Lesson 1.2: Interactive Practice (Motion Graphs)

Which scenario best represents a graph where distance remains constant over time?

• A delivery truck is parked outside a store while the driver unloads boxes.

• A car accelerates down a highway.

• A person walks steadily towards a destination.

• A cyclist speeds up on a track.

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of motion graphs?

• Understanding changes in position

• Measuring temperature

• Analyzing velocity

• Examining acceleration

What does a position-time graph show?

• The speed of an object

• How an object's location changes over time

• The acceleration of an object

• The mass of an object

Based on the graph, is the object moving? What made you say so?

• Yes, because the position changes over time.

• No, because the position remains constant.

• Yes, because the time is increasing.

• No, because the graph is a straight line.

Based on the graph, the object's velocity is ______.

• increasing

• decreasing

• constant

• the same

What does the slope of the given graph represent?

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Time

• Distance

A train moves smoothly and steadily between two stations without stopping or changing speed.

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Zoe is standing still at a bus stop, waiting for her bus. Which graph best represents Zoe's position over time while she is at rest?

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A car is stopped at a red light. When the light turns green, the driver presses the gas pedal gently but steadily.

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Sophia is walking along a straight path, and her journey is represented by the position-time graph shown. What is Sophia's velocity in the interval AF?

• 1 m/s

• 6 m/s

• -1 m/s

• -6 m/s