What does a distance-time graph show?

How the distance travelled by an object changes over time.

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What is on the y-axis and x-axis of a distance-time graph?

Distance is on the y-axis.


Time is on the x-axis.

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How do you find the speed of an object from a distance-time graph?

Find the gradient of the line at a particular point.

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What does the above graph tell you about the speed of the object between 2 - 10 seconds.


The object's speed is 0 m/s.


A flat line on a distance-time graph indicates an object that is not moving.

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What does the above distance-time graph tell you about the object's movement?


The object is accelerating.

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On the above graph, what does the highlighted part of the line tell you about the object's speed?


The object is travelling at a constant speed.

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What is on the y-axis and x-axis of a velocity-time graph?

Velocity is on the y-axis.


Time is on the x-axis.

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What does the above velocity-time graph tell you about the object's motion?


The object is accelerating.

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How do you find the exact acceleration of an object from a velocity-time graph?

Find the gradient of the line at a particular point.

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How do you find the total distance travelled by an object from a velocity-time graph?

Find the area under the curve.

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What does the above velocity-time graph tell you about the object's motion?

It is travelling at a constant velocity.

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What does the above velocity-time graph tell you about the object's motion?

The object is decelerating.

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