Additional physics-Velocity and distance time graphs

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What is speed and velocity?
how fast your going
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What is this measured in?
m/s
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What is the difference between speed and velocity?
Speed is how fast your going with no regard of direction and velocity is with what direction your going
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Whats the formula for speed?
distance divide by time =speed
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what doe the gradient of distance time graph tell you?
How fast your object is travelling
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Why is this?
Because the gradient is the change in the distance (vertical axis)divided by the change in time (horizontal axis)
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Gradient equals?
speed
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What do flat sections on distance time graph mean?
stationery-its stopped
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Straight uphill or downhill sections mean?
travelling at a steady speed
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The steeper the graph?
the faster its going
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Downhill sections mean?
its going back towards its starting point
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Curves represent?
acceleration or deceleration
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The steepening curve means?
its speeding up and increases gradient on the graph
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Levelling off curve means?
Its slowly slowing down (decreasing gradient)
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How do you calculate speed from graph?
Speed=gradient=vertical divided by horizontal
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