Preview - 1-D Kinematics Motion Maps

Motion Map Simulator

This simulation includes a car you can set to travel at different velocities.

Move the slider bar for "vcarx" to set the velocity to different values.

You can also control how often the simulation records the position and velocity of the car with the "draw-interval" slider bar.

Then click "setup" and "go" to start the simulation.

As the car moves, a motion map will automatically be drawn behind the car.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Do one trial where the car moves relatively fast, and another where the car moves relatively slow. What differences do you observe between the two motion maps that were drawn?

Hint: There are at least 3 differences!

Sketch two lines on the position-time graph below to show the motion of the fast and slow car (in the positive direction).

Use RED for the fast car and BLUE for the slow car.

Note: Draw your sketch in the sketchpad below

Can you make the car move in the opposite direction? How? Explain what you did and what changed on the motion map.

Sketch a qualitative (no numbers) position-time graph to show the motion of the car when it moves in the opposite direction.

Note: Draw your sketch in the sketchpad below

Which of the motion maps above shows a car that was stopped for some portion of its motion?

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Using the diagram from Question 2.5, which of the objects shown turned around during their motion?

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Again using the diagram from Q2.5, which of the objects shown had a negative velocity at any point?

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Notes

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