7.5- MOTION GRAPHS

Question 1

What is displacement?

Answer 1

distance in a given direction from a certain point

Question 2

When can you tell the maximum height on a displacement-time graph?

Answer 2

when the gradient is 0

Question 3

What does the gradient of a displacement-time graph represent?

Answer 3

speed

Question 4

What is velocity?

Answer 4

speed in a given direction

Question 5

What does the gradient of a velocity-time graph represent?

Answer 5

object’s acceleration

Question 6

What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?

Answer 6

displacement of object from its starting position

Question 7

What does the area between the positive section of the line and time axis of a velocity-time graph represent?

Answer 7

displacement during ascent

Question 8

What does the area between the negative section of the lions and the time axis of a velocity-time graph represent?

Answer 8

displacement during descent

Question 9

How would you work out the total displacement from a velocity-time graph?

Answer 9

take away negative displacement from positive displacement