Distance-time graphs (AQA GCSE Physics): Quizzes
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What does the Y-axis represent on a distance-time graph?
What does the Y-axis represent on a distance-time graph?
Distance in metres
What does the X-axis represent on a distance-time graph?
What does the X-axis represent on a distance-time graph?
Time in seconds
On a distance-time graph, what does the gradient of the line represent?
On a distance-time graph, what does the gradient of the line represent?
Speed
What shape shows an object moving at constant speed on a distance-time graph?
What shape shows an object moving at constant speed on a distance-time graph?
Straight line sloping upwards
What does a curved line that gets steeper show on a distance-time graph?
What does a curved line that gets steeper show on a distance-time graph?
Accelerating (speeding up)
What does a curved line that gets less steep show on a distance-time graph?
What does a curved line that gets less steep show on a distance-time graph?
Decelerating (slowing down)
What does a horizontal flat line show on a distance-time graph?
What does a horizontal flat line show on a distance-time graph?
Stationary (not moving)
Calculate speed if an object moves in .
Calculate speed if an object moves in .
What does a steeper line mean on a distance-time graph?
What does a steeper line mean on a distance-time graph?
Faster speed
If a line on a distance-time graph is getting steeper, the object is:
If a line on a distance-time graph is getting steeper, the object is:
Speeding up
On a distance-time graph, what does a horizontal line indicate?
On a distance-time graph, what does a horizontal line indicate?
The object is stationary
What does a gentle slope indicate on a distance-time graph?
What does a gentle slope indicate on a distance-time graph?
Slower speed