Distance Time Graphs

Describing a journey made by an object is very boring if you just use words.  As with much of science, graphs are more revealing.

Plotting distance against time can tell you a lot about a journey.

Let’s look at the axes:

Time always runs horizontally (x-axis).  The arrow shows the direction of time.  The further to the right, the longer time from the start.

Distance runs vertically (the y-axis).  The higher up the graph we go, the further we are from the start.