1.1b Position vs Time Graphs

On a position vs time graph, which variable gets plotted on the x axis.

• Position

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Time

What does the slope of a position vs time graph tell you?

• Displacement

• Distance traveled

• Velocity

• Acceleration

What is the displacement from 0-4 seconds?

• 3-1 = 2 meters

• 1-3 = -2 meters

• 0-1 = -1 meters

• 1-0 = 1 meter

What is the average velocity from 0-4 seconds?

• 0.75 m/s

• 0.5 m/s

• -0.5 m/s

• 2.0 m/s

What is the total distance traveled over the whole trip (0-9 seconds)?

• 5 meters

• 2 meters

• 1 meter

• 3 meters

What is the velocity between 6s and 9s?

• -1 m/s

• 1 m/s

• 9 m/s

• -9 m/s

What is the displacement for the whole trip?

• 1 meter

• -1 meter

• 0 meters

• 3 meters

What is the average velocity for the whole trip?

• -0.11 m/s

• 0.33 m/s

• 0 m/s

• -0.20 m/s

According to the graph, what was the average velocity for the first 5 seconds?

• 1 m/s

• 0.5 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 2 m/s

According to the graph, what was the average velocity from 0-10 seconds?

• 1 m/s

• 0.5 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 0 m/s