second?
200

Velocity of line segment A?



What is +15 km/hr ?

200
a=? vi= 20 meters/second vf= 5 meters/second t= 2 seconds
What is -7.5 meters/second squared?
200

Acceleration of line segment A

What is 0.12 m/s squared?

300

The distance and direction an object is from it's starting position.

What is displacement?

300
V= 320 meters/second d=? t= 5 seconds
What is 1600 meters?
300

Speed of segment C

What is 60 km/hr?

300
A car going 75 mph (35 m/s) hits a wall and comes to a stop. It takes 1.25 s for the car to come to a stop
What is -28 meters/second squared?
300

Acceleration of interval B

What is 0 m/s squared

400
Change in velocity.
What is acceleration?
400

A rock climber takes 5 minutes to climb 60 meters vertically.

What is 0.2 meters/second or 12 m/ hr

400

Displacement of Line segment D

What is - 60 km?

400
The acceleration of a car traveling at 10 meters/second that takes 20 seconds to stop.
What is -0.5 meters/second squared?
400

the description of the motion of line segment E (be specific)

What is negatively accelerating (slowing down) while moving backwards (back to the start)?

500

It is the point at which an object is viewed from.

What is reference point?

500

It takes a bear 4.0 hours to runs 1852 meters.

(answer in m/s)

What is 0.13 meters/second?

500

The time of interval B

What is 1 hour?

500

The acceleration of a race car that goes from a pace car speed of 400,000 meters/second to full speed of 900,000 meters/second in 10 seconds.

What is 50,000 meters/second squared?

500

The acceleration of interval D

What is -0.05 m/s squared?