Velocity and Distance Time Graphs Flashcards
What is the difference between speed and velocity?
Speed is how fast you are going and Velocity is how fast you are going in a direction
What does the gradient of a distance time graph tell you?
How fast your object is travelling (speed)
What do the flat sections represent?
Object being stationery or stopped
What do straight uphill/downhill sections represent?
A steady speed
What do downhill sections mean?
Going back to the starting point
What do curves in a graph represent?
Acceleration or Deceleration
What is acceleration?
How quickly velocity is changing
For a velocity-time graph, how do you work out the distance travelled
Area under any section of the graph is equal to the distance travelled in the time interval