PRACTICE QUIZ 3.2

Answer the following.  Show all work and circle your answers.

1.   Describe in detail how the driver of a car controls speed and velocity.

2.   The figure on the right describes the velocity of a squirrel running along a telephone line. a. What is the total distance traveled during the recorded time?   b. What is the displacement?   c. What is the average velocity for the first fifteen seconds?

3.   The graph on the right describes the motion of an object along a straight line path. a. What is the displacement of the object for the first 10.0 seconds?   b. What is the displacement of the object for the first 20.0 seconds?   c. What is the displacement of the object for the first 30.0 seconds?   d. What is the displacement of the object for the entire recorded trip?

4.   Sketch a p-t graph which represents the motion of an object along a straight line path.  Next describe the scenario (tell a story which fits the graph data).  Finally describe the motion in terms of velocity.