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Velocity and Acceleration Worksheet

This document contains a science activity with questions about interpreting position-time and velocity-time graphs of three vehicles (Cars A, B, and C) and a falling ball. The activity has students analyze the motion of the vehicles based on the slope and shape of the graphs to determine quantities like displacement, velocity, and acceleration over time intervals. For the ball graph, students are asked to plot the position-time data provided and note that gravity is causing the ball to slow down at its highest point where the velocity and acceleration are zero.

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Velocity and Acceleration Worksheet

This document contains a science activity with questions about interpreting position-time and velocity-time graphs of three vehicles (Cars A, B, and C) and a falling ball. The activity has students analyze the motion of the vehicles based on the slope and shape of the graphs to determine quantities like displacement, velocity, and acceleration over time intervals. For the ball graph, students are asked to plot the position-time data provided and note that gravity is causing the ball to slow down at its highest point where the velocity and acceleration are zero.

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Science 10 Unit 8 Activity Velocity and Acceleration

In this activity you will interpret a position- time and velocity- time graph.
Part 1: Interpreting a Position-Time Graph
All question for Part 1 are based on this graph:

Motion of Three Vehicles


35
30
25
20
Position m [N]

Car A

15

Car B
Car C

10
5
0
-5

10

20

30

40

50

60

-10
Time (s)

1) Recall that distance is the length of the path the object took.
Displacement only looks at where the object started and where it ended
up; the path does not matter.
Keeping this in mind, compare the distance and displacement of the 3
cars from 0 s to 60 s.
Car A
Car B
Car C
Distance (m)
30 m
35 m
25 m
Displacement (m)
30 m N
-5 m S
25 m N
2) Describe the motion of Car A, B and C in words.
Different from one another.

3) Recall that the slope of a Position-Time graph is the velocity. Fill in the
chart below using +, -, or 0 for velocity
Time Interval
0-10 s
20-30 s
50-60 s

Car A Velocity
5m/10s
5m/10s
5m/10s

Car B Velocity
5m/10s
0m/10s
5m/10s

Car C Velocity
5m/10s
5m/10s
-5m/10s

Part 2: Interpreting A Velocity Time Graph


All questions for Part 2 area based on this graph:

Velocities of Three Cars


0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Velocity (m/s)

-0.2 0

10

20

30

-0.4

40

50

60

Car A
Car B
Car C

-0.6
-0.8
-1
-1.2
Time (s)

***note these are the same 3 cars from Part 1***


1) What is the slope of the lines on this velocity time graph equivalent to?
Acceleration
2) Car A only has a slope when it goes from rest to 0.5 m/s. It then shows
zero slope. What type of motion is this from 0-5s?
Uniform motion
3) What does zero slope mean on a POSITION-time graph (Part 1)? What
does zero slope mean on a VELOCITY-time graph?
P-T Graph: does not move
V-T Graph: constant velocity

4) Describe the motion of Car C from 40 to 50 s?


-1m/s
5) What is Car Cs acceleration (look at the slope) from 40 to 50 s (positive,
negative or zero)?
Negative.
6) Describe the motion of Car C from 50 to 60 s?
0.5m/10s
7) What is Car Cs acceleration (look at the slope) from 50 to 60 s (positive,
negative or zero)?
Positive
8) Fill in the chart below with the correct sign of the acceleration in each
situation (+. or 0)
Direction
Forward (+)
Forward (+)
Backwards (-)
Backwards (-)

Velocity
Speeding up
Slowing down
Speeding up
Slowing down

Acceleration
P
N
P
N

9) In general, what can be said about the signs of the acceleration and
velocity if:
a. The object is speeding up ? Positive
b. The object is slowing down? Negative
Part 3: Falling Objects
1) A ball is thrown in the air. The position of the ball is shown in the data below.
Graph a POSITION TIME graph for the ball.
Time (s)
0
1
2
3
4

Position (m)
0
14.7
19.6
14.7
0

Make a best fit line graph. Best fit means you draw a smooth line that goes
through most of the points, not a connect the dots line. Scan your graph and
upload with this assignment

Tips for good graphing:


- use a ruler for straight lines,
- make sure to label all axis including units,
- make sure all intervals (the squares or tic marks on a graph) are worth an
EQUAL AMOUNT...for example go up by twos, fives etc.
- the graph should be large enough to be interpreted visually....at least 1/2 a page
is a good rule of thumb

1) What is causing this ball to slow down?


gravity
2) What is the balls velocity and acceleration at 2 s? Explain how you know.
Zero, as this is the highest point in the balls travels. Before this point it is
traveling upwards and after in begins to fall downwards.

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