story graphs

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What does a story graph represent?

Back

A story graph visually represents the relationship between time and distance, showing how an object's position changes over time.

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What does it mean when a graph shows a straight horizontal line?

Back

A straight horizontal line indicates that the object is at rest and not changing its position over time.

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What does it mean when a graph shows a straight diagonal line?

Back

A straight diagonal line indicates that the object is moving at a constant speed.

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What does a curve on a graph indicate?

Back

A curve indicates that the object is either accelerating or decelerating.

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What is acceleration?

Back

Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity of an object, meaning it is speeding up.

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What is deceleration?

Back

Deceleration is the rate of change of velocity of an object, meaning it is slowing down.

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What does a peak in a story graph indicate?

Back

A peak indicates the maximum distance reached by the object before it starts to decrease in distance.

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What does it mean if the distance on a graph is increasing?

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If the distance is increasing, it means the object is moving away from the starting point.

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What does it mean if the distance on a graph is decreasing?

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If the distance is decreasing, it means the object is moving back towards the starting point.

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What is the significance of the x-axis in a story graph?

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The x-axis typically represents time.