Rates of change (AQA GCSE Maths): Quizzes
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What does rate of change measure?
What does rate of change measure?
How fast one quantity changes vs another
If temperature rises in hours, what is the rate of change?
If temperature rises in hours, what is the rate of change?
per hour
On a distance-time graph, what does the gradient tell you?
On a distance-time graph, what does the gradient tell you?
Speed
What does a horizontal line mean on a distance-time graph?
What does a horizontal line mean on a distance-time graph?
Not moving
What does a curved line indicate on a distance-time graph?
What does a curved line indicate on a distance-time graph?
Changing speed
On a velocity-time graph, what does the gradient represent?
On a velocity-time graph, what does the gradient represent?
Acceleration
What does a positive gradient mean on a velocity-time graph?
What does a positive gradient mean on a velocity-time graph?
Speeding up (accelerating)
What does a negative gradient indicate on a velocity-time graph?
What does a negative gradient indicate on a velocity-time graph?
Slowing down (decelerating)
Which motion type shows as a horizontal line on a velocity-time graph (not at zero)?
Which motion type shows as a horizontal line on a velocity-time graph (not at zero)?
Constant speed
What does a steeper line indicate about rate of change?
What does a steeper line indicate about rate of change?
Greater rate of change