Kinematics Review
1. Change of position in a particular direction ______
2. Slope of position vs. time graph ______
3. Time rate of motion ______
4. Slope of velocity vs. time graph ______
5. Time rate of change of velocity ______
6. How far does an object fall in the first second of free fall?
7. For each succeeding second of free fall, how does the distance fallen compare?
8. After falling for 8 seconds, what will be the speed of a falling object?
9. What quantity is given by the speedometer in your car? (be specific)
10. What is acceleration?
11. If you change direction without changing speed, are you accelerating?
12. What is speed?
13. How is velocity different from speed?
14. A racecar travels one lap around the speedway. How will average speed and average velocity be different for the motion?
15. What are the SI units of acceleration?
16. If a ball is thrown up into the air at 10 m/s, what is its speed at the top of its path? ______What is the acceleration at the same point? ______What is its speed when it falls back to the starting point? ______
17. A car accelerates at 2 m/s2. How long does it take to reach a speed of 24 m/s?
18. What quantity can be found form the slope of a position/time graph?
19. What quantity can be found form the slope of a velocity /time graph?
20. What quantity can be found form the area enclosed by a velocity/time graph?
On a position vs. time graph:
1. What does a horizontal line mean?
2. What does an upward sloping line mean?
3. What does a downward sloping line mean?
4. What does it mean when the line is below the horizontal axis?
5. What does it mean when the line touches the horizontal axis?
6. What does a constant acceleration graph look like?
On a velocity vs. time graph:
1. What does a horizontal line mean?
2. What does an upward sloping line mean?
3. What does a downward sloping line mean?
4. What does it mean when the line is below the horizontal axis?
5. What does it mean when the line touches the horizontal axis?