Understanding Motion Concepts

Front

Difference between distance and displacement?

Back

Distance: total path length; Displacement: shortest straight-line distance with direction.

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Displacement after walking 300m east and 400m west?

Back

100 metres west.

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Distance-time graph representation: Distance on y-axis, time on x-axis; slope indicates speed.

Back

Correct answer: Plot distance on y-axis and time on x-axis; slope represents speed.

Front

Slope of a distance-time graph indicates:

Back

Speed of an object.

Front

Speed of a car that travels 60 miles in 1 hour?

Back

60 miles per hour

Front

Average speed of a cyclist traveling 15 miles in 2.5 hours?

Back

6 miles per hour

Front

Formula for average speed?

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Average Speed = Total Distance / Total Time

Front

Runner's speed for 100m in 10s?

Back

10 metres per second

Front

Object at rest on a motion graph:

Back

Horizontal line indicates rest.

Front

Significance of a flat line on a distance-time graph?

Back

The object is at rest.