Speed and Graphing

What does this graph represent?

• Constant Speed

• Acceleration

• Deacceleration

• Not moving

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According to the graph how far does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?

• 2 m

• 10 m

• 0 m

• 5 m

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What is happening at E?

• Stationary

• Accelerating

• Fast steady speed; moving away from the starting position

• Steady speed; returning to start position

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A runner races in the 100 meter dash. It takes her 10 seconds to finish. What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s

• 1000 m/s

• 100 seconds

• 10 seconds

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Which of the following is a unit of speed ?

• sec

• mi

• m/s

• min

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What is the person doing from 5 seconds to 10 seconds?

• Walking 

• Running

• Standing Still 

• Walking Fast

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What is happening at A?

• Stationary

• Accelerating

• Slower steady speed; moving away from the starting position

• Steady speed; returning to start position

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The actual speed of a moving object at an exact moment is

• instantaneous speed.

• average speed.

What does a horizontal (flat) line on a distance-time graph indicate?

• No movement

• speeding up

• slowing down

Speed is

• zero for objects at rest.

• calculated by dividing the distance traveled by the time taken.

• a measure of how quickly an object gets from one place to another.

• All the answers.

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