Forces and Motion

Distance - Time Graphs.

Distance - Time Graph showing Constant Velocity

The above graph shows an object moving with constant velocity.
Compare this with the graph on the previous page
and you will see that the slope is down rather than up.
This means that the object is moving in the opposite direction.
As before, the slope of the line shows how fast the object is moving.

Distance - Time Graph showing Acceleration

The curve in the above graph shows
that an objects velocity is changing as time goes by.
This is acceleration.

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