Motion Graphs

Motion Graphs 1 M. Poarch – 2003 Name___________________________ Motion Graphs Describing the motion of an object is occasionally hard to do with words. Sometimes graphs help make motion easier to picture, and therefore understand. Remember: • Motion is a change in position measured by distance and time. • Speed tells us the rate at which an object moves.

• steeper dashed line
• larger distance
• solid line show
• motion with graphs
• motion graphs
• start
• graph
• speed
• distance
• line
• time