position, velocity, acceleration graphs

​Position, velocity, and acceleration: graphs

By Erin Martin

Observe the man's motion and starting position in the video

Multiple Choice

What is the man's initial position?

• -10 m

• 0 m

• 1 m

• 10 m

Multiple Choice

Negative position means ____.

• the man is left of the 0 point

• the man is moving left

• the man is right of the 0 point

Multiple Choice

What kind of motion did he have?

• constant velocity

• speeding up

• slowing down

Multiple Choice

The slope of a position graph means

• velocity m/s

• position m

• acceleration m/s²

Multiple Choice

The man's velocity graph shows

• constant velocity

• speeding up

• slowing down

Multiple Choice

Positive velocity, above the x-axis on the graph, means the man is _____.

• moving right

• moving left

• speeding up

• slowing down

Observe the man's motion in this video

Multiple Choice

The man's motion:

• speeding up right

• constant velocity right

• speeding up left

• slowing down left

Multiple Choice

You can tell the man is moving right because

• the velocity graph is always above the x-axis

• the position graph is always above the x-axios

• the acceleration is constant

• the slope of the position graph is changing

Multiple Choice

The slope of the position graph is

• velocity

• displacement

• acceleration

• time

Multiple Choice

The acceleration of the man is

• decreasing

• constant

• increasing

Multiple Choice

The slope of the velocity graph is

• acceleration

• velocity

• displacement

• time

Multiple Select

You can tell the man is accelerating because

(choose all that are correct)

• the velocity graph is always above the x-axis

• the position graph is always above the x-axios

• the acceleration is not zero

• the slope of the position graph is getting steeper

Multiple Choice

You can tell the man has a constant acceleration on the velocity graph because

• the velocity graph is always above the x-axis

• the velocity graph is decreasing

• the slope of the velocity graph is constant

Multiple Choice

What kind of motion did he have?

• constant velocity

• speeding up

• slowing down

Multiple Choice

The man's velocity graph shows ____.

• constant velocity

• speeding up

• slowing down

Multiple Select

You can tell the man is going a constant velocity because (choose all that apply)

• the velocity graph does not change

• the acceleration is 0

• the position graph has 1 slope

• the velocity graph is below the x-axis

Multiple Choice

You can tell the man is moving to the left because ____.

• the velocity graph is below the x-axis

• the velocity graph is horizontal

• the acceleration graph is at 0

Review questions

Labelling

+v means moving right and -v means moving left, label where the velocity is + and -

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

+v

-v

Match

Match the following

constant velocity right

increasing velocity right

constant velocity left

• constant velocity right

• increasing velocity right

• constant velocity left

Match

Match the following

constant velocity right

increasing velocity right

constant velocity left

• constant velocity right

• increasing velocity right

• constant velocity left

Match

Match the following

• Slope of position graph

• Slope of velocity graph

• Change in position

velocity

acceleration

displacement

• velocity

• acceleration

• displacement

Multiple Choice

On a position graph, 1 slope means ____.

• 1 velocity

• 1 acceleration

• 1 position

• 1 time

Multiple Choice

On a velocity graph, 1 slope means ____.

• 1 velocity

• 1 acceleration

• 1 position

• 1 time