Kinematics Graphs--Acceleration

Name ____________________________Period ____________ Date ________________

Use the following position vs. time graphs for the next five questions. You may have more than one letter for
your answer.
d d d d d

A. B. C. D.
t t t t t
_______ 1. Which graph(s) show(s) uniform motion (constant velocity)? (A) B, C
_______ 2. Which graph(s) show(s) no motion? A
_______ 3. Which graph(s) show(s) negative velocity? C
_______ 4. Which graph(s) show(s) a positive acceleration? D
_______ 5. Which graph(s) show(s) a negative acceleration? E
Use the following velocity vs. time graphs for the next four questions
v v v v

t
A. B. C. D.
t t t
_______ 6. Which graph(s) show(s) uniform motion? A
_______ 7. Which graph(s) show(s) positive acceleration? B
_______ 8. Which graph(s) show(s) motion in the negative direction? D
_______ 9. Which graph(s) show(s) decreasing speed? C
d
(m) Using the position vs. time graph to the left, answer the following
questions. Assume forward to be the positive direction, backward to
be negative. Only one answer is correct.
100 _______ 10. At point A, the object is (a) moving forward (b) moving
backward (c) stopped (d) accelerating a
80 _______ 11. At point B, the object is (a) moving forward (b) moving
60 backward (c) stopped (d) accelerating c
B
●
_______ 12. At point C, the object is (a) moving forward (b) moving
40 C D● backward (c) stopped (d) accelerating b
A ● _______ 13. At point C, the object’s speed is (a) 2 m/s (b) 4 m/s (c) 5
20 ●
m/s (d) 10 m/s d
_______ 14. At point D, the object is (a) speeding up (b) slowing
2 4 6 8 10 t
down (c) going uphill a
(s)
Using the velocity graph to the right, answer the following v
questions m/s
_______ 15. At point D, the object is (a) moving forward (b)
moving backward (c) decreasing its speed (d) below 40
ground level b B
_______ 16. At point C, the object is (a) moving forward (b) 20 A ●
moving backward (c) stopped (d) going downhill c
● C
● 12 t
_______ 17. At point B, the object is (a) moving forward (b) 2 4 6 8
D
moving backward (c) stopped (d) accelerating a -20 ● (s)
_______ 18. At point A, the object’s acceleration is _5m/s2__
_______ 19. The displacement of the object at point D is -40
__60m__