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Activity 4—Bouncing ball
Name ___________________________________
Data collection
1.
What physical property is represented along the x-axis? _____________________________________
What are the units? ___________________________________________________________________
What physical property is represented along the y-axis? _____________________________________
What are the units? ___________________________________________________________________
2.
What does the highest point on the plot represent? ________________________________________
The lowest point? _____________________________________________________________________
3.
Why did the
BALL BOUNCE
program flip the plot? __________________________________________
4.
Why does the plot look like the ball bounced across the floor? _______________________________
Explorations
5.
Record the maximum height and corresponding time for the first full bounce. __________________
6.
Did the graph for
A
= 1 match your plot? _________________________________________________
7.
Why or why not? _____________________________________________________________________
8.
Complete the chart below.
A
How do the data plot and the Yn graph compare?
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9.
What does a positive value for
A
imply? __________________________________________________
What does a negative value for
A
imply? _________________________________________________
What does a zero value for
A
imply? _____________________________________________________
10.
Record the maximum height and corresponding time for the last full bounce. __________________
11.
Do you think
A
will be bigger or smaller for the last bounce? ________________________________
12.
How did
A
compare? __________________________________________________________________
What do you think
A
might represent? ___________________________________________________