All the types of distance-time graphs and what you can find with them. All the types of speed-time graphs and what you can find with them.

1. MOTION-TIME
GRAPHS
Haya Al-Sineedi
Zarmeen Asif

2. All the types of speed time
graphs and what you can find
with it.
-Haya’s Part
Speed-Time Graphs
01
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Distance-Time Graphs
02
All the types of distance
time graphs and what
you can find with it.
-Zarmeen’s Part

3. SPEED-TIME
GRAPHS
01

4. Speed-time graphs are very useful when describing the
movement of an object.
We can use them to determine whether or not the
object is moving at any point in time.
We can also use them to see what speed the object is
travelling at that point in time.

5. Using data from the graph, we can calculate
any acceleration, the change in speed and the
change in time.
We can also use graphs to calculate distance
travelled. The area under a speed-time graph
represents the distance travelled.

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A horizontal line on a speed-
time graph represents a
constant speed
The time is continuously
changing but the speed
remains constant
speed
(m/s)
time (s)

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the line on the graph is
straight but sloped
The line goes through the
origin
speed
(m/s)
time (s)

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speed
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time (s)
The steeper the slope of the
line the greater the
acceleration
The object is speeding up

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The speed increases with
decreasing amount
speed
(m/s)
time (s)

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the line on the graph is
straight but sloped
speed
(m/s)
time (s)

11. DISTANACE-
TIME GRAPHS
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12. A distance-time graph shows how the distance and
speed of an object changes with time.
A straight line indicates constant speed, whereas
changes in slope at different time intervals indicate
changing speeds.

13. Distance-time graph can be useful in the following ways:
(i) It tells the position of the body at any instant of
time.
(ii) The distance covered by the body during a particular
interval of time can be seen from the graph.
(iii) The velocity of the body at any instant of time can
be determined.

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A horizontal line on the
distance-time graph represents
an object or body at rest.
distance
(m)
time (s)

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the line on the graph is
straight but sloped
The line goes through the
origin
distance
(m)
time (s)

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distance
(m)
time (s)
The object
is speeding
up

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The speed increases with
decreasing amount
distance
(m)
time (s)