Distance, Speed, and Time Task Cards

Distance, Speed, and Time Task Cards

by Mrs Zeitler

Multiple Choice

What is the motion of the car in the graph?

• The car is speeding up

• The car is slowing down

• The car is at a constant speed towards a reference point

• The car is at a constant speed away from a reference point

Multiple Choice

What is the motion of the car in the graph?

• The car is speeding up

• The car is slowing down

• The car is at a constant speed

• The car is not moving

Multiple Choice

What is the motion of the car in the graph?

• The car is moving quickly

• The car is not moving

• The car is moving towards the reference point

• The car is changing direction

Multiple Choice

What is the motion of the car in the graph?

• The car is slowing down

• The car is going slow at a constant speed

• The car is speeding up

• The car is changing direction

Multiple Choice

Which line shows a faster speed in the graph?

• The dotted line shows a faster speed

• The solid line shows a faster speed

Multiple Choice

What is happening to the motion of the walker in the graph?

• The walker changed direction away from the reference point

• The walker changed direction towards the reference point

• The walker started to slow down

• The walker started to speed up

Multiple Choice

Which graph shows the runners starting their race at the same spot?

• Graph A

• Graph B

Multiple Choice

What variable ALWAYS goes on the x-axis (bottom) on a distance-time graph?

• Distance

• Time

• Runners

• Averages

Multiple Choice

Which line shows a runner stopping closer to the "starting line" than the other?

• The dotted line

• The solid line

Multiple Choice

Which line shows a slower speed in the graph?

• The dotted line

• The solid line

Multiple Choice

Which graph shows two runners running at the same speed?

• Graph A

• Graph B

Multiple Choice

What variable goes on the y-axis (on the side) in a distance-time graph?

• Distance

• Time

• Runners

• Averages

Multiple Choice

What is the motion of the car in the graph?

• The car is slowing down then speeding up

• The car is speeding up then slowing down

Multiple Choice

What is the motion of the car in the graph?

• The car is speeding up, then slowing down, away from the reference point

• The car is speeding up,  then slowing down, towards the reference point

Multiple Choice

True or False: both runners in the graph started at the same spot?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which graph shows a person leaving their house, stopping to tie their shoe, and then continuing in the same direction away from the reference point?

• Graph A

• Graph B

• Graph C

Multiple Choice

When the car starts its motion in the graph, are they going fast or slow?

• Starts off going slow

• Starts off going fast

Multiple Choice

Does the car represented in the graph start off going fast or slow?

• Starts off going slow

• Starts off going fast

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: both runners are running in the same direction, in relation to the reference point?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which graph shows acceleration?

• Graph A

• Graph B

• Graph C

• Graphs A, B and C