Year 11 Motion Graphs

The gradient of a position time graph gives you the:

• the acceleration of the object

• speed of the object

• the displacement of the object

• the time the object took to complete the journey

The gradient of a velocity time graph gives you the:

• the acceleration of the object

• speed of the object

• the displacement of the object

• the time the object took to complete the journey

The area under a velocity time graph gives you the:

• the acceleration of the object

• speed of the object

• the displacement of the object

• the time the object took to complete the journey

The speed of the object depicted in the graph in section B is:

• 1 m/s

• 1.5 m/s

• 7 m/s

• 15 m/s

The acceleration of the object depicted in the graph in section B is:

• 0 m/s/s

• 1.5 m/s/s

• 7 m/s/s

• 15 m/s/s

The total distance that the object travelled in section D of the graph is:

• 25 m

• 50 m

• 125 m

• 250 m

Calculate the speed of the object in the graph for the first 2 seconds.

• 4 m/s

• 8 m/s

• 16 m/s

• it was stationary

Describe the motion that was happening between the 8 and 9 second mark.

• the object was decelerating

• the object was travelling backwards at constant velocity

• the object was going underground

• The object was speeding up in a negative direction