Identify whether the following statements describe a change in acceleration.

A person running at 5 meters/second along a curving path.

A boat traveling east at 10 knots.

An airplane traveling north 600 miles per hour.

This graph shows the velocity of a car.

a. Velocity is increasing, so the car is accelerating.

b. Velocity is decreasing, so the car is accelerating.

b. Distance is decreasing, so the car is accelerating.

d. Distance is increasing, so the car is not accelerating.

Emilee and Fred were both drawing motion graphs that had a horizontal (side to side) straight line. The straight line on Emilee's graph represents steady speed, and the straight line on Fred's graph represents stopped motion. Which of the following is true?

b. Emiliee's graph was a velocity-time graph, and Fred's graph was a distance-time graph.

a. Emiliee's graph was a distance-time graph, and Fred's graph was a velocity-time graph.

c. They were both drawing velocity-time graphs.

d. They were both drawing distance-time graphs.

Which of the following best describes an object's velocity?

c. The airplane travels southeast at 283 mph.

b. A boy runs near the school on a curvy path through the woods at a rate of 5 mph.

d. The horse gets loose and runs generally northwest at a quick pace.

The velocity of a school bus over the course of a trip is shown below. Which of the following is true about sections 1 and 3?

The positive acceleration during section 1 is faster than the negative acceleration during section 3.

The acceleration during sections 1 and 3 are the same.

The positive acceleration during section 1 is slower than the negative acceleration during section 3.

There is no way to know which section is showing a slower acceleration.

What is happening from 0 to 5 seconds?

c. The object is moving away from start at a constant speed

What is happening from 0 to 5 seconds?

c. The object is moving at a constant speed

Distance on y-axis and time on x-axis. What does the line represent?

C. the speed of the car is decreasing

B. the car is traveling at a constant speed

Which interpretation describes the following graph?

Tom left his home for a run, but he was unfit and gradually came to a stop!

Tom ran from his home to the bus stop and waited. He realized that he had missed the bus so he walked home.

Tom skateboarded from his house, gradually building up speed. He slowed down to avoid some rough ground, but then speeded up again.

After the party, Tom walked slowly all the way home.

Which is NOT an example of acceleration?

a car going 55 mph on a straight road

The moon accelerates because it is

continuously changing direction.

constantly increasing its speed to stay in orbit.

S8P3 a.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following situations could the graph represent? (Check your y-axis)

a ball being dropped off a table

a car accelerating north at a green light

an insect walking due east at a constant speed

a student walking toward his locker, then turning around and walking away

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the graph, which statement is true? (Look at the legend key)

Car A and car B have equal accelerations.

Car A has a greater acceleration than car B.

Car B has a greater acceleration than car A.

Car B accelerates for a longer time than car A.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements describes the motion shown on the graph?

constant speed, stopped, slowing down

speeding up, constant speed, slowing down

moving forward, stopped, moving backward

speeding up, stopped, moving backward

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to a change in velocity?

acceleration

speed

motion

momentum

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is accelerating?

a car traveling 33 km/hr slows to 25 hm/hr

a car traveling 33 km/hr speeds up to 42 km/hr

a car traveling 35 km/hr due north turns east while still traveling 35 km/hr.

All of these.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the acceleration of line B? Look at the line. Is the velocity changing?

A. 3.33 m/s/s

B. 0 m/s/s

C. 10 m/s

D. 10 m/s/s

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A bus is traveling 20 m/s south. Is this speed or velocity?

A. Speed

B. Velocity

C. Acceleration

D. Motion

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S8P3 a.

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Which of the following situations could the graph represent? (Check your y-axis)

According to the graph, which statement is true? (Look at the legend key)

Which of the following statements describes the motion shown on the graph?

Which term refers to a change in velocity?

Which of the following is accelerating?

What is the acceleration of line B? Look at the line. Is the velocity changing?

A bus is traveling 20 m/s south. Is this speed or velocity?

A plane is traveling 600 km/h. Is this speed or velocity?

You ride your bike around the block at a constant speed of 11 km/h. What is changing?

Identify whether the following statements describe a change in acceleration.

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