Understanding Motion Maps and Graphs

What does the increasing distance between dots on a motion map indicate about the ball's motion?

• The ball is slowing down.

• The ball is moving at a constant speed.

• The ball is speeding up.

• The ball is changing direction.

How is the velocity of a ball rolling down a ramp represented on a position graph?

• As a wavy line

• As a straight line

• As a curved line getting steeper

• As a horizontal line

What does a straight line at an angle on a velocity graph indicate?

• Variable acceleration

• Decreasing velocity

• Increasing velocity at a constant rate

• Constant velocity

What does the slope of a position graph tell us?

• The object's acceleration

• The object's velocity

• The object's position

• The object's direction

In physics, what does 'accelerating' mean?

• Speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction

• Only slowing down

• Only changing direction

• Only speeding up

When an object is slowing down, in which direction is the acceleration relative to the velocity?

• Opposite to the velocity

• There is no acceleration

• In the same direction

• Perpendicular to the velocity

What happens to the dots on a motion map when an object is slowing down in the positive direction?

• They get closer together

• They form a circle

• They get farther apart

• They remain the same distance apart

How is a negative acceleration represented on a velocity graph?

• As a vertical line

• As a positive slope

• As a negative slope

• As a horizontal line

What does it mean if the velocity graph has a negative slope?

• The object is speeding up in the positive direction

• The object is slowing down in the positive direction

• The object is speeding up in the negative direction

• The object is slowing down in the negative direction

When an object is speeding up in the negative direction, what happens to the distance between dots on a motion map?

• They form a zigzag pattern

• They get closer together

• They remain the same distance apart

• They get farther apart