Displacement-Time Graphs (Leaving Cert Physics): Quizzes
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What key feature can displacement-time graphs show that distance-time graphs cannot?
What key feature can displacement-time graphs show that distance-time graphs cannot?
Negative values showing direction
What does a displacement-time graph plot on its axes?
What does a displacement-time graph plot on its axes?
Displacement vs time
What does positive displacement indicate?
What does positive displacement indicate?
Object is right of reference point
What does zero displacement mean?
What does zero displacement mean?
Object is at the reference point
What does a straight line through the origin on a displacement-time graph indicate?
What does a straight line through the origin on a displacement-time graph indicate?
Constant velocity from start
What does the slope of a displacement-time graph equal?
What does the slope of a displacement-time graph equal?
Velocity
What does a horizontal line (zero slope) on a displacement-time graph mean?
What does a horizontal line (zero slope) on a displacement-time graph mean?
Object is stationary
What does a negative slope indicate on a displacement-time graph?
What does a negative slope indicate on a displacement-time graph?
Moving in negative direction
What does a steeper slope indicate compared to a gentler slope?
What does a steeper slope indicate compared to a gentler slope?
Object is moving faster
What type of motion produces a curved displacement-time graph?
What type of motion produces a curved displacement-time graph?
Changing velocity (acceleration)
How do you find instantaneous velocity at a point on a curved displacement-time graph?
How do you find instantaneous velocity at a point on a curved displacement-time graph?
Slope of tangent line at that point
What does a changing slope on a displacement-time graph indicate?
What does a changing slope on a displacement-time graph indicate?
Velocity is changing