Name
Period
Date
1. Answer the following questions about
the position vs. time graph to the right.
a. Describe a situation that would fit
the graph to the right. (Invent a
scenario.)
position (m)
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time (s)
b. What units will the slope have? How do you know?
2. Answer the following questions about
the velocity vs. time graph to the right.
a. Describe a situation that would fit
the graph to the right. (Invent a
scenario.)
velocity (m/s)
c. What does this slope represent?
0
time (s)
b. Draw a vertical line from the end of the line on your graph down to the horizontal
axis. Shade in this area. How would you calculate the area of that shape?
c. What are the units of the area? How do you know?
d. What does this area represent?
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velocity (m/s)
2
time (s)
0
2
4
6
8
8
8
10
12
14
16
18
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3. Horace Zontal rode his bike up and down the street in front of his house. His motion
can be represented by the velocity vs. time graph above.
a. How far did the object move in the
b. How far did the object move in the
first 8 seconds? In what direction
next 10 seconds? In what direction did
did it move?
it move?
c. How far did the object move
d. At the end of the 18 s, how far is the object
during the entire 18 s? (In other
from where it was at 0 seconds? What
direction is it from where it started?
words, what distance did it
(Physicists call how far out of place an
cover?)
object is its displacement.)
postion (m)
e. On the graph below, draw a position vs. time graph for Horace’s trip. Scale the

position axis. Begin at x0  0 m . Use the sketch to estimate at what time
Horace was at the same location as the start of the trip.
time (s)
0
2
4
6
8
8
8
10
f. Draw a motion map for Horace’s motion.
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
x
14
16
18
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4. Paula Ticks moves from position 180 m
to position 85 m in 5.0 s. What was her
average velocity?
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5. Billy Yunair bikes East for 50. s to his
friend’s house at 10.0 m/s. He takes
5.0 s to drop off his Physics data. He
then walks West for 80. s at 3.0 m/s.
What was his displacement for the trip?
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6. The motion of Milly Yunair is shown on the graph to
the right.
velocity (m/s)
a. What is Milly’s displacement for the entire trip?
(Show each step of your work.)
10
5
0
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-10
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2
4
6
time (s)
c. On the grid to the right, make a
quantitative graph for position vs.

time. Begin at x0  0 m . (Be sure
to number the scale on the position
axis.)
d. Check to see if your answer to part
(b) is correct. How can you tell?
position (m)
b. When is she again at the same position as at time = 0 s? How do you know?
0
0
2
4
time (s)
6
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7. From the position vs. time data below, answer the following questions.
t (s)

x ( m)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
2
4
4
7
10
10
10
5
0

v (m )
s

x ( m)
10
5
0
t (s)
10
t (s)
0
10
a. Construct a graph of position vs. time.
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b. Construct a graph of velocity vs. time
c. Draw a motion map for the object.
d. Determine the displacement from t = 3.0 s to 5.0 s using graph B.
e. Determine the displacement from t = 7.0 s to 9.0 s using graph B.
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8. Given one of the four representations, complete the other three representations.
Assume the object starts at 0 position unless otherwise indicated.
x vs. t Graph
v vs. t Graph

x
Written Description
Motion Map

v
t
t

x

v
t

x
t

v
Object moves with
constant positive
velocity for 4 seconds.
It then stops for 2
seconds and then
returns to its initial
position in 2 seconds.
t
t

x

v
t
t

xX