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Velocity Time graphs

Learning Targets

2.04A - I can interpret/draw velocity vs. time graphs for objects moving with constant velocity.
2.04B - I can use a velocity-time graph to determine acceleration and starting velocity. I can distinguish the concepts of velocity and acceleration.
2.05B - I can calculate the distance an object has traveled and its change in position from a velocity-time graph

Can you...

  • Describe the motion of an object including its direction of motion, relative speed, whether it shows constant velocity or accelerated motion, and whether it is speeding up or slowing down.
  • Draw a velocity-time graph from a given written description.
  • Determine the displacement of the object (area under curve).
  • Draw a motion map for the object.
  • Write a mathematical model to describe the motion.

Initial position: y intercept
Distance or displacement: change in y values
Direction of motion: Sign of the slope - Positive slope (positive direction) or Negative slope (negative direction)
Relative speed: Steepness of the slope
Calculating velocity, speed, and initial velocity:  Calculate the slope
Constant speed/speeding up/slowing down: is the slope constant, getting steeper, or getting shallower
Acceleration: is the slope getting more positive or more negative
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