Combined Science GCSE
Distance-time graph
What Distance-time graph means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Distance-time graph
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Reference: AQA
A graph from which distance is read from the vertical axis, with the distance travelled being the change in distance between two times.
Topics that use Distance-time graph
- Speed (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Average speed
- Average speed in context
- Consistent units
- Constant speed
- Distance
- distance–time graph
- Equation rearrangement
- Estimation in physics
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