Describing Motion

Your speed at any given point, for example what you read on your speedometer is your ____________.

• Instantaneous speed

• Average speed

• Velocity

• Constant speed

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Velocity is speed plus ________.

• Acceleration

• Direction

• Displacement

• Motion

Motion is any change in __________.

• Time

• Speed

• Velocity

• Position

On a distance vs time graph, the slope indicates the _________.

• the time it took for the object to travel

• the acceleration

• the speed of the object

• the total distance traveled

Acceleration is rate of change of _________ over time

• Reference Point

• Time

• Position

• Velocity

How can an object accelerate?

• Speeding up

• Slowing down

• Changing direction

• All of the above

How do you calculate average speed?

• total distance / total time

• total time / total distance

• total distance x total time

• total distance x total time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

An object with constant velocity has

• a positive acceleration

• a negative acceleration

• zero acceleration

• changing direction

Would the bikers displacement be represented by the red or blue line?

• Red

• Blue

This graph represents an object moving at a _________ speed, __________ from the reference point

• increasing , away

• constant , away

• increasing , towards

• constant , towards

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1