A proper speed-time graph is one in which time is plotted on the horizontal axis and the speed of the object under study is plotted on the vertical axis.
In fact, what you will come across is most likely to be a radial-speed time graph. In such a graph, the speed depicted is the speed away from of towards the origin (or point of reference) or the component of speed in the radial direction. Movement across that direction is likely to be ignored.
Also, to be of real use, you need a velocity time graph, which takes account of the direction of travel.
a speed time graph tells us how an object changes over time
Acceleration is indicated on a speed/time graph.
No. The slope on a speed vs time graph tells the acceleration.
It represents the speed of a moving object at any time covered by the graph.
Slope of the graph will give you speed.
The slope of the speed-vs-time graph is the magnitude of acceleration.
A speed graph measures the distance devided over time. Acceleration graph measures the change in speed over time.
Speed can be shown on a graph of position versus time, and acceleration can be shown on a graph of speed versus time.
Acceleration is indicated on a speed/time graph.
If speed changes, then the speed/time graph has up/down curves in it.
No. The slope on a speed vs time graph tells the acceleration.
On speed-time graph can measure acceleration by getting the slope.
It represents the speed of a moving object at any time covered by the graph.
The slope at each point on a speed/time graph is themagnitude of acceleration at that point in time.
-- If the graph displays speed against time, then speed of zero is indicated wherever the graph-line touches the x-axis. -- If the graph displays distance against time, then speed of zero is indicated wherever the graph-line is horizontal. -- If the graph displays acceleration (magnitude) against time, then the graph can tell you when speed is increasing or decreasing, but it doesn't show what the actual speed is.
it depends on what the graph is. if it is a distance vs time graph, the line will be a line with the slope being the speed/total time if it is a speed vs. time graph, the line will be horizontal at y=the speed if it is an acceleration vs time graph, the line will be horizontal at y=0
The variable plotted along the vertical axis is the distance in the first case, speed in the second. The gradient of (the tangent to) the distance-time graph is the speed while the area under the curve of the speed-time graph is the distance.
Speed (in the radial direction) = slope of the graph.