Motion and Speed Webquest
Name: ______Date: ______Period: _____

Motion and Speed Web Quest

DIRECTIONS: GO TO MY WEBPAGE AND CLICK ON THE MOTION, SPEED, VELOCITY, AND GRAPHS LINK

PART ONE: READ THE ARTICLE ON MY WEBPAGE TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. What is motion?

2. Define position.

3. What is the position in change determined by?

4. Define displacement.

5. Define direction.

6. How is direction measured?

7. What is able to tell the relative speed of an object?

8. When the line is steep, what is happening to the object's speed?

9. When the line is flatter, what is happening to the object's speed?

10. When is the speed zero?

11. On a position-time or distance-time graph, what would be the independentvariable and what would be the dependent variable?

12. On a position-time or distance-time graph, what would go on the y-axis and what would go on the x-axis?

Part TWO: Go to this following webpage to answer the following questions.

  1. What is the formula for speed?
  1. How do we measure or think of speed in the United States?
  1. In science and physics, what is the standard unit of measure for speed?
  1. What is the rate of change in an object’s position?
  1. What two parts make up velocity?
  1. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
  1. What is the formula for velocity?
  1. What is the standard unit for velocity?
  1. What is the difference between instantaneous and average speed? What is the greatest example of an instantaneous speed?
  1. What is the fastest possible speed in the universe?
  1. Who was the first scientist to measure speed and distance over time?

Part THREE: Go to the website to answer the following to complete the chart below:

Illustrate and label the following motion graphs
  1. DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH

  1. DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH AT REST OR STATIONARY

  1. DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH WITH A SLOW CONSTANT SPEED

  1. DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH WITH A FASTER SPEED

  1. DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH ACCELERATING OR INCREASING IN SPEED

  1. DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH DECELERATING OR DECREASING IN SPEED

  1. DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH RETURNING TO THE STARTING POINT

PART FOUR: USE THE DIAGRAM TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. Which object(s) is(are) maintaining a state of motion (i.e., maintaining a constant velocity)?

2. Which object(s) is(are) accelerating?

3. Which object(s) is(are) not moving?

4. Which object(s) change(s) its direction?

5. On average, which object is traveling fastest?

6. On average, which moving object is traveling slowest?

7. Which object has the greatest acceleration?

Part FIVE:Go to the following webpage

a. Click onLaunch Interactive then click on Launch Tool and try to match graphs with motion of cars.(Hint: pay attention to the dots the car leaves behind. The dots represent if the car is speeding up (dots are closer together), slowing (dots are farther apart) down, are going at a constants speed (dots are the same throughout).

b. Below right the letter of each graph that goes along with the correct animation.

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Part SIX:Go to the following webpageand click “play now”

SCORE: ______