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DISPLACEMENT – TIME GRAPH
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A displacement-time graph,
also known as a position-time
graph, depicts how an
object's displacement
changes over a specific
period. The x-axis represents
time, and the y-axis
represents displacement.
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A horizontal line
indicates that the
object is at rest
(constant
displacement) during
that time interval
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A straight line with a
positive slope indicates
constant positive
velocity (constant
displacement in the
positive direction).
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Curved sections of the
graph indicate
changing velocity
(acceleration or
deceleration).
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A straight line with a
negative slope indicates
constant negative
velocity (constant
displacement in the
negative direction
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Solve the following problems
and show your complete
solution with proper units.
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Solve the following problems
and show your complete
solution with proper units.
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Solve the following problems and show your complete solution with proper
units. Observe the given graphs below and fill in the boxes with the missing
information.
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Data for the Motion of a
OBJECTIVE Passenger Jeepney
• At the end of the activity,
you should be able to
describe the motion of
anobject using distance-
time graph
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Describe the graph.
What does it show
regarding the motion
of the jeepney?
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Data for the Motion of a Plot the tabulated data
Passenger Jeepney (displacement vs. time)
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Determine the slope of the graph.
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1. Describe the motion of the jeepney based on the
displacement-time graph.
2. What do slopes represent?
3. What do the slopes indicate regarding the motion of
the jeepney?
4. Describe the motion of the jeepney based on the
calculated slopes for different time interval (in no.3)
5. In a displacement-time graph, what does a positive
slope mean? A zero slope? A negative slope?
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● The graph has varying
slopes. The jeepney has
varying motions.
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Guide Questions:
[Link] jeepney has non-uniform motion.
[Link] slope represents velocity.
[Link] jeepney has changing velocities.
[Link] jeepney has positive constant velocity (0s-2s), then it
stops (2s-4s) and finally it moves at positive constant
velocity (4s-5s).
[Link] the displacement-time graph, positive slope means
positive velocity, zero slope means zero velocity (at rest)
and negative slope means negative velocity
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● What information can be obtained
from the distance-time graph?
● What does the slope of a d-t graph
represent
● How do you interpret the motion
of an object from the shape of its
distance-time graph?
● How does understanding motion
help in designing safer vehicles?
[Link] does this graph represent?
a. Constant speed
b. Acceleration
c. Not moving
d. Accelerates then
deccelerates
2. Which of the graphs shows that one of runners
started 10 yards further ahead of the other (note that
graph c is the bottom left and graph d is the bottom
right)?
a. Graph A
b. Graph B
c. Graph C
d. Graph D
3. Mikay strolls at a steady pace to the bus stop, pauses
for a chat, then dashes twice as fast to catch the bus.
On a distance-time graph, this adventure would look like
_________
a. Straight, flat, then steep line
b. Curved, steep, then flat line
c. Steep, then curved line
d. Flat, then straight line
4. Kyla is analyzing the motion of the bus through graph.
Which of the following is the correct interpretation of
the graph?
a. moving
b. standing still (stationary)
c. speeding up (accelerating)
d. slowing down (decelerating)
[Link] and Joey are bicycling across town along a flat
road. A portion of their trip is graphed [Link] on
the graph, which of the following is true?
a. Sandra traveled a greater distance than Joey.
b. Sandra and Joey both traveled at the same
speed.
c. Joey traveled for a shorter time compared to
Sandra.
d Joey was traveling with a negative
acceleration compared to Sandra
6. A battery powered car is guided through an obstacle course.
The graph shows how the car traveled over a period of
[Link] which two points was the speed of the car the
fastest?
a. P and Q
b. Q and R
c. R and S
d. S and T
7. What is happening at C?
a. Stationary
b. Accelerating
c. Fast steady speed; moving away
from the starting position
d. Slower steady speed; moving away
from the starting position
8. Describe the motion of the car from 5 to 8 seconds.
a. The car is moving at an increasing
speed.
(i.e. car is speeding up)
b. The car is moving at a constant
speed.
c. The car is at rest.
d. The car is moving at a decreasing
speed.
(i.e. car is slowing down)
9. Describe the motion of the graph from 5 to 10s.
a. The car is moving at an increasing
speed.
(i.e. car is speeding up)
b. The car is moving at a constant
speed.
c. The car is at rest.
d. The car is moving at a decreasing
speed.
(i.e. car is slowing down
10. In which graph is the runner running the fastest?
a. graph A
b. graph B
c. graph C
d. graph D