Speed-Time Graphs [Worksheet]

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Content:

• Format of speed-time graphs
• Types of motion on a speed-time graph – stationariness, constant speed, increasing speed (acceleration), decreasing speed (deceleration)
• Calculating acceleration from speed-time graphs
• Calculating distance travelled from speed-time graphs

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 speed-time graph.
• Describe how constant speed, increasing speed, decreasing speed and stationariness are represented on a speed-time graph.
• Describe the relationship between the gradient of the line on a speed-time graph and acceleration.
• Calculate acceleration from a speed-time graph.
• Calculate distance travelled from a speed-time graph.

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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