Physics: Chapter 5 Review

Positive Slope on a p-t Graph

• moving forward

• speeding up

• standing still

• moving backwards

The label for displacement

• meters

• m/s

• m/s²

• seconds

Slope of a v-t graph

• displacement

• velocity

• time

• acceleration

the change in distance over the change in time

• displacement

• velocity

• time

• acceleration

Horizontal slope on a v-t graph

• standing still

• no acceleration

• speeding up

• slowing down

Slope of a p-t graph

• displacement

• velocity

• time

• acceleration

The x-axis on both a pt and vt graph

• position

• velocity

• time

• acceleration

The slope of a position-time graph

• displacement

• time

• velocity

• acceleration

the change in velocity over the change in time

• instantaneous acceleration

• average acceleration

• displacement

• velocity

Negative slope on a pt graph

• moving forwards

• slowing down

• not moving

• moving backwards