The Position vs.

Time and
Velocity vs. Time Graphs
of Constant Velocity
Motion
OBJECTIVE:
At the end of the lesson, you should be
able to explain how the position vs.
time and velocity vs. time graphs of
constant velocity motion are different
from those of constant acceleration
motion
Recall the following terms of the basic
quantities that describe motion.

DISTANCE
DISPLACEMENT
SPEED
VELOCITY
ACCELERATION
DECELERATION
Distance is the total length or ground covered by an
object.

Displacement is the change in the position of an

object or the shortest distance between the initial
and the final position of an object .

Speed is how fast the object is moving and can be

calculated by dividing the total distance by the
total time spent to cover that distance.
Velocity is how fast and where the object is moving
and can be calculated by dividing the
displacement of an object to the time spent.

Acceleration is the change in the velocity of an

object per unit time. An object accelerates when
there is a change in the object’s speed, direction,
or both speed and direction

Deceleration is the negative acceleration.

An object is said to be in motion when its
position changes relative to a reference
point, usually the ground. The motion of
an object can be described in different
ways; it can be described using distance,
displacement, speed, velocity, and
acceleration.
Motion can also be presented
graphically like the position vs.
time and velocity vs. time graphs
which show the type of motion an
object undergoes in a unit of time.
 POSITION VS. TIME GRAPH OF
CONSTANT VELOCITY

A position vs. time graph of a

body moving with constant
velocity in a straight path will
look like the
The graph shows that as time goes by, the
body changes position by the same amount;
hence, it shows a straight line with a slope
slanting to the right. The slope of a position
vs time graph represents velocity. If we
calculate the slope of this line, we will get a
constant value that corresponds to the
velocity of the body.
The velocity vs. time time
graph of a body moving
with constant velocity
looks like the graph below.

VELOCITY VS. TIME GRAPH OF

CONSTANT VELOCITY
The graph shows that as time goes by,
the body's velocity does not change;
hence, the graph is a horizontal line.
If we calculate the slope for this line
which corresponds to the body’s
acceleration, it will reveal this value: