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GCSE Combined Science · key term
A graph showing the total distance travelled by an object against elapsed time, with distance on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Specification 6.5.4.1.4 · Paper 6
Revise: Distance-Time RelationshipA distance–time graph represents the motion of an object moving along a straight line. Time is plotted on the horizontal axis and the total distance travelled on the vertical axis. Each point pairs a time with the distance travelled by that time.
Paper 5, Paper 6
A graph showing how distance changes with time. Its gradient gives speed.
Revise: Speed, distance–time graphs and measuring speedA distance–time graph places time on the horizontal axis and distance on the vertical axis. The following graph shows the total distance travelled by an object during a journey.
Check the axis labels: the gradient of a distance–time graph gives speed, not acceleration.
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