Preview - 1-D Kinematics Motion Maps

Graphing Constant Velocity Motion

In this version of the simulation, you will still be able to watch the car as it moves, but a position-time and velocity-time graph will automatically be made as the car moves!  Play with the simulation to familiarize yourself with the controls.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Give the car a large positive velocity. Take a picture of the position-time and velocity-time graphs that are created by clicking on the "camera" icon next to each graph. Then drag and drop your graphs into the box below to submit them.

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How does the position-time graph show that the car was going fast? How does the velocity-time graph show the car was fast? The motion map?

Hint: if you're not sure, do a trial with a slow car and compare the graphs to spot the differences.

Choose appropriate settings so that the car moves towards the left (at any speed). Again, take a picture of your position-time and velocity-time graphs and submit BOTH of them to this question.

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How does the position-time graph show that the car was moving left? How does the velocity-time graph show the car was moving left? The motion map?

Hint: if you're not sure, do a trial with a car moving to the right and compare the graphs to spot the differences.

Notes

These notes will appear on every page in this lesson so feel free to put anything here you'd like to keep track of.