Speed Over Time and Distance Over Time Graphs

What is this graph showing?

• At rest

• Acceleration

• Constant speed of 1 m/s

• Gradually speeding up

What is this graph showing?

• Constant speed

• Gradually speeding up

• Gradually slowing down

• At rest

• Accelerating gradually

• Stopping

• Slowing down constantly

• Speeding up constantly

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is this graph showing?

• Fast constant speed

• Slow constant speed

• At rest

• Accelerating

What is this graph showing?

• Constantly slowing down

• Constantly speeding up

• Acceleration

• Returning to starting point

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is this graph showing?

• Two objects speeding up constantly

• Two objects slowing down constantly

• Two objects accelerating

• Two objects at rest

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the graph showing?

• Constant high speed

• Stopped

• Accelerating

• Constant low speed

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

• Find the area under the graph

• Find the gradient of the line

• Read the height of the graph

How do you find the distance travelled from a speed-time graph?

• Find the gradient

• Find the area under the graph

• Read the height of the graph

How do you find the acceleration from a speed-time graph?

• Find the gradient

• Find the area under the graph

• Read the height of the graph