Combined Science GCSE
Practical graph-reading skills
What Practical graph-reading skills means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Practical graph-reading skills
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Reference: AQA
Draw a straight line that touches the curve at the chosen time and continues equally on both sides, then choose two well-separated points on that tangent and read their coordinates.
Topics that use Practical graph-reading skills
- The distance–time relationship (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Accelerated motion and curved graphs
- Average and instantaneous speed from graphs
- Changing speed
- Constant speed
- distance–time graph
- Gradient
- Instantaneous speed as a tangent gradient
- Calculating change in distance and time
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