Distance, Speed, and Time

1. What is the motion of the car in the graph below?

• A. The car is speeding up

• B. The car is slowing down

• C. The car is at a constant speed towards

  reference point

• D. The car is at a constant speed away from

  reference point

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2. What is the motion of the car in the graph below?

• A. The car is slowing down

• B. The car is speeding up

• C. The car is traveling at a constant speed

• D. The car is not moving

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3. What is the motion of the car in the graph below?

• A. The car is moving quickly

• B. The car is not moving

• C. The car is moving towards the reference point

• D. The car is changing direction

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4. What is the motion of the car in the graph below?

• A. The car is slowing down

• B. The car is going slow at a constant speed

• C. The car is speeding up

• D. The car is changing direction

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5. Which line shows a faster speed in the graph below?

• A. The dotted line shows a faster

  speed

• B. The solid line shows a faster speed

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6. What is happening to the motion of the walker in the graph below?

• A. The walker changed direction, away from the

  reference point

• B. The walker changed direction, towards the

  reference point

• C. The walker started to slow down

• D. The walker started to speed up

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7. Which graph shows the runners starting their race at the same spot?

• A. Graph A

• B. Graph B

8. What variable always goes on the x-axis (bottom of the graph)

in a distance - time graph?

• A. Distance

• B. Time

• C. Runners

• D. Averages

9. Which line shows a runner stopping closer to the

“starting line” than the other?

• A. The dotted line

• B. The solid line

10. Which line shows a slower speed in the graph below?

• A. The dotted line

• B. The solid line

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