Line Graphs
Velocity
Acceleration
Formulas
Vocabulary!
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What are the coordinates for the point of origin?

(0, 0)

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What kind of measurement is velocity?
vector measurement
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When the slope on an acceleration line graph goes down, what kind of acceleration is it?
negative acceleration
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What is the formula for finding velocity?
velocity = distance / time; v = d / t
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speeding up
positive acceleration
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What are the numbers on the x and y axis called?
Scale
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What kind of measurement is speed?
Scalar measurement
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When the slope on an acceleration line graph go up, what kind of acceleration is it?
positive acceleration
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What is the formula for acceleration?
acceleration = change in velocity / time; a = Vf- Vi / t
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speed slows down
negative acceleration
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the space between the numbers on the scale
interval
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speed in a certain direction
velocity
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When the slope on an acceleration line graph does not go up or down and stays straight, what is happening?
constant velocity or constant speed
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What is the unit of measurement for velocity?
meters per second (m/s)
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to remain the same...does not change
constant
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What is the slope of the line on a velocity or speed line graph?
speed (velocity)
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Speed is velocity when what is added?
direction
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A car starts at the bottom of a hill with a velocity of 30 m/s and 5 seconds later it is at the top of the hill going at a velocity of 15 m/s. What was the acceleration of the car?
-3 m/s 2
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What is the unit of measurement for acceleration?
m / S 2
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a change in velocity
acceleration
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The slope of the line in an acceleration line graph shows what?
acceleration
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What was the velocity of a runner traveling twenty meters in forty seconds?
velocity = .5 m/s
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The bicyclist started the race and half way through the race at 20 seconds she had a velocity of 5 m/s. Ten seconds later her velocity was 10 m/s. What was her acceleration?
.5 m/s 2
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the opposite of acceleration; another word for negative acceleration
deceleration