Kinematic Highlights

A quantity that is has magnitude and  direction is referred to as a

• vector quantity
• scalar quantity

You run from your house to a friend's house that is 3 km away. You then walk home. The distance you traveled is 6 km. What is your displacement? 

• 6  km
• 0 km

A car slows down from +32 m/s to +8 m/s in 4 s. The acceleration is 

• 6 m/s/s opposite the motion
• 2m/s/s in the direction of motion
• 8 m/s/s opposite the motion

What is the average velocity of the object between 0 and 10 seconds?

• 6.0 m/s

• 1.5 m/s

• -4 m/s

• 0 m/s

What is the average velocity of the object between 10 and 15 seconds?

• 6 m/s

• 1.5 m/s

• -4 m/s

• 0 m/s

What is the average velocity of the object between 15 and 40 seconds?

• 6.0 m/s

• 1.5 m/s

• -4 m/s

• 0 m/s

What is the rate of acceleration of the object between 0 and 4 seconds?

• 1 m/s

• 0 m/s²

• -1 m/s²

• 1 m/s²

What is the velocity of the object between 4 and 5 seconds?

• 0 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 1 m/s

• 2 m/s

What segment of the graph shows no motion, or standing still?

• A - B

• B - C

• C - D

• None

Describe the motion from B - C.

• Standing still

• Constant velocity of 60 m/min

• Constant velocity of 0 m/min

• Accelerating