Speed Calculations
Distance/Time Graphs
Speed/Time Graphs
Vocabulary
100
The calculation for speed
What is Distance / Time
100
This graph shows this kind of speed (Pick one) Accelerating, Constant, Decelerating, Rest
What is Rest?
100
The horizontal line tells us this about the object's motion
What is constant non-zero speed
100
The ability to do work
What is energy?
200
Distance:70 meters Time: 10 seconds
What is 7 m/s?
200
This graph is showing this type of speed. (Pick one) Accelerating, Constant, Decelerating, Rest
What is Constant?
200
What this graph tells us about the object's motion.
What is No motion?
200
The measurement of the speed of an object at a specific instant in time
What is Instantaneous Speed?
300
The playground is 80 meters from Mrs. Barlow's room. If you arrive in the classroom 40 seconds after leaving recess, this will be your average speed.
What is 2 m/s
300
What does the steepness (slope) of the line tell us about the object's motion? "The steeper the line the..."
What is the steeper the line, the faster the object is moving?
300
What this slope tell us about the object's motion?
What is acceleration?
300
Factors the cause potential or kinetic energy to increase
What is height and mass?
400
It takes me 6 hours to drive to Nashville, TN. My route is 3,000 miles long. This is my average speed.
What is 50 miles per hour
400
What the line tell us about the object's motion.
What is the object moving closer to the starting point
400
What the slope tells us about the object's motion.
What is deceleration?
400
The energy n object possesses due to its movement
What is kinetic energy?
500
If a cat gets separated from its family and travels 75 miles in 50 hours with a peak speed of 10 mph what is the cat's average speed?
1.5 mph
500
What this curved line tells us about the object's motion
What is the object decelerating?
500
What the steepness (slope) of a line indicate. "The steeper the line, the..."
What is the steeper the line, the faster the acceleration?
500
The measurement of the TOTAL distance and object travels over the TOTAL time it takes to travel that distance
What is average speed?