Velocity

The speedometer on your car tells you

• average velocity

• instantaneous velocity

• average speed

• instantaneous speed

What is this graph representing?

• Constant Speed

• Acceleration (speeding up)

• Deceleration (slowing down)

• No motion

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time

• Temperature and mass

• Mass and distance

• Distance and time

What is happening in this graph from point B to C?

• The object is going down a hill.

• The object is returning to its starting location.

• The object is slowing down.

• The object is staying still.

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

A description of the speed and direction of an object's motion

• Velocity

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Vector

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

• the slower the speed

• the faster the speed

• less acceleration

• greater acceleration

Ms. Bush drives 50 miles. What does Ms. Bush need to figure out her speed?

• The type of car she drives

• Her heart rate as she drives

• The time she has driven

• The direction she was going

Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's displacement?

• 0 meters

• 400 meters

• 800 meters

• 1600 meters

A distance vs. time graph shows an object's

• frame of reference

• speed

• acceleration

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