Velocity-Time Graphs Worksheet
Understand, interpret, and analyze velocity-time graphs to describe motion, calculate displacement, and determine acceleration for Grade 11 students.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculations.
1. The graph below shows the velocity of a car over a 10-second period.
a) Describe the motion of the car during the first 4 seconds.
b) What is the acceleration of the car between 4 and 8 seconds?
c) Calculate the total displacement of the car during the entire 10-second journey.
2. What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?
Acceleration
Displacement
Time
Speed
3. A horizontal line on a velocity-time graph indicates:
Constant acceleration
Increasing velocity
Zero acceleration
Decreasing velocity
4. The slope of a velocity-time graph represents the of an object.
5. A negative slope on a velocity-time graph indicates .
6. A curved line on a velocity-time graph represents constant acceleration.
True
False
7. If a velocity-time graph shows a line below the x-axis, the object is moving in the positive direction.
True
False
8. Explain how you would calculate the instantaneous acceleration from a velocity-time graph with a curved line.