1. What is the motion of the car in 2.

What is the motion of the car in

the graph below? the graph below?

Distance
Distance

Time Time
A. The car is speeding up
B. The car is slowing down
C. The car is at a constant speed towards A. The car is slowing down
reference point B. The car is speeding up
D. The car is at a constant speed away from C. The car is traveling at a constant speed
reference point D. The car is not moving

3. What is the motion of the car in 4. What is the motion of the car in
the graph below? the graph below?
Distance

Distance
Time Time

A. The car is moving quickly

B. The car is not moving A. The car is slowing down
C. The car is moving towards the reference point B. The car is going slow at a constant speed
D. The car is changing direction C. The car is speeding up
D. The car is changing direction
5. Which line shows a faster 6. What is happening to the
speed in the graph below? motion of the walker in the
graph below?

Distance

Distance
Time
Time A. The walker changed direction, away from the
A. The dotted line shows a faster reference point
B. The walker changed direction, towards the
speed reference point
B. The solid line shows a faster speed C. The walker started to slow down
D. The walker started to speed up

7. Which graph shows the runners 8. What variable always

starting their race at the same
spot?
goes on the x-axis
(bottom of the graph)
in a distance - time
Distance
Distance

graph?
A B
A. Distance
Time Time
B. Time
A. Graph A C. Runners
B. Graph B D. Averages
9. Which line shows a runner 10. Which line shows a slower
stopping closer to the speed in the graph below?
“starting line” than the other?

Distance
Distance

Time
Time
A. The dotted line
A. The dotted line B. The solid line
B. The solid line

11. Which graph shows two 12. What variable goes on

runners running at the same
speed?
the y-axis of a graph
in a distance-time
graph?
Distance
Distance

A B
A. Distance
Time Time
B. Time
A. Graph A C. Runners
B. Graph B D. Averages
 13. What is the motion of the car 14. What is the motion of the
in the graph below? car in the graph below?

Distance

Distance
Time Time

A. The car is slowing down then speeding A. The car is speeding up, then slowing
up down, away from the reference point
B. The car is speeding up then slowing B. The car is speeding up, then slowing
down down, towards reference point

15. True or false: both runners 16. Which graph below shows a person
leaving their house, stopping to tie
in the graph below started their shoe, and then continuing in the
at the same spot. same direction, away from the
reference point?
Distance

Distance
Distance

Distance
A B C
Time Time Time Time
A. Graph A
A. True B. Graph B
B. False
C. Graph C
17. When the car starts its 18. Does the car represented in
motion in the graph below, the graph below start off
are they going fast, or slow? going fast or slow?

Distance

Distance
Time
Time
A. Starts off going slow
B. Starts off going fast A. Starts off going slow
B. Starts off going fast

19. True or false: both runners are 20. Which graph below shows
running in the same direction, in acceleration?
relation to the reference point.

Distance
Distance

Distance
Distance

A B C
Time Time Time

Time A. Graph A
B. Graph B
A. True C. Graph C
B. False D. All of the graphs
 21. Describe what is happening 22. Describe what is happening to
with the car in the graph the car in the graph below:
below:

Speed

Speed
Time
Time
A. This shows a car not moving
B. This shows a car moving at a constant A. This shows the car accelerating
speed B. This shows the car decelerating
C. This shows a car changing direction C. This shows the car travelling at a
constant speed

23. Describe what is happening to 24. Which speed-time graph shows a car
the car in the graph below: accelerating, then traveling at a
constant speed, then accelerating
again?
Speed

Speed
Speed

Speed
A B C
Time Time Time Time
A. The car is moving at a constant speed
A. Graph A
towards the reference point
B. The car is accelerating B. Graph B
C. The car is decelerating C. Graph C
D. The car is at rest D. None of the graphs
25. Which line below shows a car 26. True or false: the graphs below are
traveling at a faster constant showing the similar movement, just
speed than the other? represented differently.

Speed

Distance
Speed
Time Time Time
A. The solid line is travelling faster
B. The dotted line is travelling faster
C. They are both traveling the same speed A. True
D. The cars are not moving B. False

27. Describe what is happening to 28. Which speed-time graph shows an

the car in the graph below: object accelerating, then traveling at a
constant speed?
Speed

Speed
Speed

Speed
A B C
Time Time Time Time
A. The car is accelerating
A. Graph A
B. The car is moving at a constant speed
towards the reference point B. Graph B
C. The car is at rest C. Graph C
D. The car is decelerating D. None of the graphs
29. Which line in the graph below 30. True or false: the car in the
shows a car moving faster than graph below is accelerating.
the other?

Speed

Speed
Time
Time
A. The dotted line is moving faster
B. The solid line is moving faster A. True
C. Both cars are moving at the same speed B. False

31. True or false: The car in the 32. Which speed-time graph shows an
graph below is accelerating. object accelerating, then traveling at a
constant speed, then decelerating?
Speed

Speed
Speed

Speed
A B C
Time Time Time Time

A. Graph A
A. True B. Graph B
B. False C. Graph C
33. True or false: the car in the 34. Which graph below shows a
graph below is not moving. person walking to their bed,
and taking a nap?

Speed

Distance
Distance

Distance
A B C
Time Time Time Time

A. Graph A
A. True B. Graph B
B. False C. Graph C

35. Which graph below shows a runner 36. Which distance-time graph shows a
running, then stopping to tie their person leaving their house, stopping to
shoe, and then running again? check for their wallet, and then
heading back home after realizing they
didn’t have it?
Distance
Distance

Distance

Distance
Distance

Distance
A B C A B C
Time Time Time Time Time Time
A. Graph A
A. Graph A
B. Graph B
B. Graph B
C. Graph C C. Graph C
D. None of the graphs
 37. What possible scenario is the 38. What possible scenario is the
graph below showing? graph below showing?

Speed

Speed
Time
Time
A. This shows a car not moving
B. This shows a car moving at a constant A. This shows a bicyclist accelerating
speed B. This shows a bicyclist decelerating
C. This shows a car changing direction C. This shows a bicyclist travelling at a
constant speed

39. What possible scenario is the 40. Which speed-time graph shows a car
graph below showing? speeding up, then travelling at a
constant speed, then going back in
time?
Speed

Speed
Speed

Speed
A B C
Time Time Time Time
A. A car coming to a stop
A. Graph A
B. A car speeding up
C. A car traveling at a steady pace on the B. Graph B
freeway C. Graph C
D. A penguin starting a race D. None of the graphs
 Name _________________________ Per ___ Name _________________________ Per ___

Answers Answers
Distance-Time and Speed-Time Graphs Distance-Time and Speed-Time Graphs

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

TOTAL RIGHT: OUT OF: FINAL SCORE: TOTAL RIGHT: OUT OF: FINAL SCORE:
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Answer Key Answer Key

Distance-Time and Speed-Time Graphs Distance-Time and Speed-Time Graphs

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A

6. B 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. B 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. B

11. B 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. B 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. B

16. B 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. D 16. B 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. D

21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. B 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. B

26. A 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. A 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. A
31. A
OR B
32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B 31. A
OR B
32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B

36. C 37. B 38. A 39. A 40. D 36. C 37. B 38. A 39. A 40. D

TOTAL RIGHT: OUT OF: FINAL SCORE: TOTAL RIGHT: OUT OF: FINAL SCORE: