Mission KG1 Basics of Position-Time Graphs

Mission KG1 focuses on the basic ideas associated with graphs of position vs. time. Students must relate a verbal description of a graph's slope to a verbal description of the motion. The mission consists of 30 questions organized into 8 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...

• The student should be able to identify the physical significance of the slope for a position-time graph.
• The student should be able to match a verbal description of a given motion to the corresponding shape of a position-time graph.

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The Physics Classroom, One-Dimensional Kinematics Unit, Lesson 3, Part a

• What is the relationship between the slope of a position-time graph and the motion of an object?
• How does a position-time graph distinguish between motions with positive and negative velocity?
• How does a position-time graph distinguish between motions with a small and a large velocity?
• How does a position-time graph indicate a motion with a changing velocity?
• How does a position-time graph indicate an object which has a zero velocity?