Distance-Time Graphs and Displacement-Time Graphs [Worksheet]

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Content:

• Format of distance-time graphs
• Types of motion on a distance-time graph – stationariness, constant speed, increasing speed (acceleration), decreasing speed (deceleration)
• Calculating speed from distance-time graphs – instantaneous speed and average speed
• Comparing speed on distance-time graphs
• Format of displacement-time graphs
• Types of motion on a distance-time graph – stationariness, constant positive velocity, constant negative velocity

Includes:

• Unit outline.
• Cloze activity (fill in the blanks).
• Short-answer questions.
• Extension questions.
• Teacher version containing complete answers.

Learning outcomes:

• Describe the layout of a distance-time graph.
• Describe how constant speed, increasing speed, decreasing speed and stationariness are represented on a distance-time graph.
• Describe the relationship between the gradient of the line on a distance-time graph and speed.
• Calculate instantaneous speed and average speed from a distance-time graph.
• Compare different gradients on a distance-time graph.
• Describe the layout of a displacement-time graph.
• Describe how constant positive velocity, constant negative velocity and stationariness are represented on a displacement-time graph.
• Compare distance-time graphs and displacement-time graphs.

This worksheet is included in the Motion Worksheet Bundle, which contains the following worksheets:

• Distance and Displacement, Speed and Velocity
• Acceleration
• Distance-Time Graphs and Displacement-Time Graphs
• Speed-Time Graphs
• Measuring Motion Using a Ticker Timer

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