DISTANCE/TIME graphs

DISTANCE/TIME graphs

MATCHING activity (1 min.)

https://www.sciencequiz.net/newjcscience/jcphysics/motion/distance_time_graph.htm

FILL IN THE GAPS activity (1 min.)

https://www.sciencequiz.net/newjcscience/jcphysics/motion/distance_time_clz.htm

Multiple Choice

What is a measurement of how fast an object is moving?

• Velocity

• Speed

• Vector

• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

All of the following are units of speed except:

• Km/hr
• Km
• Kilometer per hour
• Kilometer/Hour

Multiple Choice

What can be measured in seconds (s)?

• Distance

• Time

• Speed

• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Convert 2hrs 30minutes into a decimal.

• 2.05
• 2.5
• 2.25
• 2.30

Multiple Choice

What can be measured in meters (m)?

• Distance

• Time

• Speed

• Acceleration

Multiple Choice

How would you find the average speed of a marathon runner throughout an entire race?

• Ask a magic 8 ball
• You would take the entire distance the runner traveled and divide the distance by the total time it took the runner to complete the race.
• run along side them and eyeball it
• Ask Alexa

Multiple Choice

Constant speed is:

• When the speed increases or decreases
• When the speed of the object does not change

Multiple Choice

A bus carrying Ava's friends to a soccer game traveled 10 km in 30 minutes. To determine the average speed of the bus in km/hr, your first step would be to __________?

• convert speed to distance
• convert minutes to hours
• convert hours to seconds
• convert seconds to hours

Multiple Choice

Friday, Brooklyn walked her usual 5000 m to school in 60 minutes. On Monday her speed was 75 m/min. On which day was Brooklyn's speed better?

• Monday, she really wanted to get to school

• Friday, she was excited to celebrate Fri-yay!

• Tuesday, she was sleep walking.

• Saturday, she forgot where she was going.

Multiple Choice

Which ticker-tape diagram best shows an object moving FAST, at a constant speed?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following shows an object that is accelerating?

• A

• B

• They are both going in the same speed.

Multiple Choice

Akela rode her bike 48 km for 3 hours, she rested for 1/2 an hour and then rode another 24 km for 1 hours. What was the total distance she rode on her bike?

• 24 km
• 72 km
• 48 km
• 76 km

Multiple Choice

Akela rode her bike 48 km for 3 hours, she rested for 1/2 an hour and then rode another 24 km for 1 hours. What was her average speed?

Now take a piece of paper and draw a graph showing Akela's journey.

• 16 km/hr

• 18 km/hr

• 40 km/hr

• 4.5 km/hr

Multiple Choice

Car A traveled 25mph for 3 hours, stopped for an hour, and then traveled 35mph for 4 hours. Car B traveled an average speed of 43 mph for 5hours. Which car traveled a greater distance?

Now, take a pen and paper and draw a graph showing the two cars and their journeys.

• They both traveled the same distance

• Car A

• Car B

Multiple Choice

Which of the graphs shows that one of runners started 10 yards further ahead of the other (note that graph c is the bottom right and graph d is the bottom left)? 

• Graph A
• Graph B
• Graph C
• Graph D

Multiple Choice

Determine if the object was accelerating between 40 seconds and 60 seconds. 
SPEED = DISTANCE/TIME

• No, the speed stayed the same
• Yes, the speed increased
• Yes, the speed decreased
• Yes. the speed stayed same

Multiple Choice

Determine the speed at 20 seconds based on the information shown in the graph.  Speed = distance/time

• 2 m/s
• 10 m/s
• 20 m/s
• .5 m/s

Multiple Choice

Using the graph provided, how long did it a ball to roll 30 cm?  What was the average speed of the ball?

• 35 seconds, 1.17 cm/s
• 30 seconds, 1 cm/s
• 30 seconds, 1.17 cm/s
• 35 seconds, 1 cm/s