Match up the keyword and matching statement:
Unit of m/s
Acceleration
How fast you are going in a particular
direction
Speed
Unit of m/s2
Steady speed
What does the gradient show on a
distance-time graph?
Stationary
What does the flat section show a
distance-time graph?
Velocity
What do curves indicate on distancetime graphs?
Acceleration
What does the flat section show a
velocity-time graph?
Speed
What do uphill sections indicate on
velocity-time graphs?
Acceleration
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Answers:
Unit of m/s  Speed
How fast you are going in a particular direction  Velocity
Unit of m/s2  Acceleration
What does the gradient show on a distance-time graph?  Speed
What does the flat section show a distance-time graph?  Stationary
What do curves indicate on distance-time graphs?  Acceleration
What does the flat section show a velocity-time graph?  Steady speed
What do uphill sections indicate on velocity-time graphs?  Acceleration
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Match up the keyword and matching statement:
What is mass measured in?
Acceleration
What is weight measured in?
Kilograms
How fast you are going in a particular
direction
Deceleration
Unit of m/s
Faster
What does a steeper gradient indicate
on a distance-time graph?
Newtons
What does the gradient show on a
velocity-time graph?
Distance Travelled
What do downhill sections indicate on
velocity-time graphs?
Speed
What does the area under the graph
show on a velocity-time graph?
Velocity
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Answers:
What is mass measured in?  Kilograms
What is weight measured in?  Newtons
How fast you are going in a particular direction  Velocity
Unit of m/s  Speed
What does a steeper gradient indicate on a distance-time graph?  Faster
What does the gradient show on a velocity-time graph?  Acceleration
What do downhill sections indicate on velocity-time graphs?  Deceleration
What does the area under the graph show on a velocity-time graph?  Distance Travelled
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Distance-Time Graph
Describe and explain what the different sections of the graph show and
what can be calculated by using the graph.
SPEED & VELOCITY GRAPHS
Velocity-time Graph
Velocity (m/s)
Distance (m)
Describe and explain what the different sections of the graph show and what
can be calculated by using the graph.
Time(s)
Time(s)
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Displacement
SPEED & VELOCITY
Define the following terms:
Distance
What are the typical everyday speeds of:
Walking
Speed
Running
Cycling
A car
A train
A plane
Velocity
Calculate the speed of an object that travels 10m in 5s
How is speed calculated?
What are the unit for
Speed?
Calculate the average acceleration of an object that goes from 10m/s to
20m/s in 10s
Acceleration?
How is average acceleration
calculated?
How is uniform acceleration
calculated?
Calculate the uniform acceleration of an object that goes from 15m/s to
35m/s over 100m.
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