Motion Speed Acceleration

Can your distance ever be greater than your displacement?

• Yes
• No

Can your displacement ever be greater than your distance?

• Yes
• No

Describe the motion of the graph.

• the slope is zero
• the speed is zero
• the velocity is zero
• all the above

Can average speed ever be greater than instantaneous speed?

• Yes
• No

What information does the slope of a line tell you?

• distance
• displacement
• speed
• velocity

The teacher walks 2m E, 2m S, 2m W and 2mN, What is her distance?

• 8m
• 16m
• 0m
• 2m

The teacher walks 2m E, 2m S, 2m W and 2mN, What is her displacment?

• 8m
• 16m
• 0m
• 2m

What does the speedometer on your dashboard tell you?

• speed
• distance
• average speed
• instantaneous speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Why don't the runners in the 400m dash start at the same line?

• so their distance is the same
• so their displacement is the same
• so their speed is the same
• so their velocity is the same

Are these lines of graphed speeds instantaneous or average speeds?

• average
• instantaneous