Distance Time Graphs Flashcards
(8 cards)
What do distance/time graphs tell you?
How far something has travelled
Gradient:
Any point gives you the speed of the object
Flat sections:
Where it’s stopped
Steeper Graph:
Going faster
Curves:
Acceleration
Curve getting steeper:
Speeding up
Levelling Off:
Slowing down
What is a tangent?
A line that is parallel to the curve at that point