Download Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Motion Graphs, Energy and Work

Learning Targets and Vocabulary
Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Motion Graphs, Energy and Work
(TEKS 6.8C) Calculate average speed using distance and time measurements; (TEKS 6.8D) Measure and
graph changes in motion.
(TEKS 8.6B) Differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration.
1. How is the speed of an object measured? What is the formula to calculate speed?
2. What is the difference between speed, velocity, and acceleration?
3. What does a position (distance) vs. time graph represent?
4. What does a velocity (speed) vs. time graph represent?
5. Illustrate an objects change in motion on a distance vs. time graph including No Motion, Constant
Speed, and Acceleration
6. Illustrate an objects change in motion on a velocity vs. time graph including No Motion, Constant
Speed, and Acceleration
(TEKS 6.8A) Compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy.
7. What is the difference between potential and kinetic energy?
8. Label where the pendulum below has the greatest potential energy and where it has the greatest
kinetic energy?
(TEKS 6.9C) Demonstrate energy transformations such as energy in a flashlight battery changing to light
(radiant) energy.
9. What are the seven types of energy?
10. What are energy transformations?
11. What are the energy transformations that occur when using a battery in a flashlight?
12. Where does mechanical energy transform into electrical energy in a wind turbine?
(TEKS 7.7A) Contrast situations where work is done with different amounts of force to situations where no
work is done such as moving box with a ramp and without a ramp, or standing still.
13. How would you define work? What is the formula to calculate the amount of work being done?
14. How much work is being done when an object does NOT move a distance?