Motion Graphs

What will cause something to move?

• a balanced force
• an unbalanced force

If you slow down on your bicycle, you accelerate.  

• True
• False

You ride your bike around the black at a constant speed of 11km/hr.   Did you accelerate?

• True
• False

Which of  the following are examples of changing velocity?

• Turning left onto Route 50 while moving 35m/s
• Traveling at light speed in a rocket in outer space

A truck driving at 60 miles per hour travels 150 miles. How long is it driving for?

• 9000 hours
• 0.4 hours
• 210 hours
• 2.5 hours

A distance vs. time graph shows an object's

• frame of reference
• speed
• acceleration
• favorite food

A car driving at 50 miles per hour drives for 2 hours. What distance did it cover?

• 50 miles
• 25 miles
• 100 miles
• 75 miles

Velocity is

• speed and acceleration
• constant speed
• a frame of reference
• speed in a given direction

Speed =

• distance / time
• time / distance
• distance * time

You walk 10 meters to math class in 20 seconds. Your average speed is

• 2 m/s
• 0.5 m/s
• 200 m/s
• 5 m/s