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Motion
Focus Questions:
What is motion?
How do we measure it?
How do we show it?
Name: ________________________
pd ______ date _________________
Quick
Write
Focus Question:
What is motion?
draw motion
use words
to
describe
motion
(do not use move, movement, etc)
Motion
Notes
Focus Questions:
What is motion?
How do we measure it?
How do we show it?
definition
motion
position
initial position
final position
distance
delta
reference
point
independent
variable
dependent
variable
symbol
formula
Flight
Distances
Focus Questions:
What is motion?
How do we measure it?
How do we show it?
Directions
Calculate the distance of each flight, using the distance equation.
Mark your reference points with arrows, and show your math.
xi = _____
Formula:
xf = _____
d = _____
xf = _____
d = _____
xf = _____
d = _____
Plug:
Solve:
xi = _____
Formula:
Plug:
Solve:
xi = _____
Formula:
Plug:
Solve:
Air Trolley
Lab
Focus Questions:
What is motion?
How do we measure it?
How do we show it?
Air Trolley Data
Part I. Observe and Record Air Trolley Graph Data
Tria
l
a. wind the air trolley propeller _________ times
b. complete five trials, and record the results
Distance (cm)
Part II. Calculate the Average
a. add up the total distance
b. divide by the total number of trials
c. show work
average d = __________
Part III. Use class data to graph Air Trolley Data
Title: __________________________
Class Data
Group
Winds
d (cm)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
check your graph!
title
label x axis
label y axis
include units
label independent variable
label dependent variable
Air Trolley Lab
? Questions ?
Focus Questions:
What is motion?
How do we measure it?
How do we show it?
Directions: Use the graph from our air trolley lab to answer the following questions
1. What is the relationship between the number of winds and the distance the air
trolley traveled?
as the number of winds increased, the distance _______________________
2. About how far will an air trolley travel with 53 winds? _______________
15 winds? _______________
65 winds? _______________
37 winds? _______________
3. How many winds will the trolley need to travel 150cm? _______________
325cm? _______________
700cm? _______________
450cm? _______________
4. What is the independent variable on this graph?
_____________________________________________________________
5. What is the dependent variable on this graph?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Why did we use a best-fit line on our graph?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Graphing
Practice # 1
Focus Questions:
What is motion?
How do we measure it?
How do we show it?
Mr. Backhaus’ science class was experimenting with an air trolley. They wanted to find out
if the weight of the trolley affected the distance the trolley flew. They used a rubber
band and put 70 winds on the propeller each time. They made a table with the data they
gathered. Graph the results!
weight
(kg)
distance
(cm)
0
400
1
360
2
320
3
280
4
240
5
200
check your graph!
title
label x axis
label y axis
include units
label independent variable
label dependent variable
1. What is the independent variable? _______________________________________
2. What is the dependent variable? ________________________________________
3. As the amount of weight increases, the distance _____________________.
Graphing
Practice # 2
Focus Questions:
What is motion?
How do we measure it?
How do we show it?
Mr. O’Donnell’s classes were experimenting with cockroaches. They wanted to know if the
light affected the activity of the cockroaches. The students recorded how far each
cockroach moved under different amounts of light. Below are their results. Use their
results to make a graph and answer the following questions.
# of
lightbulb
s
0
distance
(cm)
2
20
4
16
6
8
8
3
10
2
23
check your graph!
title
label x axis
label y axis
include units
label independent variable
label dependent variable
1. What is the independent variable? _______________________________________
2. What is the dependent variable? ________________________________________
3. What is the pattern between the # of lights and the distance the cockroach traveled? As
the number of lights used increases, the distance _____________________.
4. About how far would the cockroach travel if 5 light bulbs were used? _________________
Graphing
Practice # 3
Focus Questions:
What is motion?
How do we measure it?
How do we show it?
The amount of sleep you get the night before a test might have an affect on how well you
do on that test. The data below shows the results of an experiment where people were
allowed different hours of sleep before taking a standardized test. Use the results to
make a graph and answer the following questions.
amount of
sleep (hrs)
test score
%
3
37
5
53
6
65
8
87
9
95
check your graph!
title
label x axis
label y axis
include units
label independent variable
label dependent variable
1. What is the independent variable? _______________________________________
2. What is the dependent variable? ________________________________________
3. What is the pattern between the amount of sleep and the distance the test score? As the
number of hours increases, the distance _____________________.
4. About how many hours sleep would a student need to score and 80% on the test? ________