it means the object is moving at a constant speed
The slope of a speed-time graph represents the acceleration of an object. A steeper positive slope indicates faster acceleration, while a negative slope indicates deceleration. A horizontal line indicates a constant speed with zero acceleration.
Oh honey, let me break it down for you. In a speed-time graph, the speed line can never be perfectly vertical because that would mean the speed is changing instantaneously, which is not physically possible. Speed is the rate of change of distance with respect to time, so a vertical line would imply an infinite speed, and last time I checked, we're not living in a Fast and Furious movie.
That an object is losing speed. It is experiencing negative acceleration.
Not necessarily. If the horizontal line is laying on top of the x-axis, then the speed is zero at any time, and the object isn't moving. But if the horizontal line is parallel to the x-axis, then the object is moving with constant speed.
It means that either the distance is measured from the starting-line and the object is moving forward, or else the distance is measured from the finish-line and the object is moving backwards, because the distance is growing as time goes on. If the upward sloping diagonal line is straight, it means the speed is constant. (not velocity)
Time is plotted on the X-axis. Speed or velocity is plotted on the Y-axis. A straight horizontal line on a speed-time graph means that speed is constant. It is not changing over time. A straight line does not mean that the object is not moving!
Constant speed..
I would like to state first that you misspelled horizontal. The answer to your question is Constant speed.
Standing still or not moving
If you are analyzing speed with respect to time, then you are decelerating.
Constant speed. Zero acceleration.
It means that the object in question is moving at a constant speed.If the graph is a straight horizontal line, then the speed is zero.
It means that the object in question is travelling at constant speed.
It means that the speed of the object is constant.
line graph
BecAuse that would mean it is going an infinite speed. The slope of a distance time graph is the objects velocity or speed. If there is a line parallel to the distance axis, there is a vertical line. The slope of a vertical line is infinite. It is not possible to go an infinite speed.
A line sloping upwards in a distance graph indicates that the object is moving away from the starting point, and the distance from that point is increasing over time. The steeper the slope, the faster the object is moving. If the line is straight, the speed is constant; if it curves, the speed may be changing.