Graphical analysis: Slope Of A Line Flashcards
It is called “dependent axis and the effect”
Y axis
It is also called the “independent” and “cause” axis
X axis
Vertical line
Y
Horizontal Line
X
It always placed in the independent variable especially in the motion graphs.
Time
It is sometimes called position-time graph
Distance-time graph
A straight horizontal line shows that there is change of time however the value on the distance is constant. (No movement or no change)
Zero Velocity or At rest
Distance covered is increasing constantly with time as the line goes from left to right. Its trend shows a graph rising from left to right. What is its description in motion?
Constant Speed or Velocity
The object’s motion represented by the dashed time arrived on a shorter time while the solid time arrived after a relatively longer time
The dashed time is has a steeper line, indicating a larger distance covered in a given time. In other words great speed. Both lines are straight, so both speeds are constant.
An exponential growth curving upwards, showing that in a given time, the distance the object cover is changing, therefore it is….
Accelerating
Rise/Run slope provide what descriptors. In a position-time graph
Speed/ Velocity
It is a type of descriptor where Speed/Velocity at a particular instant of time with triangle t being extremely small
Instantaneous Velocity
It is a type of descriptor that depicts total distance/displacement traveled divided by the time spent of covering it.
Total Distance/displacement (d)
Average Speed = ————————
Total time (t)
Average Velocity
It is a graph that shows that the x axis is labeled as the time, while the y axis is labeled as the velocity.
Velocity-Time Graph
What is the speed of the velocity time graph when there is a straight horizontal line?
It is constant
