Average Speed and Motion Graphs

What is occurring on this graph?

• speeding up in the negative direction

• slowing down in the negative direction

• speeding up in the positive direction

• slowing down in the positive direction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is happening at E?

• Stationary

• Accelerating

• Steady speed; moving away from the starting position

• Steady speed; returning to the starting position

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is happening at A?

• Stationary

• Accelerating

• Steady speed; moving away from the starting position

• Steady speed; returning to the starting position

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the total distance traveled by the car?

• 60 m

• 20 m

• 0 m

• 80 m

What is the average speed in kilometers per hour?

• 32 km/h

• 2 m/s

• 20 mp/h

• 20 km/h

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

How can this motion best be described?

• Car at a constant speed

• Stopping at a light

• Slowing down

• Speeding up

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the average speed in kilometers per hour

• 40 mp/h

• 60 km/h

• 40 km/h

• 10 m/s

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What best describes the motion of this object?

• Slowing down

• Speeding up

• At a constant speed

• At rest

Which graph shows constant speed, decrease in speed,

and then a constant speed?

• Graph on left

• Both Graphs

• Graph on right

• Neither graph

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the average speed of this object?

• 60 km/h

• 60 mp/h

• 40 km/h

• 40 m/s

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1