unit 1 physics- motion

Question	Answer
What is a measuring cylinder used for?	To measure liquid volume.
What is a stopwatch or stopclock used for?	To time oscillations.
What does a steep distance-time graph represent?	The steeper the graph the greater the speed it represents.
What is the equation for speed?	distance travelled (metre) ----------------------------- time taken (seconds)
What does the slope of the line on a distance-time graph show?	It gives the speed.
What is velocity?	Speed and direction.
What is acceleration?	The change of velocity per second.
What is the unit of acceleration?	Meter/second 2 (squared)
What does the area under a graph represent?	It represents distance traveled.
Does a free falling object have acceleration?	Yes. It has constant acceleration.

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