Kinematics Graphs (Edexcel A-Level Mathematics): Quizzes
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What type of quantity is displacement?
What type of quantity is displacement?
Vector quantity
On a displacement-time graph, which axis represents time?
On a displacement-time graph, which axis represents time?
Horizontal axis (-axis)
What does the gradient of a displacement-time graph represent?
What does the gradient of a displacement-time graph represent?
Velocity
What does a steeper gradient indicate on a displacement-time graph?
What does a steeper gradient indicate on a displacement-time graph?
Higher velocity
What does a positive gradient indicate?
What does a positive gradient indicate?
Moving away from origin
What does a negative gradient indicate?
What does a negative gradient indicate?
Moving towards origin
What does a horizontal line on a displacement-time graph indicate?
What does a horizontal line on a displacement-time graph indicate?
Object is stationary
What does a curved line on a displacement-time graph indicate?
What does a curved line on a displacement-time graph indicate?
Changing velocity
What does positive curvature (concave up) indicate?
What does positive curvature (concave up) indicate?
Object is accelerating
What does negative curvature (concave down) indicate?
What does negative curvature (concave down) indicate?
Object is decelerating
How do you find instantaneous velocity from a displacement-time graph?
How do you find instantaneous velocity from a displacement-time graph?
Gradient of tangent at that point
What is the formula for average velocity?
What is the formula for average velocity?
What does crossing the -axis indicate?
What does crossing the -axis indicate?
Change in direction of motion
