Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
11th Grade · Science · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can relate position, velocity, and acceleration through graphs and equations.
- 1
When graphing motion, the x-axis typically represents time, while the y-axis can represent position, velocity, or acceleration.
- 2
On a position versus time graph, a horizontal line segment indicates that the object is at rest, while the slope of the line represents the velocity.
- 3
Acceleration data is only present when velocity is changing; every point on an acceleration graph indicates the slope on the velocity graph at the same point in time.
