What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

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What does this graph represent?

• Constant Speed

• Acceleration

• change in direction

• Not moving

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According to the graph how far does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?

• 2 m
• 10 m
• 0 m
• 5 m

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AFTER 10 seconds what does the person do?

• walks at a constant speed

• runs back to starting location

• Standing Still

• continues in the same direction that it was going before stopping

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On a position-time graph, the position (distance) is plotted on the ____ axis.

• x

• y

What is happening when the line is horizontal (flat)?

• moving at a constant speed

• speeding up

• not moving

• slowing down

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What does this graph represent?

• Constant speed
• Acceleration
• Not moving

Velocity is

• speed

• direction

• speed with a direction

• distance with a direction

On a position vs. time graph, the steeper the slope _____

• the slower the speed

• the faster the speed

• less acceleration

• greater acceleration

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What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

• 240 m/s
• 15 m/s
• 0.067 m/s
• 15 mph

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