Velocity Time Graph

Select the description of motion from A - B.

• Slowing down away from the origin

• Speeding up away from the origin

• Constant velocity away from the origin

• Constant velocity towards the origin

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

True or False: this graph shows several segments ALL with constant velocity.

• True

• False

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

Part A of the graph is from 0s to 25s. Which of these statements is true about Part A?

• The object is at rest.

• The object is accelerating (its velocity is increasing)

• The object is decelerating (its velocity is decreasing)

• The object is moving at a constant velocity.

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

Part B of the graph is from 25s to 35s. Which of these statements is true about Part B?

• The object is at rest.

• The object is accelerating (its velocity is increasing)

• The object is decelerating (its velocity is decreasing)

• The object is moving at a constant velocity.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Part C of the graph is from 35s to 55s. Which of these statements is true about Part C?

• The object is at rest.

• The object is accelerating (its velocity is increasing)

• The object is decelerating (its velocity is decreasing)

• The object is moving at a constant velocity.

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

Part D of the graph is from 55s to 95s. During Part D, the velocity values are all negative. What does negative velocity mean?

• The object is slowing down.

• The object is moving in the opposite direction now.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Part E of the graph is from 95s to 105s. Which of these statements is true about Part E?

• The object's velocity values are negative.

• The object's velocity values are positive.

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

What does a flat (horizontal) line on a velocity-time graph mean?

[Example section B on this graph]

• The object is not moving.

• The object is moving, but at a constant velocity.

• The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is positive.

• The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is negative.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

What does a line with a positive slope mean on a velocity-time graph?

[Example sections A, E on this graph]

• The object is not moving.

• The object is moving, but at a constant velocity.

• The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is positive.

• The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is negative.

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

What does a line with a negative slope mean on a velocity-time graph?

[Example sections C, D on this graph]

• The object is not moving.

• The object is moving, but at a constant velocity.

• The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is positive.

• The object is accelerating, and its acceleration is negative.

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4