Motion Graphs Quiz

What does the word 'motion' mean?

• The action of movement

• The action of speeding up

• The action of standing still

• The action of slowing down

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What does a straight diagonal line on a motion graph indicate?

• The object is stationary

• The object is moving at a constant speed

• The object is accelerating

• The object is decelerating

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What does a horizontal straight line on a motion graph indicate?

• The object is accelerating

• The object is moving at a constant speed

• The object is decelerating

• The object is stationary

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What does the steepness of a line on a motion graph indicate?

• The acceleration of the object

• The time taken by the object

• The distance traveled by the object

• The speed of the object

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How can you calculate average speed on a motion graph?

• Speed = Distance / Time

• Speed = Time / Distance

• Speed = Distance * Time

• Speed = Distance + Time

What does a curved line on a motion graph indicate?

• The object is decelerating

• The object is stationary

• The object is moving at a constant speed

• The object is accelerating

  (speeding up)

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What does a curved line that gets shallower (less steep) indicate on a motion graph?

• The object is stationary

• The object is moving at a constant speed

• The object is accelerating

• The object is slowing down

  (negative acceleration)

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What does a steep diagonal straight line indicate on a motion graph?

• The object is accelerating

• The object is stationary

• The object is going fast at a constant speed

• The object is slowing down

  (negative acceleration)

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What does a slower increase in distance over time indicate on a motion graph?

• The object is slowing down

  (negative acceleration)

• The object is moving at a constant speed

• The object is stationary

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What word in 8th grade science means to speed up or slow down and/or change direction?

• Speed

• Acceleration

  (sometimes, not in science people say decelerating, but in science we use Acceleration for speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction)

• Velocity

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