Ch. 5 Sec. 1 Graphing Acceleration Velocity-Time Graphs Unit 2 Force & Motion Ch. 5 Sec. 1 Graphing Acceleration Velocity-Time Graphs
Graphing Acceleration velocity-time graph speed on the y-axis (vertical) & time on the x-axis (horizontal)
Velocity-Time Graph Facts speed/velocity is plotted on the y-axis (vertical) & time is on the x-axis (horizontal) the slope or steepness of the line indicates the acceleration (steeper = faster/greater) area under the line = the total distance traveled
Graphing Acceleration an upward slope means an object is speeding up (positive acceleration) a downward slope means an object is slowing down (negative acceleration) a horizontal line means an object has a constant speed (no acceleration)
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